The Hofterup Dolmen
Hofterupsdösen is a dolmen, a tomb from the Neolithic era. It is located just east of Hofterup Church in Kävlinge Municipality, not far from where I live. It may seem like a tricky subject…
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Magnesium Ferrite (PBr11)
Magnesium Ferrite is a relatively new pigment, created in 1962, and only a few manufacturers of watercolor paints use it. It is produced through the calcination of a mixture of iron oxide and magnesium…
A green hell
A Swedish artist who primarily painted winter scenes is said to have once referred to summer and spring landscapes as “a green hell.” I don’t know who said this, or even if the story…
Lamp Black | PBk6, PBk7
I know it’s often said that one should not use black watercolor paint. Some even claim that the color is “forbidden.” For me, this is nonsense; of course, you can use whatever colors you…
Watercolor course, I Moricci
Since 2009, I have held watercolor courses every summer at the I Moricci farm, located near the small town of Fabbrica in Tuscany, Italy. I Moricci is a farm that engages in both active…
Viceversa | handmade paper
It was in 2019 that three women (Roberta Gagliardini, Melania Tozzi, and Roberta Brencio) decided to establish the social cooperative Viceversa in the small town of Fabriano, a town with a paper-making tradition dating…
Save the edge
When adding color to an object, it’s not always best to fill the entire shape with color. Sometimes the result is more airy, and gives a lighter feeling, if you leave a few millimeters…
