Hello and Welcome to my World

Hi I’m Andrea, and I’m so glad you’re here!

My preferred style is loose and spontaneous, but with an eye for the essentials. This is how I give my creatures character and a certain sense of humor. My sketchbook is my happy place, and paints and brushes are my preferred tools.

If required, I transfer my analogue sketches into Procreate or Photoshop, where I further process them digitally. It is important to me that they remain true to their authentic and “handmade” appearance which is why I make the corresponding brushes, backgrounds and textures myself, thereby making second use of the “happy accidents” of my sketchbooks. I can hardly wait to bring your ideas and concepts to life!

Vision

When I sketch or paint, I usually relax my thinking mind and work from a place of childlike innocence and joy. Initially I allow myself to be led by intuition only, always paying close attention to the negative space, from which I then start defining shape and color until the image gradually emerges and feels complete to me.

Mission

Whatever I create, I never try to mimic reality. My intention instead is to capture the “spirit” of what caught my attention in the first place, and finding ways to express that by accumulating paint and lines, inspiring the viewer to interact by filling the gaps with their own interpretation of what they observe and feel.

Get a glimpse of my daily work

A friend asked me to paint his beloved horse, which unfortunately is not roaming this world anymore. I so much wanted to make him happy which a great painting that reminded him of his friend!
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I sat down and started off with a few sketches, then getting out my paints — first acrylics, and then gouache … then back to acrylics, then oil pastels …
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A couple of days later I had a few paintings that kind of looked like his horse, but i didn’t like any of them. They were good in the sense that the proportions and colours were right, the facial features as well, but I felt no joy looking at them!
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As my frustration was growing bigger, at the same time there was a deep longing for expressing my own love for these deeply fascinating creatures! I was thinking of my own horse, Ímir, who has been injured for 18 months now! Over those months my love for him has even deepened — I can’t ride, but I can take him for walks, I can massage his back, and I scratch his fur in those places he loves most. Every time I come to see him, he greets me with a little grumbling sound, and he touches my face with his soft nose.
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So I laid out a new piece of paper, chose my palette (manganese blue, permanent violet, Payne’s grey and white), and started from imagination.
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The horse with rider you see here is all about the love and friendship one can have with a horse. My goal was not to create an exact replica of my horse, but rather capture that energy and feeling.
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But most importantly, I feel something when I look at this painting. Do you?
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#horse #acryliconpaper #horsepainting #abstracthorse #imirvomkronshof

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A friend asked me to paint his beloved horse, which unfortunately is not roaming this world anymore. I so much wanted to make him happy which a great painting that reminded him of his friend! . I sat down and started off with a few sketches, then getting out my paints — first acrylics, and then gouache … then back to acrylics, then oil pastels … . A couple of days later I had a few paintings that kind of looked like his horse, but i didn’t like any of them. They were good in the sense that the proportions and colours were right, the facial features as well, but I felt no joy looking at them! . As my frustration was growing bigger, at the same time there was a deep longing for expressing my own love for these deeply fascinating creatures! I was thinking of my own horse, Ímir, who has been injured for 18 months now! Over those months my love for him has even deepened — I can’t ride, but I can take him for walks, I can massage his back, and I scratch his fur in those places he loves most. Every time I come to see him, he greets me with a little grumbling sound, and he touches my face with his soft nose. . So I laid out a new piece of paper, chose my palette (manganese blue, permanent violet, Payne’s grey and white), and started from imagination. . The horse with rider you see here is all about the love and friendship one can have with a horse. My goal was not to create an exact replica of my horse, but rather capture that energy and feeling. . But most importantly, I feel something when I look at this painting. Do you? . . . #horse #acryliconpaper #horsepainting #abstracthorse #imirvomkronshof

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Remember yesterday’s sketchbook pages I showed you, and how I enjoyed mixing colours and creating interesting palettes?
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Today I picked one of the swatch pages, and drew this girl on top of it, again only using the very same colours (coral red, Neapel’s yellow and lilac).
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Usually I would have never come up with this particular colour range for a girl in a swim suit, but I got to say I like the atmosphere it creates.
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Somehow it makes me feel the gentle warmth of the summer sun on my skin.
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What do you think of? Thanks for sharing! ☺️☀️🐠🐟🖍️❤️
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#colourpalette #limitedcolours #gouache #gouachpainting #sketchbookart

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Open post by andrea.price.d_sign with ID 17868892929622722
Remember yesterday’s sketchbook pages I showed you, and how I enjoyed mixing colours and creating interesting palettes? . Today I picked one of the swatch pages, and drew this girl on top of it, again only using the very same colours (coral red, Neapel’s yellow and lilac). . Usually I would have never come up with this particular colour range for a girl in a swim suit, but I got to say I like the atmosphere it creates. . Somehow it makes me feel the gentle warmth of the summer sun on my skin. . What do you think of? Thanks for sharing! ☺️☀️🐠🐟🖍️❤️ . . . #colourpalette #limitedcolours #gouache #gouachpainting #sketchbookart

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