our new kitchen wall !

work in progress...

5 last random travel sketches

the holiday already seems ages ago,
but posting sketches kept me in a traveling-mood. 
mm.. sweden, norway, copenhagen. mm.. motorcycle and little tent. mmmmmm. kanelbullar.
however, i've had quite enough of posting only this travel sketches.
So next week(s)
i'll start to make stamps (for janne's project) 
and learn to crochet properly.

For now, some last random sketches to finish!

* fishes are fascinating!

saw a big jellyfish really close

at the aquarium in Lysekil (havets hus)

* in Norway, sheeps are everywhere.

even in the highest mountains, where i've no idea how they survive.

* norwegian speciality!

and they have the same shape as the waffles my mom used to bake.

i was fond of the 'waffle thursday'-promotion we found in a gas station. with strawberry sauce!

* bad weather day

a holiday in a nutshell : 

COFFE(E)NHAGEN

me, spotting animals

we often drove through regions with a big bear population

so i always was very focused,

kept my eyes wide open

and try to spot bears and other interesting wildlife (moose? reindeer? you never know...).

unfortunately, the only bears i spotted were at the (really cool) Gronklitt BJORN PARK 

i sometimes guessed it could be a bear. but it also could be a strangely shaped wooden thing...

Bohuslän + Skåneland (the idyllic southwest coast of Sweden)

after norway, we went back to sweden and travelled through the southwest. 
green hills, some sheep/cows, a little forest here and there
and behind this all, the sea.
(i love the sea)

such a beautiful coast, with postcard-villages
and amazing boats.
in the last sketch, i tried to draw some little boats and a ferry.
need a lot more practice.
a day in the port of G(h)ent, sitting in the sun
and drawing a bit sounds like a good plan...

lovely sleeping bags

mummy sleeping bags (that are not 'matching')

make you sleep like this..

or like this...

... so we developed our own sign language

First man i saw in Norway

After two weeks, we crossed the Swedish border en started our Norway-discovery. 

Really strange how this country border also seems a border between different sceneries.

From calm lakes, green hills and fir woods to the wild nature of Norway: 

high mountains, wild waterfalls, and men fishing in stormy rivers in the pouring rain. 

On the sketch it seems more idyllic, it looked much more dangerous than this. I need some practice in how to stop making things seem cute and nice in my sketches..)

* Our little travel itinerary part 1: Stockholm / Västerås / Gävle / Falun / Mora - Orsa / Leksand / Östersund

a strange camping hierarchy

i never used to go camping a lot
but last month i gained some camping experience.
it was cosy, 
and nice to be like a snail and have your home with you.

but it's also a whole new world of its own, 
a world of (above all) mobile homes, caravans and campers
of noisy gatherings, barbecues and 
paying too much money for too dirty showers,
and where there is (strange enough, i think) only little space for little tents..

snowy mountains #3

snowy mountains #2 + motorcycle

Snowy mountains #1