Last and least

- here are some random things to show.

My "have fun" tickets! Ticket to a band called Daft Punk, and my Roskilde Ticket (i'm going as Monty's "tour guide" this year it seems. We will also be sharing a team. Monty also doesn't drink, so now i have an allied in the war!)

And a picture of me. I have a little more hair now, but i'm going to take it all off soon. I miss my skull (kranie)
And me again at Israel's new place. He moved in with 3 girls from the school.
And Monty.
And Israel.
That's all for now, see you later.

My lastest works.

Here are my latest works. Of yhe most interesting are me recent flower works. I'm working alot from flowers now, although it took a few attempts to make it work.

This is one of the first attempts. But it didn't take my more than a day to find out, that flowers are living things. And these ones died in the night, before i gof further than what you see here. Too bad.

Also here, the end result is somewhat affected by the flowers either dying of living, and therefore moving. But it turned out ok i think.

And another one, although i think i have the finished version somewhere, will post it another time.

Now, here are my more recent attempts. This time, i bought some flowers in Føtex, instead of picking them in nature and from gardens, and these survive much better. Although it's still amazingly hard too keep track of the form of the flower, and the colours. Very hard indeed.

I'm doing another one of the same flowers, but moved the edge of the table. It seems to make the picture alot more 2D, and also focusing more on the actual flowers, and not so much on the rest.

And more flowers. Doing a little better with these i think. But now, looking at it this small, i see that the leaf in the buttom is way too yellow. The yellow and ochre in the top, the one that the actual flowers have, should dominate alot more, so i will have to correct it.
And this one is almost a classic after Artëm. At least, he did one of himself in the same pose, facing the other way. I spend alot of time doing this self protrait, but the angle was bad, so it hurt my eyes from looking down so much, and now i don't know what i want with it anymore. It's gonna go away for a while, and then i'll look at it again.
And this one explains itself i think. Don't seperate your head from your shoulders.
And this is simply a self portrait. A little crooked (skævt) but it fits with the colours.
And a scary picture. Maybe.

This is a more expressive, i suppose, way of doing the flowers. And more agressive also.

More flowers. Just made cloe-up.

This one is an old onw, i don't remember if i posted it before.

Active Jeppe

I'm quite active these days, and of course, i hurt myself being active.

So, i was trying to jump on a table outside with my legs together(sort of, in one jump), and i didn't get quite on the table, fell down, and banged my knees on the edge of the table. This is the result.


Unfortunately you can't really see the extent of the damage. There was (it's all healed now, happened weeks ago) about 1cm holes in my legs here. Hurt a bit, too.

And here i am with Monty, after we went climbing and jumping, we jumped in the lake. Which was pretty damned cold!

So we weren't in very long! Got up fast.
And got dry in the sun!
And here we are, climbing around stuff. Generally, Monty is a lot more fearless than me, and he is just about 15-20 kilo's lighter, and can do some more crazy stuff. But i think i'm ok now and then also.
See what i'm saying? He does some crazy jumps. This is way too high for me.
But i'm still there. Here i'm climbing, although it's not really very hard or dangerous, but it feels good.
And all the pictures of me jumping were very booring like this. I also jump cool, really, i do!

So, i think we're gonna go again tomorrow (these are a week old). Also, monday, the last day of teaching, me, Monty and a girl from here went to jump in the lake before school. We got up 6 o clock in the morning, and hit the water 6.45. THEN we were fresh. We're gonna do at again, too!

Working at the school...

...is over now. 2 weeks ago, Artëm returned, and took over, so now, me and my co-teacher Mads, are un-employed (so if anybody needs ANYthing done that involves money, please say so!). Artëm would like us to take a week each as guest teachers this semester, and then i'll find some work beside school. Hopefully.

Anyway's, here are some pictures.

Here is the class working.

Working still. Drawing each others feet or hands.
And working outside in the good weather!

Computer buisness.

For a whole week, i was without my computer. The horror. But this shiny gadget saved my skin.













And here, i'm just about to install it into my computer. It's the powersupply, the feeds all the other parts in the computer with power.









Also, the DrawingSchool went to the zoo. Last tuesday. Aalborg zoo to be exact (yes, the also have zoo's in Jylland, but not as good as the one i Copenhagen). And, well, looking at this picture, i wonder, who're the real animals here...











Last, here is Monty's attempt at being a criminal. This is the logo for his and Maria's illustration group. He put them up all over town, just to promote(i guess).















Also on this sacred city statue of someone who's probablt important to the city.


Anyway, that's all for this time, people. I'll be home from monday the 26th to tursday the 6th.

