New barn & Giveaway

Oh it feels good to be back in blog land, and back doing art again... Have a I ever been missing it. Of course I have been doing some small sketching of and on, but most ended up in the trash can or left a box, nothing that I was excited about or felt that that was sometihng worth looking at for the second time. So finally I was able to get a new barn on paper, and this one I drew by after my sons and mine dentist appointment (we both hate dentist, so we took the country road back home to calm our nerves). And there it was, a beautiful old barn with wood boards so weathered to different greys and browns (all falling apart) and it still had all its windows left and they are light blue stain glass window panels. Just loved the colours of that glass against all that wood. Okay, so I wrote in my last post that I wanted to do something for my dear blog friends, fellow artists and creators, and I'm doing this because I really enjoy blogging and the whole blogging community. Not only have I met other fantastic artists from all the corners of the world, I have met people who are sweet and caring, full of ideas and support and great sense of humour (some of you really crack me up with the things you write and draw) and I love seeing your work and reading your stories. I have met people by blogging, that I would never other wise have had the chance to meet, that's so neat. What I also like about blogging, is that I can travel all over the place and visit back to Scandinavia by just a click of a button. Sa hej alla ni over dar!! So here it is, my first (ever) Blog giveaway and its for all of you, and I want to keep it simple and all you have to do, is leave a comment and tell what got you out of your last slump, rut or painters block... Was it a kick in the pants, a colour, a song or nagging thought in the back of your mind?... That's it, easy and hopefully not too much of a painful reminder from your creative blues!!

And this is what I have for the giveaway, 3 things for 3 lucky winners who's names my dear secretary Charlie will pick (he loves to eat paper)...

# 1, is a copy of my last book I illustrated for "Shoe Shopping With Dad?"

# 2, an original watercolour and ink painting from my "By The Sea" series

And # 3, is two hand printed and painted tags (the stamp I made my self) and the back side is from a 1926 vintage music paper.

And I will do the draw on May 1st... May Day, one of my favourite days of the year and why not, this is a great way to kick start the summer : ) I'm looking forward to your comments on how you got out the creative blues

Cheers,

Mari

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