by Mandy | Sep 10, 2018 | Art Journal, Blog, Inspiration, Journaling, Writing |
Have you ever reread your old diaries? A gruesomely hot and long summer is behind us. And I’m so glad. How did you get through? The Viking blood I must have in my veins was seriously uncomfortable in the heat and I did little more than read 21 books. I’m...
by Mandy | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog, Illustration, Tanka, Workshop, Writing |
Summer has fallen and my Tanka couldn’t but follow… English translation of the Tanka: every day raindrops on the map – it’s sunny now beckoning me out but I find my feet frozen in the work I have to do The skies have turned a dull kind of heavy...
by Mandy | Nov 15, 2017 | Illustration, Tanka, Workshop, Writing |
I’m still working on my series of illustrated Tanka. I searched for a way to combine writing poetry with my art work for years and now it feels like I’ve found it. The more I write, the more ideas are growing, the harder my fingers are itching. I made some...
by Mandy | Nov 12, 2017 | Illustration, Storytelling, Tanka, Writing |
English translation of the Tanka: four paws are walking to the horizon with me I never get there no matter how much concrete slides past under my two feet Storytelling is majorly important in art Without a story, art is basically just a pretty (hopefully!) picture or...
by Mandy | Nov 10, 2017 | Illustration, Inspiration, Tanka, Writing |
Before you know it, it’s already weekend again. So on this fabulous Friday I wanted to share some of the things that have inspired me in my work lately or that I feel can be inspiring for a great weekend. But, before I do that, I want to share with you...
by Mandy | Nov 8, 2017 | Illustration, Tanka, Writing |
I’m still writing and illustrating Tanka’s. Partly in preparation of my LIVE workshop on 9 December – for which there are still a few seats available, see the link below – and partly because I’m working on a series. One of my latest...
