tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15233364931818682522024-02-06T20:21:49.709-08:00Sasa's Sketchbook 3Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-75121873661713892532018-12-27T09:25:00.000-08:002018-12-27T10:10:09.333-08:00Bethnal Green Road, London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-24814365792031507552018-04-08T09:39:00.000-07:002018-04-08T09:39:46.696-07:00Gherkin Dream<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-10682566721264527932018-03-10T00:52:00.000-08:002018-03-10T00:52:47.085-08:00Hidden Message<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been working on old paintings that have been started a few years ago but are uncompleted or failed. I like the idea of never giving up on a work but continuing until it feels finished (or paper so destroyed that it is impossible to continue). I have managed to get some nice results - though quite different from minimalistic ink paintings I also like creating.<br />
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-4502182973090126452018-02-19T13:11:00.000-08:002018-02-19T13:11:16.628-08:0036 Views of One Canada Square - Voss Street<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-51006947138495228112017-12-30T14:23:00.000-08:002017-12-30T14:24:19.308-08:00Star - Window - Rainy Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I cannot let the year end without a single post... (Sorry, bad quality image, using my mobile)<br />
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-16518354493390485772016-05-30T12:32:00.000-07:002016-05-30T12:32:26.224-07:00Sitting on the stairs of St Paul's Cathedral<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-25070716637360587402016-05-08T06:34:00.000-07:002016-05-08T06:37:18.354-07:00Developing Landscapes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
An art project I participated this Spring had an exhibition opening yesterday in Pump House Gallery, London.<br />
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The project was called Developing Landscapes. We visited various development sites in South West London over a six week period and painted changing landscapes. Documentation of the project can be found on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/developing">Instagram</a>.<br />
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Here is one wall from the exhibition, my work in the bottom right corner, one of the numerous 'crane paintings' I did (sorry about the reflections).<br />
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And here is another wall, my monochrome work in the middle (top right), a pile of dirt and a construction site.<br />
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I don't have a proper photos of most of my work since I left the originals to the wonderful artists, Ali and Seb, who were the originators and organizers of the project, but below is of my water colour works from North Street Mews featuring an abandoned Mongolian Race car. This one is in the exhibition too.<br />
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-39772318243911186912016-03-26T11:25:00.000-07:002016-03-26T11:25:04.866-07:00Battersea Park Pagoda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Painting in Battersea Park. There is this beautiful pagoda, which makes me feel 'homesick'.</div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-21181612182170643242016-03-05T16:23:00.002-08:002016-03-07T05:04:01.639-08:00Childhood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-67284504761515167462016-02-14T13:41:00.000-08:002018-02-18T01:16:01.148-08:00Pinky Flower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I decided to submit a painting to this year's <a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/summer-exhibition-2016">Summer Exhibition of Royal Academy of Arts</a>.<br />
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There is going to be several rounds of judging, so we will see... The likelihood of being selected doesn't seem too high but my main motivation was to push myself to create a new series of work. And I loved the process of it, I have so many new ideas now!</div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-20532601473693537712016-01-31T13:00:00.000-08:002016-01-31T13:00:00.234-08:00Canary Wharf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Oh, I just realized that January is almost gone without me posting anything... So here are some sketches I made in Canary Wharf two weeks ago (it was very cold day to draw outside so proud of myself).<br />
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I love industrial scenes and will definitely draw there again (which should be easy since I happen to work there as well).</div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-81190686018813727212015-12-20T14:58:00.000-08:002015-12-20T14:58:11.926-08:00Tate Modern<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Drawing around Tate Modern...<br />
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-6686868354868334472015-12-08T13:06:00.000-08:002015-12-12T14:16:39.020-08:00Bathroom Sink<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was planning to do something for the IF theme 'wet' when I remembered the strange dream I saw the night before. In the dream I had yellow light coming from a plughole of a bathroom sink and I realized I could talk to my grandmother (who passed away 20 years ago) via the hole. So I drew that instead... </div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-29355020504910565772015-10-05T14:22:00.002-07:002015-10-05T14:27:02.315-07:00Regent's Canal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Walked along Regent's Canal last weekend, from Angel to Bethnal Green, and stopped three times to paint with watercolours. I hope nice weather continues, I would still like to do this a couple of times before winter arrives.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lock in Islington</td></tr>
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-6128510730627244672015-09-28T13:56:00.001-07:002015-09-28T14:14:24.132-07:00September<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just realized that September is almost gone and I haven't created a single blog post. So here is a small collection of stuff I did in last 30 days.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew St Paul's Cathedral from Tate Modern's Member's Room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to Angel to draw Regent's Canal (this is Islington Tunnel)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tested new kind of paper</td></tr>