Oh yeah. One, sad thing. Some of you have heard be boasting(prale med) of going to South Africa. I ended up cancelling this. It would cost me at least 10.000 just for transport, and also my vacation didn't fit with it after all. Too bad.

Painting Progress

So here is an update on my works. I'm now fully able to paint myself without looking in a mirror. This is my 3rd selvfportrait done like that.













And i read somewhere, that all painters has to go through a period where they copy of former painters. So, i thought, might as well get started. So here is something from Mondrian.














And here is something else... hmm... how was it. I remember, that one day, i figured out this connection between painting and poo'in(gå på lokum). I Don't quite remember it now, but it was there. The picture on the floor on the left is one of Britney Spears, which Artem has in his bathroom. If you followed the recent gossip, you can read this as "the fall of Britney Spears". If yo don't know what i'm talking about, ask someone.





And here is then my Van Gogh copy, or something. It's Ellens summerhat and a pair of her shoes. And it's also my mothers present(for last christmas). I sort of misplaced the last painting i brought her, in the train. Too bad. It was only a portrait, i have a lot of those anyway. But this one is for you mother. If you want it.












And something new i'm starting on. I'm also drawing this, at the same time. You'll see another time, when i've been working a little longer on it.


Anyway, this is the work for now.

Feb-march, and Robin Hood.

Hi people!
So, here will be a few posts showing me recent doings. First one is about bow-shooting.
Monty, my lovely friend and neighboor here, has bought a bow. Not just any bow, but THE bow. And he let me try it out. After both of us getting hyped(opstemte) for a long time just pulling back the bowstring and testing who could pull it furthest, most times(Monty didn't actually have and arrows at first, so we had to imagie that part), we we're like to small boys about to buy our first.....magazine.
And finally Monty got hold of some arrows he borrowed from a friend(and finally succeded in breaking ever one of them), we tried it out. Here are the pictures.
I might as well admit it: Monty is a lot better than me. But, well, it's his bow after all, and he's been shooting alot lately. I never tried it before, and have, up until now, shot 6 arrows in me life, all this saturday. So, here is Monty shooting.
And here is me, trygin to fit the arrow to the bow. Which is harder than you'd think.
I know i look like a pro and really forcused, but i'm actually thinking "what am i supposed to do now?". Shooting bow is complicated. Well, i shot, and i managed to hit the target, sort of, at least half of the shots. The rest went into the walls.
And here she is: Monty's bow.
Up close: what a beauty.
Thats all for bowshooting.

February

Hi everyone.
So, i'm back again now, for a little comment. First, here are some pictures.
This is the first one. I suggest you click on it to make it big, the colors are a little off when it's small. I actually finished this some time ago, but just decided to make the yellow fill more.

This second one is a little newer. I don't have much to say about, other than that i liked painting like this.

And last is a green/red one. I'm not gonna give much comment on this one either, you can make up your own mind.
And, yesterday i cut my hair. Not all the way short, i left it at 12mm. I've had pretty long hair for a while now, and it started to get annoying, so i cut it. the same day, i also cut Monty and Israel's hair, and then i decided in the evening to cut my own hair.
I don't really know what to reprt from here. Teaching is still going good, me and Mads are working very well together, and i enjoy teaching more every day. I was on the TV the other day actually, you can see it at

http://www.tv2regionerne.dk/reg2005/?r=6

just go pick the 16th of february in the upper right corner, at the calender. Then, you find the show in the bar on the right of the screen, it's called "Arbejdsplads med international profil". It's a 9 minute show about the Animation Workshop, and your truly is interviewed at around 6 minutes in, but see it all for your own sakes.

Actually, this is all i have to tell now. I simply can't remember what has happened lately.

See you all sometime.

Different chillout.

So here is a little drawing i did in my sketchbook, of nothing.And here is Monty, thinking he made a funny drawing. We were chilling at Israels place, drinking milk and eating chocolate, and drawing. Very cosy and relaxing.
And here we have Israel showing of his geeky(nørdet) t-shirt. We're at the Italian restaurant, and we ate food and today he's feeling sick to his stomach... go figure.
And here Monty is doing some work on the computer, and is showing me.
And fianlly, Israel and Randi in the bed.
Thats all for tonight folks. See you later.

Making 50 burgers.

