I'm back!

 Hi!

After a two year long break, my vacation is finally over for now.

I decided to do this blog again, but instead of using it as an online 

album, I would  rather show my fails and processes. Perhaps also 

share some insights into how I think while I make, and make mistakes. 

I think my comment section is open for everyone, but if you have some 

difficulties, please send me an e-mail at: artalamex@gmail.com

It would be really nice to read any feedback! I'm not the most active 

SNS user, but I'll try to update this blog once a month. And sometimes 

whenever. 

First thing of the day:

Summer drawing.

The drawing started this June. I got my hands some new sheets of paper 

from Canson called "The Wall". The paper is bleed-proof deluxe, and 

super for any messy ink-based shenanigans. It's thick and smooth. My 

pens came from Uni and where a variety of sizes. Also a Uni-brush pen.

I started doing fast aggressive, thick lines across the sheet, then I added 

thinner lines. Flow was key here. Some of the first thicker lines got some

small adjustments to match this flow. I stopped when I couldn't see any

benefit from adding more lines.

Then scanned in 600 dpi (bitmap), and saved it as an RGB-color image.

In Photoshop I always put the original scan as the first layer (from the bottom)

 just in case I get lost and need a reference. The second layer is a color to set the 

mood, and so  I pick colors to accomodate this early vibe. Then follows two

identical layers where only the isolated linework is (strek is "line" in norwegian). 

Layer 3 I use for coloring and the top layer (#4) is just the lines, in case my 

coloring gets out of hand and it bleeds over and diffuse the linework I always

have crisp lines.

For now it looks like this. You can still see a lot of background mood-color.

My next steps is to finish coloring this, and in the process discover new

gaps I've made in the lines (GAWD!). Then I think I will make several attempts

at color-adjustments with the genius ctrl+U. It's a quick vibe-checker!

I definitely see you here when I'm done. :-)

Jørgen

Hvitsten Salong 2023

 Hi, and I'm back from a break!

In august Halvor Aarak and I was part of the festival Hvitsten Salong wich promotes

art and music. Together we painted a garage wall (many thanks goes to Maria and Gard).

Title of the painting was "Jam" and was an improvised piece based loosely on one

sketc we made with charcoal. We were inspired by flow, music and the Fossegrim.

The sketch

Halvor is priming the wall

We used a combination of regular paint and cans

First critics arrive

Finito!

And here's some photos form the artwalk and festival

The artwalk with curator dissemination Maria

Sculpture by Dawid Puszyński

Halvor is taking a photo of the crowd in front of our wall.

Works by our art-neighbour Ingunn Eidsæter

Sculptures by Trine Maurits, Eli Solsrud and Maria Waagbø,

photo by Ingrid Eggen

The concerts start

Goodtimes all around! I hope to be there next year as well

MÆD Concert & Vernissage

 Hi folks!

Thought I finally should go outside and show my works with the band "MÆD".

This would all go down in the bands hometown Fredrikstad, Norway in Gamlebyen Kulturhus. The clash of concert and art exhibit was a fun experience!

Gamlebyen Kulturhus

Preparations

My prints in the center

MÆD live!

Looking good in colour!

 It took some time, but it's finally here in all it's glory!

Faces

 Different expressions with coal and marker.

Enhancing my pupils project

There's a new month tomorrow and a new job for me. 

So I'm choosing to highlight a project I did with my pupils at my former job as an Arts and Crafts teacher. This is from an assignement where 6th graders make a figure in modeling clay inspired from superheroes. They start with making an armature with steel wires, mount it to a tree brick base, sculpt the rough shape out of used/mixed modeling clay then the pupils decorate it with thin plates from the unmixed modeling clay. 

That way we still get use out of old/mixed modeling clay and by then reduce our climate footprint.

Afterwards could the willing pupils have me take a picture of their figure and then photoshop it into a "Superhero Poster"! And here are the finished results:

PS: The groups of pupils where called "Surf" and "Turf".

For the observant observerer, 

the background images is from different areas in Oslo.

 

The color and the shape.

 Messing around with different shapes and colors.

Drawn on paper and digitized in Photoshop.