Two Temples - two different milleniums!

Two countries, two completely different eras and two techniques: 

LEFT is an acrylic painting from Karpathos Island, Greece. 

RIGHT you can see an oil painting of a small orthodox temple, "tsasouna", from Suolahti, Central Finland, built following the guidelines of traditional Carelian orthodox temples. 

More photos of my exhibition in Petäjävesi Library, September 2015

Photo 1. Three techniques: colour pencils, acrylic colours and oil colours.

Photo 2. B&W drawings made with calligraphy felt-tip pens (1,2 and 3 mm). Upper work: The Old Church of Petäjävesi, an UNESCO Heritage target.

Photo 3. Calligraphy felt-tip pens with colour pencils.

Photo 4. Works with acrylic colours. The landscape on the right bases on a photo from the island of Karpathos, Greece, and shows the oldest building which I have ever visited!

Photo 5. Entrance of Petäjävesi Library.

KARPATHOS, 16.6.2005

The target of my first trip to Mediterranean was Karpathos, and I really liked it!

This island is situated in the southeastern corner of Greece. Relatively few tourists have been travelled over there (at least, on those days). We first rented a small car, then a scooter (my wife was afraid to sit on it) and, at last, a small four-wheeler (called "mönkijä" in Finnish) to see the whole island which is not a big one.

I spent several moments by drawing and writing short travel diary-type texts about the regions and feelings. Photos were also taken by us, but sitting comfortable with pens and paper was the best moments during our stay on Karpathos!

Rapid drawing with calligraphy felt-tip pens

These two modest drawings, among other similar pieces of art, were done when sitting in a small town on the island of Karpathos, Greece, several years ago. Three widths of pens were available - 1 mm, 2 mm and 3 mm. I recommend these tools when rapid drawings should be done during a holiday (or even business) trip!