So, Israel decided he wanted a burger. And, he thought, why not invite one or two of the guys from the class? Well, before Israel had looked around, he promised the whole class he would make burgers for them. 50 burgers, in fact (2 for each person). So, i realized this is where i had to come to the rescue. Which i did, and we went shopping for 13 packs of minced beef(hakket oksekød), burger breads and everything that we needed. And then we fried....50-60(some were eaten in the process) burger steaks, cut the salat, tomatoes, cucumber, bread in the oven, and all that jazz. I think it took us around 2½ hours of work. But it all payed off, and everyone was very happy for the burgers and we became heroes. So here are the pictures.
Monty also helped out (when he wasn't goofing around)(goofing around=fjolle rundt), or dancing. Thank you very much Monty.
Mette was in charge of the entertainment, which she did a very good job of! We certainly laughed a lot.
And here i am, playing the concerned part of the opperation.
And Israel is preparing the fries in the oven.

And everyone ate their burgers, and everything turned out well.

Artëms place featuring Jeppe

Yo everyone. So, Artëm is gone, and me and Ellen are greedily sharing his place. Me for painting and washing clothes, and Ellen for living, watching movies and something other stuff. Anyway, here is the beginning of this painting i'm doing. I did alot more by now, but i didn't take a pcture of it, you'll see it later. Anyway... more pictures to look at.

Also, notice all the fruit in the foreground? Look who's healthy. And try NOT to notice the bottle of chocolatemilk standing there also. And IF you notice it, try to notice that i's NOT empty yet!








Here is me, or rather, my hand, drawing. A little research for a painting. It's VERY hard for me to translate from the drawing to the painting, when i'm trying to do really nice bodyparts. So maybe i just should'nt do them. Hm.










Here is some of Artëms work. The 2 on the wall, i'm sure he won't sell (and if he will, he'll take some redicously high price, just to annoy you), but the big one on the floor i'm sure he'd like to sell! I might even be able to get a discount for you, but then again, none of you would have money for it even with the discount. Too bad. Did i mention i once got a painting from him for free? No? Well i did.












This is more of Artëms home. You're looking at the "window" in the wall between the main room and the kitchen. It's like a bar that you can eat from. Or have to, at least, since there's no other kitchen table. But this is very nice though.










And this is not such a good picture, the light is really bad. The good thing about Artëms studio though is, that it's a gigantic room (and me and Artëm both have very big egos, so that's very fitting for when we're painting), and it has such a beatifull light now when it's winter and snow. Everything is so clear inside, and we painted everything white, so the light reflects on everything and makes you happy. Even when Artëm is there, angry, sad, mad, kicking at everything and yelling "FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!" you're still happy.



And this is the other end of the room. There is a wheelchair to sit in, a gigantic mirror for Artëms gigantic...ego, and also so you can see who's comming before they come. Just LOOK at the light! So nice and blue.











And lastly, here's the close up of one of the paintings i'm doing. Not very far though, and it's not going to well, but screw it(skide være med det). In the background, you can see these 2 orange couches that me and Artëm found for his room. And in the window, there's a blut kimono (japansk kåbe) haning. Some will reconize it from one of my paintings.



Anyway, that's all from Artëms room, where i've been painting this week. If any of you should like to purchase any of his paintings, please write me, and i will fix the deal (that might give me a little of the deal) for you!

See you.

Artem left.

These are pictures from Artem's goodbye-party.
He left for the Reunion Island, which is somewhere of the southcost of africa ( i think). It's a french island, where there is an animation school that he's teaching at.
Here is him, left, and Svend, right, who is one of the locals here at the school. He works as something at the school...















And Israel, caught unaware. Also at the party, where me and him went. Well, not much to say here i suppose. We're at the party, and this is Israel. Party, Israel. Israel, party.



















And another picture from the party, nothing much.











The day after the party, Artëm had to leave at 9 o clock. So i went to him in the morning, just to say goodbye, and it was just me, him and Ellen, very cosy. They were both a little tired from the party the day before, and i was QUITE tired and had to teach the same day. And Artem found an old drawing i made for himin my first semester. He saved it all the time from back then. That made me (a little) soft in the heart. Just a little.

Snow and Mexico.

Hello everyone! This s everyone's favourite Mexican (thos that met him will be nodding in agreement now "yes that's true, i really agree")

Me and him whent to Bilka this day (just on other side of McDonalds). We're both looking for a TV. I have a DVD-player but no TV, so if any of you have a TV you don't need, save it somewhere untill i come home!

The trip was funny and exciting, and we really enjoyed it. Bilka is great.









And here, Irael is almost attacking me with a snowball. Because we had a snowstorm you see, so everything was white.

















This is the roof, looking out of my window. This is the same time the storm was. All of the sudden, we just had snow. No warning what so ever.










How can you NOT love Viborg when this is the view (udsigt) you wake up to, in the morning?














This one is also during the snowstorm in the middle of the night. This is the view from my bedroom, of the ugly, nasty, fucked up kollegie-bygning. This is where many of the students live. It's snowing.