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-19543801217902187462015-08-30T04:28:00.001-07:002015-09-01T13:23:59.187-07:00On the way to work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-80152406124886355942015-08-16T13:39:00.000-07:002015-08-16T13:39:19.524-07:00Queen Victoria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cloudy day in London today. Went out to sketch with London Urban Sketchers, my the first time with this group. I came a bit late so had time to do just this one quick sketch of the statue of Queen Victoria in front of Buckingham Palace with lots and lots of tourists around it. </div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-86400754587709707622015-07-13T14:37:00.001-07:002015-07-13T14:37:38.206-07:00Royal Festival Hall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS. Did some drawings in Scotland too but not as much as I hoped. Finding time to sketch is always a problem when you travel with people who don't draw. Luckily yesterday I didn't have that problem, my companion is a very eager sketcher.</span></div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-84093375940531886172015-06-17T11:37:00.000-07:002015-06-17T11:37:44.621-07:00Hello Friends...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Thank you for remembering me every now and then and sorry for disappearing for so long. You wouldn't belief the amount of change I have been through lately, which explains my absense a little bit. I have separated, spent weeks to find a flat in London suitable for a single person's budget, and finally moved. I am now living in a lovely new place in East London, not fully settled yet but that has to wait since I am off to Scotland for a hiking holiday tomorrow. Just packed my sketching stuff so maybe there will be a Scotland post. But I am not promising anything.<br />
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-55828330987687098452014-12-28T06:56:00.004-08:002014-12-28T09:28:34.506-08:00Sofa (IF: Home)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is where I have spent quite a lot of time during last couple of days...<br />
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Finally got myself to draw 'the new sofa', quite different from <a href="http://sasalainen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/sofa.html">the sofa in the previous apartment</a>. The latter was definitely more comfortable but we gave it away because it didn't fit in the new flat (both style and size wise). This is a hard futon sofa bed thing but I like the streamlined look.<br />
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Happy new year to all you wonderful people who visit my blog. I am off to Tenerife tomorrow and hope to return with bunch of sunny sketches to share.</div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-82717777391472575262014-12-14T12:23:00.000-08:002014-12-14T12:23:07.895-08:00Natural History Museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was drawing in Natural History Museum today. It was full of inspiring things to draw: corals and shells, fossils, skeletons,... </div>
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This time I stayed in the main lobby drawing the dinosaurus and the giant moa there (I had never heard of moas before, looks like a huge emu or ostrich). The lobby has a wonderful golden yellow light but unfortunately the yellow of my drawings doesn't look that good in the scanned versions. I tried to adjust the color in Photoshop but didn't manage to make these look like the originals. Anyway, I found drawing 'bones' very satisfying for some reason.</div>
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-35444928908578182902014-11-23T10:12:00.000-08:002014-11-23T10:12:25.944-08:00Passion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another painting from the same <i>kiss</i> series, a bit more passionate maybe? </div>
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These are drafts for a set of larger paintings. It is useful to make these small (A4) ones but I find that the bigger paintings end up looking completely different. Paper size makes a huge difference.</div>
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-69839067370674006342014-11-20T13:42:00.000-08:002014-11-20T13:42:00.682-08:00Kiss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I came back from a trip to sensual Barcelona last week. The city inspired me to start a series of paintings on the theme <i>kiss</i>. This is one of them. </div>
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Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-50547800594312322992014-10-28T11:56:00.000-07:002014-10-28T11:56:23.728-07:00Conference Poster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My painting ended up in the poster for a conference (<i>Exploring the Potential of Restorative Justice for Sexual Violence</i>) arranged by University of Leuven in Belgium and European Forum for Restorative Justice. More information can be found from <a href="https://www.law.kuleuven.be/linc/english/conferencesexualviolence">here</a>.<br />
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(The painting is called <i>Together / 同根生</i>, 2011)</div>
Sasa Saastamoinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664516581957573933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523336493181868252.post-22006516123795316442014-10-04T13:52:00.002-07:002014-10-05T09:47:30.285-07:00Silence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I started doodling today around this week's Illustration Friday topic Silence. I had no plan in mind, just drew whatever came to my mind: the lady who told me to be quiet at work this week when I talked to my colleague in our open office, sunset by lake, underwater scene, night sky, the Chinese word 安静... Very pleasant and stress free approach to the theme, may try it again :-)<br />
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(I have been *silent* for a long time. My excuses: hunting for a flat, moving, going for a holiday, decorating the new place.... But now I am happily settled and have a beautiful workspace so no more excuses. It is a promise.)<br />
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