Johanna's blog

The blog of Swedish artist Johanna Öst.

Short hair again

Jul 21, 2009

I cut my hair short again, such a relief! I was getting really tired of styling the long hair.

The amazing dress is from Vivien of Holloway. It makes me feel like a girl from a vintage Frederick’s of Hollywood ad :)

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I thought I’d show some pages from my scrapbooks. I have three so far (all too big to fit the scanner I’m afraid) plus a box full of unsorted clippings, and here are some pages from scrapbook number one.

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Movie star magnets

Jul 3, 2009 in Home

I used some of my huge collection of “filmisar”, old movie star trading cards, to make refrigerator magnets. I’m thinking of making some more to sell on Etsy.

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Ladurée

Jun 30, 2009

Macarons and tea we bought at Ladurée. I really liked the red fruit, raspberry and chocolate macarons but wasn’t all that fond of the other ones I tried. The Marie Antoinette tea is great.

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Paris trip

Jun 30, 2009 in Travels

I just got back from a short trip to Paris. I went mainly to se an exhibition at Versailles, which I posted about over at my 18th century blog. I did have time for some other stuff as well, like visiting a Barbie exhibition at a doll museum, and doing a bit of shopping.

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New art: Tiger cage

Jun 16, 2009 in My art and illustration

Tiger cage

I’m really proud of the fact that I drew that tiger completely without reference (except for the stripes). I usually have to look at reference pictures to draw most animals except horses and cats.

Original and prints available here.

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New art: Tattooed lady

Jun 16, 2009 in My art and illustration

Tattooed lady

Well, it’s actually not so new. I painted it on the cover of a Moleskine notebook when I was in San Francisco last summer and I just found it in my drawer and decided to scan it.

Original and prints available here.

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