Teaching the new calss. What everybody was waiting for.

So yes, i started teaching. And i'm damn good at it, if i have to say so myself. Certainly, there are some flaws here and there, and i may say some strange stuff also, but i think i'm doing good. Unfortunately, i don't have very many pictures of the class, but i'm spending all my time teaching, and i don't have time to take pictures in the middle of everything.

I have a class of 23 people, and not many have been drawing before. There are a few guys who was there last semester, but not many, so it's all up to me. Well, mostly, sine monday, 2 days from now, Mads Peter is comming. Mads Peter is an old student like me, and went to russia before me and is, well, excellent at drawing.
The class consists only of danish people, no foreign people, so i'm talking danish, which is very hard for me, but not impossible. So far i had them 2 weeks, and this week they had a guy called Lawrence, for perspective. I've had a lot of help from Gry my boss basically, help with different stuff i need to watch out for (we have to keep track of who is there and when, and who's not), with paychecks and loads of stuff. But teaching, i'm doing that on my own.

Oh, yes, and i had many advices and words from Artëm, and he gave me tea also sometimes.

So, on top is the picture of us going through drawings, and it's a break, and below a close up of someone's drawing( i don't even know all the names yet...)
So, teaching is realy good for me. I feel like a champion when teaching, and i'm full of energy when the day is done. Teaching is fun, tralala. I will see about posting some details later maybe, but, to be honest, none of you know anything about drawing, so maybe there won't be that many details again...

Reporting home.

Hi everybody! Missed me? I'm sure you did. You certainly haven't seen me for quite a while. Anyway, don't check the blog too often, maybe 2 or 3 times a month at the most, because i don't want to update very often. Anyway, here's the first of 2-4 posts. This one is about my room and my redecorating. I put up a portrait Artëm did of me in my first semester, and next to it, my brother will be happy too see that i finally put up all those Georg Jensen clocks and what-nots(dimser) that he gave me... I found a hammer in my room, and loads of nails, so i've been in a putting things on my wall-mood(humør) lately. I love putting nails in the wall.

Also, i found this mirror in the hallway. It's almost as tall as me, and very good for, hrm, øhm, learning the different muscles, and, ehm, bones and...er...stuff. Also, i've put up a few of my drawings from Russia. The lady on the wall (NOT the one on the calender with big breasts, mind you) is from russia. Also, i decided to get a table for my room, and remove my small chair and table with my computer on, so i'll get a little more space. Anyway, it will make sense once i do it and show you.
So, here is a picture of me very tired. That day, i had such a red eye, red as blood. I don't know what caused it, maybe dust. Since then, i cleaned all my clothes, i had to wash 8 times to get through everything. Then i cleand up my room, vacumed my room, and washed the floor. And changed my matress. Then, recently Monty moved in again (untill the 1. of feb.), so now it will get dirty again...
And lastly, this is me again. I'm seriously thinking of going bald again, my hair is annoying, but we'll see. I don't really feel like doing it yet.

Happy newyear.

Hi everyone! Back again in the new year. So, this is my first post in the new year, containing a little bit different stuff.

First, let me say that i had a very wonderfull newyears party. I was at Lundø, which is a place just outside of Viborg, where many people from the school was. Well, dinner and everything was nice, and in the middle of the dinner, Troels (please refer to previous post to identify him) came running into the dinnerroom, where all 25 of us were eating, completely naked, shouting, that we had to go out and into the water. Well all right, why not, it turns out, that they have a "friluftsbad" or something, which is a giant bathtub outside, with an oven attached to it, with room for around 10 people. So, 10 of us hurried out of the door, at the same time dropping all of our clothes, and got in the bathtub, where we spend the next 2 hours, and also that's where we i entered the new year!

Here are some pcitures i took with a fantastic camera. First, here's Ellen, reading a book. Even though it might now show on the picture, Ellen is actually a very small person, only around... well, at least 1½ head smaller than me.


And here I am with all my selfportraits. They were all given away (except the selfportrait. if anyone wants that, please let me know), and in the following order. from the left: for Kristoffer(my brother), for Marie(my bonus sister), for Poul&Marianne (father and fathers wife), and for Bine (my mother). I did them all in around 2 hours per portrait.

And here me and Serin, having formed a hip-hop group, that never really became anything, since Sering left for turkey (which is where she lives). It's me on the left, by the way.
And here is Artëm, having just discovered something very interesting (i suppose.. he looks like it). Take on the last day of the Drawing School, 2nd semester 2006
And here is Jeppe, drawing, in Artëms room. Also on the last day.

Well, should have been one more picture, but it won't show. No matter.

