Saturday, April 18, 2009

Lily and Stag Reading groups

Lily and Stag, 50x50 cm., Oil on canvas

Den her opgave, som jeg gav mig selv - drillende tilskyndet af medlemmer af LeakyCauldron Staff - var en virkelig sjov og svær en. Med hjælp fra malerkursus læreren fik jeg lavet et billede, der kunne bruges til at repræsentere den frivillige stab i læsegrupperne på hjemmesiden LeakyCauldron. Den bliver brugt her i 2009 til LeakyCon - en kongres i Boston for fans af Harry Potter hjemmesiden, og med lidt grafik kommer der tekst på.

This assignment, that I gave myself - teasingly prompted by members of LeakyCauldron Staff - was a really fun and hard one. With the help from the paintings class teacher I got a painting done, that could be used to represent the voluntary staff in the reading-groups on the site LeakyCauldron. It's to be used here in 2009 at the LeakyCon - a convention in Boston for fans of the Harry Potter site, og with a bit of graphic text on it.

Blå Bjerge - Blue Mountains

Blå Bjerge/Blue Mountains, 55x65 cm., Oil on a plate

Et eksperiment med at bruge en spatel blev til dette her. Jeg blev ved at fable om blå bjerge og gul himmel underneden, men det ville kun lykkes hvis jeg vendte hele motivet og lod sneen skride nedad. Underligt billede.

And experiment with the use of a spatula became this. I continuously fabled away about blue mountains and a yellow sky underneath, but it only succeeded if I turned the whole motif and had the snow slide downwards. Weird painting.

Lucius

Lucius, 70x50 cm., Oil on canvas
Den attitude, der kom frem på det her maleri sammen med deres påklædning, fik mig til at tænke på Lucius Malfoy (Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling)! Han dukkede egentlig bare frem og kunne ikke bare tilsidesættes - ligesom den figur fr. Rowling skabte!

The attitude, that appeared in this painting together with their dress-code, got me thinking of Lucius Malfoy (Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling)! He just appeared really and was not to be cast aside just like that - like with the character Mrs. Rowling created!

MIniaturer

Det er efterhånden blevet en helt gedigen produktion af miniaturer og jeg synes, det er sjovt at lave dem, men det bliver ikke min foretrukne størrelse foreløbig.
Flowers/Blomster, 18x13 cm., oil on canvas
Underwater plants/Undervandsblomster, 13x18 cm., oil on canvas
Boat/Båd, 13x18 cm., oil on paper

It's becoming a solid production of miniatures and I think they are fun to make, but it's not becoming my preferred size just yet.