Anyway, monday i'm starting the drawingschool, getting very excited now. Will write again soon.

Thanks to Jo for lending me the camera. I'll miss you and Serin very much.

Ønskeseddel

Hejsa!
Her er min ønskeseddel. Jeg opdaterer den måske lige et par gange, jeg kan ikke finde på så meget ad gangen.

PC Spil: Tomb Raider Legend

Sokker(alle slags, alle farver, bare ikke højere end knæet).

Et lille TV til mit værelse. Et jeg kan tage med til Viborg, og så DVD film på(jeg HAR DVD afspiller selv).

Lagner i alle farver og stile. Det er ikke dobbelt seng, men kender ikke målene.

Plakater med Van Gogh, og/eller franske impressionister. Eller Egon Schiele (en tysker tror jeg) eller Klimt (kan ikke huske om det er "Klint" eller "Klimt" men han er Schieles lærermester).

Canon EOS D400 kamera, eller penge til det.

Sort iPod på 30Gb eller mere. Eller penge til den.

Incase Leather Sleeve til iPod Nano, eller Knomo leather case til iPod i rød(helst), eller Belkin Folio Case til iPod Nano i pink.

Penge (til alting).

"Ninja" Tabi. Det er en japansk sko med storetå. Kan få's i enten Budo Sport Godthåbsvej 14, eller Nippon sport Vesterbrogade. Str. 42, både udendørs og indendørs.

"Ninja" dragt fra Budo Sport: Str. 180.

Våben: Få's enten i Nippon sport, eller Budo sport (se ovenover). "Hanbo"(kort stav). "Bo" (lang stav). "Suburi bokken" (træsværd). "Shinai"(bambus sværd).

Også fra ovenstående butikker: Stofmærke "Bujinkan".

Der kommer mere senere!

Mc Donald's loving me.

So i went to McDonalds again. For the last time for some time i hope! The food really drains me(because i eat so much of it). Anyway, here're the pictures.

Israel just invented a new hand-language sign for "I'm happy". His hands are going in circles, and he's oh so happy.


And i'm unsure of where to put the fries. I tried one more place (before the mouth), but that didn't work either.

And me and Randi are happy, happy, happy(and VERY full of cheeseburgers).

And Israel is hesitating here. Israel, like me, used to be a big, fat, blob, when he was younger, but then lost all the weight. So, seeing as how i was pouring burger after burger into my mouth, he thought "Hah, i can do the same", and bought the same amount as i did. Only then did he realize what he was walking in to, and started having second thoughts. And he didn't finish his meal.

Now, don't think i go to McDonalds ALL the time. It is, after all, a 3km(or more, and then you still need to go back!) walk just to get there, but since we go there so rearely, we always make a trip out of it. In Viborg, you don't just wake up sunday morning and go "I think i'll just go to McDonalds for some take-away food", or, when you've been out getting drunk(or worse) you don't just go there because you get hungry(usually happens to young people, because they need ther salt balance to be normal again after all the alchohol). No, McDonalds is a very special place here in Viborg.

Back from the Westcoast.

Hi guys.
Many things to write about. Yesterday, i came back from a trip to the West Coast of Jylland. Artëms class, and me, and Artëm, went there for 5 days, to join a workshop on grafiks and prints(tryk). The stay was fantastic. I stayed with Artëm and Ellen, in Artëms house, not in the guesthouse, where the class stayed. The place is called Kirsten Kjær Museet, and is a museum about a danish artist named Kristen Kjær. She died, i think mid-late 1900's, at a very old age, and was a pretty good painter. The museum is dedicated to her paintings, and has the most of them, and it's almost hypnotic(hypnotisk) so walk around the museum where the walls are completely covered with paintings of the same artist. A very different way of looking at paintings than usually.
Below are some of the prints we did, although this is probalby only around 1/5 of them.



And this is the workshop, from the outside. I didn't manage to take a picture of the museum, unfortunenately, that will have to wait. The whole thing is located in the middle of nowehere, and in the summer, there are cows and sheeps there. But it's such a nice place.

Lo and behold("Der kan man bare se"), i recieved a pacakge from my mother, and it turned out to be a package se sent me a long time ago (around 2-3 weeks i think), which included my gloves, "huer" and scarfs(halstørklæder), so now i can keep warm in the winter! Strange that it would appear now, i thought it had been stolen, but alas, here it is. Thank you, Post Danmark.

And here is a sketch i did in my sketch book. At the museum there's not much to do(in the sence that there's no TV, no Computergames, and no movies), so i spent all my time either printing, painting pr drawing. This is a drawing made completely from my head, without reference, in 1½-2 hours. Although i corrected a little bit, after i took the picture.

And, well, this is me. I had a terrible accident with some acid there, and now i'm scarred (arred(som i at have fået et ar)) for life. So no laughing when i'll come home!

This week was fantastic. Wednesday Artëm and me left for Viborg for the day, to move all his stuff to his new studio, and we went back to the museum in the night. I've been fed(fodret) very good at the museum this week, 3 meals every day, and desserts in the evening! I was also meditating with Artëm and Ellen one night, and from a recent trip to Amsterdam, Artëm has bought for me a book with the letters of Van Gogh to his brother Theo, which are supposed to be quite fantastic, I only started reading it now.

Well, not more to put down on the West Coast trip, but i'll put something else down.

See you all.

Sunday

So! This is how my room looks now! I just cleaned it completely today, vaccumed and washed the floors.
Yup, not kidding. Even the other side of the room is also clean. Remeber how much stuff was laying here in the last post?
And here's me, sitting at McDonalds. Oh yes, McDonalds really bring the happiness, when no one else can. Happy happy happy.
And here, 2 pictures of my distress over my flat tire. See those yellow patches? Those are fabric underneath the tire, "kevlar", i suppose (it's what underneath i think, also used for bullet proof vests). That means that my tire is now officially dead. Good bye tire, old friend("tire" betyer forresten "dæk"). The happy days are over(untill i went to McDonalds later today).


Besides this, i moved a piano today. I got out of bed, cleaned, washed, and went outside to do stuff, and was imediatly(spelling?) pulled into a car to help some people called Troels and Gry(i know them) move a piano into a theater. MAN pianos are heavy! And this one was even a small one. Went without trouble though.

Oh yeah, for future reference, i will now give you somewhat of a nametree. A discription of some of the people i mention now and then.

Jeppe(thats me)

Israel & Monty: They're both 2nd year students at the Animation Workshop here, and very good friends of mine. Israel is Mexican, and some of you've met him already, he's a very sweet guy, and was with me in the drawingschool in my first year. Monty was also hanging around back then, but i only really got to know him properly in the summer this year, where we had to share a bed for 2 weeks(NO i didn't turn gay, neither did he(as far as i know)), at a one-week drawingcourse we were helping out at.

Maria: Maria is one of the 2 teachers i had the first part of last semester(from january 2006). She's also sort of my neighbour(nabo).
Iben: The other of teacher of the 2. Iben and Maria both were at the drawing school many years ago, and have been in Russia several times, together and separetely, drawing with Boris (like i did). Iben is Married(i believe. They're together at least) to Troels, and they have the 2 kids, Birk(err...around 2 years i think) and Lauge(also boy, 2 weeks).

Artëm: My teacher/something. The guy i had my first semester, who sendt me to russia, and who finished my second semester. And who's teaching me to paint. Unfortunately, none of you have had a long impression of him, some met him very shortly. Artëm(his name's pronounced "ARrtjuOm") was also taught by Boris in Russia. Artëm is the "professer" at the school. He's together with a girl named Ellen(who insists on being on my blog, and recently adopted me as a little brother. Aparently.), who's a singer. She was in the drawingschool, and started at the Animation Workshop, but dropped out due to a pelvis(hofteskål) injuree.

Gry: Gry is the leader of the Drawing School, my new boss, and the sister of Iben(see above).
Randy & Mette Tange: 2 of the girls i know the best here, also good friends. Mette Tange is also 2nd year at the Animation Workshop, and Randy is 3rd year. Don't think anyone met these 2 yet.

That should cover that then. Please tell me if there's something you don't understand!
Untill next time then. Nothing more happening today, and now i'm gonna go and watch TV series on my computer, and eat serial(ske-morgenmad).

I'm still alive. Don't wory.

I'm still here. I've just been very lazy, for SO long, and didn't upload anything. Here we go.

Yesterday, I was looking at all of my paintings done so far, with Artëm. We were both very pleased, i'm doing very good with colors. I have sort of entered a period, where i'm getting to perfectionistic (can you say that?), and trying to much to better than i did the last time. This is very normal, i'm well aware of it myself, and can remember periods like this from when i'm drawing a lot. It's no problem, it well change. What it means is, that i try to much to make the picture look really good and welldone. And when that happens, i'll usually bury(begrave) myself in a detail or two in the picture, and neglect( ikke give opmærksomhed til) the bigger picture.

I also went shopping with Artëm yesterday, we bought 2 sofas in cadmium orange, which is a very screaming orange color. Like the orange on an ambulance, fx. They are to be used inhis new studio (i'll post pictures of it soon), which, in effect, will sort of be MY studio, the 4 months he's not here next semester. It's gonna be a really swell (brandgodt) place.

So anyway, here's 3 pictures of all my.. pictures. Then you can see them in comparison, and get a feeling of the sizes. The one of the naked boy, in the right lower corner, is my favourite model studie. Also my first. Artëm was very happy with the one in the left corner, of the girl.

And here's the other side. The big blue one, that's my "masterpiece" so to speak. The one that i've had most trouble with, and i've "done" most things with. It's given me a lot of thought, and monday i'll try to finish it. I've been working so long on it now. The one with all the pink is, i think, the first still life i did, the first painting at all actually. With a lot of help from Artëm, that turned out really good actually.

And lastly: it's true, that i've had some gloomy, dark days lately, and this is what the general impression of my room was: messy. As can be seen on the pciture (the rest looked even worse). So i cleaned up! And it looks much better now (you can actually see the floor now). Didn't manage to was the floor though, but i will. Also, i wanted to fix my bike. it's been flat for some time now. So, Artëm came by one night (Artëm artëm artëm artëm i know, i know, i'll get some more friends soon), i told him i wanted to patch(lappe) it, and he started laughing. Turns out, my actual tire is worn down, from all the breaking i've done on my bike, and it's been worn all the way through the rubber. Theres some fabric underneath the rubber, but the tire is absolutely broke. So i have to by a new one. Great...

In the end, here they are, all they works. Enjoy!

I now i haven't been home for a long time now, but i will be home sometime near december, maybe not untill the beginning of december (my father nturns 114 years old the 9th. of december. Yes he doesn't like it, but he's getting old), so i'll definately be home then. Maybe before. And, i'll be home around christmas, although not in good time! The course stops the 22nd of december, so i'll only JUST have time to come home! And that also means, everyone, PLEASE send me your notes of christmas present needs now, so i can start getting even more poor than i am. 'Cus i haven't got time to buy presents in copenhagen!

Thats all for now. I'll try to update on the exciting subjects like my flat tire, and the new studio(oh! "studeo" means the place to paint, by the way, NOT the place to play music!) soon.

Untill then, take care everyone. Jeppe

Jeppe's OUT of trouble! Hurray!

I found my jacket! Hurray! Hurray! It was in the classroom, under alot of paper, and a girl from the school found it, oh man i'm so happy hurray hurray lala la lala la! I'm gonna give her some perncils for finding gift tomorrow (if i remember) but now i'm SO happy! Hurray hurray hurray!


Oh, and my former teacher, Iben, just gave birth to a son, Lauge, this sunday. Gonna go see him tomorrow!

Hurray hurray!

Jeppe in Trouble again.

Hello guys.

Today, or actually right now, i'm very depressed. Because i can't find my raincoat! And it's raining. The actual thought of not having a raincoat doesn't bother me, but this one was a gift from my mother for my birthday, which means that i haven't even had it for 1 month, and i haven't even used it very much yet.
I've checked alot of places, in my room, the drawing school, the animation workshop, everywhere, it doesn't show. I know i had it thursday, but i can't remember where i brought it since! Damn. My last hope is, that it's hanging at me teacher Marias place, next to where i live. If not, well, i suppose i'll have to put up notes.

I'm just so depressed about this.

Besides this, there's a minor reveloution at the animation workshop. It's a long story, but the short verison is, that many teachers here believe, that when you're a student, you don't have a life. Your life is studying, and thats what your days and weekends should be filled with, and the students here are getting tired of being beaten on the head, because they "only" spend 1(whole) day doing their homework (we're probably talking 8-10 hours here), and are complaining, that the school shouldn't dominate their weekends. So, our little community is in a upstirr(der er uorden i det).

Well thats all for this little post. I'm on my own this week, since Artëm is in Italy, and the students have a guest teacher, so i'm going to make my own schedule.

See you.

Back again.

Hi everyone! Back again, after a long time. I'll only be showing you stuff today, last week was a holiday for everyone except the Drawing School, so everything was deserted and booring and nothing happened.

So, here, on the right, is my new cap("kasket", på dansk). Before it said "Dr. Pepper" but Artëm changed it into "Dr. Rapper". He made it himself. It's yellow. Not much to be said about it. The "Rapper" part... well. In my first year at the drawing school, Artëm made a portrait of me, where he wrote "to very clever boy peper". So first i suppose it was a joke about that, and then i told him i used to make rap when i was younger, så he changed it while laughing.

And here is my painting of my cap. In yellow. It's actually after a painting of Van Gogh, called "Van Gogh's chair", and this picture will be "Jeppes yellow cap". It's not done yet, but so far very good. What you should notice is the strong contrast between the cold yellow color, and the blue-black background. The darker side of the cap is a little more into ocher(okker) which is a much warmer color. And the green simply goes very well with the yellow.

And this one is a nude study of a man. I only started for 3 hours, and continueing tomorrow. So far, allright, but i need to fix a lot. I was very unfocused last time i worked.
And this, i don't know if i showed it allready. It's of a young model called Nicco we had some time ago. It's actually a very good picture, but i need to correct the leg that is furthest away form us (his left leg) since the color and shape is not good at all. But good besides that.


And this, this is my masterpiece. It's a stilllife/stilleben, almost as tall as me. It's VERY hard, but very rewarding work also, i love working on it. I''ve been dong it a long time now, and it keeps getting harder, but i'm optimistic. Generally, the point was that i should try out different colors of blue at the same picture. Artëm says i'm a colorist, that i see many colors very easy, so i suppose he wanted to test me.

And here, another nude study. very fast done, 6 hours i think, but also, could've been worse, although i would've liked 2-3 more hours on it.

And in the end, one of my own. I don't have a name for it yet, it's still not done. For colors. The red and green go very well togother, and then the yellow and black(hole of the mouth). Here, yellow works as a white, so they are in contrast, and a movement goes from top left corner, down to bottom left corner. The mouth can be seen as a mouth, or as an eye actually.

Thats it for this time guys. On a sidenote, any of the studys here, i used from 6-15 hours so far, and the ones i did on my own, probably 1-4 hours so far.

I'll write again tomorrow to tell about whats actually going on. See you.

Birthday day.

Hello everyone. So, today is my birthday. It started out very good this morning, some of the guys(eh girls mostly) came knocking on my door around 7.30 (dissapointed to find out i was already up and about), bringing cake, food and presents. I got: 1 pornmovie, which involved a very embarassing story about Israel and an automat machine outside a kiosk braking, 1 bottleopener (which i had borrowed the night before) and a sweater someone forgot at one of the girls place... great presents, and even better morning! And when the paper from the presents fell on the candlelight, we had our own little(big) campfire in my room! Very cosy, and only mildly dangerous. Great morning!

Today i was teaching the whole day, but the other class. Not Artëms, as usually. The teacher of the other class is going somewhere each wednesday so i take the class there. And i did morning gymnastics with the whole drawingschool.

Anyway, here's some of the pictures i did. First one is of a boy we were drawing. I think it was 9 hours. But as you see (or not) it's not finished. Nevermind.



This one of an elderly man we had for model, but before the one of the boy.


















And this one, in bad quality, an older study of some stuff. Stilleben, if you want to be technical.

Also i've done some stuff of my own, but most of it is at the library, along with some drawings, as the students here are doing a small exhibition, so i joined in.







I'm afraid thats all i have to offer for now. I will, of course, show you some of my own stuff, as soon as it's done.
Anyway, tomorrow i'm comming to copenhagen, so see some of you there!
Over and out.

West-coast Weekend.

This weekend was spent at the west coast (of Jylland) at a place called "Kirsten Kjær Museeum". It's also the place where Artëm (also) lives (besides here on the school). It's just outside of Frøstrup, and just next to the Frøstrup Lejren (which is like a country version of Christiania). It's a really nice place, where many artists are living, some all the time, some from time to time. And Artëm is exhibiting at the museum most of the time, along with many other painters and sculptists.
I went there with Artëm, Israel, a Russian friend of Artëms, and 2 girls from the class, who're british and turkish (thats right, i was the only dane on the trip)

The trip was spendt with really good food (Artëm is a wonderful cook, and the british girl made english breakfest... yummie!), collecting mushrooms in the forest meditating at the beach (as you can see on the photo), visiting the museeum, going to old german bunkers and drinking and laughing in the evenings. We also visited a friend of Artëms at the Frøstup Lejren. The weekend was, all in all, superb. Really good!





Here we have everybodys favourite Mexican, at the beach. It's his birthday tomorrow the 4th of october (for you, Monty!), and i bet he's very excited at the picture. The beach was so nice, and there were all these old bunkers from the 2nd World War (which were very good for climbing fun!).

















Last week, we finished, and performed, at project Artëm had given everybody, called "Kill A Tree". The mission was to think of as many different possible ways to kill a tree as possible, and then make a grafic image out of it. And the wrap it around the trees.
So that's what we did, basically. And some journalist interviewed Artëm about it. There were some really good ideas in between.



This one, for example.

It's a worn eating the tree, in case you can't see. A good example of a graphic design!

Today i have a meeting with the party comitee, and later i have spanish. Phew. Lots of plans today, but it's good. I will post again soon, i hope, with more news.

Take care everyone.