Sketching, sketching. It´s like a disease, this suddenly occured need of buying new types of pencils, new sheets of paper. And I also bought these! Finally found new high-heeled ones. You have to look tidy in the woods these days, when you could run into the Kings of the Forest just any time.

From my sketch book. Searching for new lines and structures.

Have you seen/tried Inkling?

A cold morning. A happy rooster. A rimy winter squash. And two nice carrier bags. The first with a motif made by Emma Adbåge, the second by Eva Hjelte. Both derived from some former Hönö-shopping.

Now I will put on some music and start to work. Studiomusic. If you're wondering about what others are listening to while working.

In the afternoon, sat in the sun for a while, looked out at the clear blue sea. Such a nice place, this Salt & Honung. Hönö.

Baka Hönökaka?

Hönö. An island in the Gothenburg archipelago. Will talk about my books tomorrow and the day after that. Not here in Hönö, but nearby. Want to hear the seagulls? Smell the lobster? Do you have a desperate need to explore what it must feel like being a fisherman in polyvinylchloride-coated (yes, I checked it up in the dictionary) trousers? If so, Hönö is the place for you.

Anna-Clara Tidholm i DN: Barn är förvisso små

A month ago I wanted to draw a court jester. This is how he turned out (first pic). Not a very friendly member of the Royal paper bag family.

EFTERLYSNING! Om du skulle råka hamna på ett litet eller större lager bruna papperspåsar av detta slag (85 mm x 195 mm, bredd 40 mm) är jag väldigt intresserad av att köpa!
Maila mig gärna!

From glass facings in Stockholm to pumpkins at home. We went to see this show. Liked it very much! And we came home to a monstrous giant pumpkin with tinier friends, hanging around in our kitchen. On the train I read Jag är jag by Emma Adbåge. That, I liked a lot, too! Go buy, or borrow.


This also looks interesting, First in Line, by Mattias Adolfsson, published by Sanatorium

Some small details from the new book that is on its way to the printer. Starting on a new story, and I can see the illustrations very clear inside my head. The problem is that the colors and the pencil lines do not look at all as if they came from my hand. Too bad.

I have been stumbling upon so many great artists on the web lately. Come, visit these people!

Violeta Lopiz

Valerio Vidali

Elaine Pamphilon

Micah Lidberg

A Zlatan Ibrahimović matchbox lights up the evenings at home. (Happy Birthday, Z, two days in arrears! Don´t hesitate to contact us if you need samples of great merchandising.)

Tattly, Designy Temporary Tattoos

Some of my spreads from a new book published by Bonnier Carlsen. Lilla barnkammarboken: Julsånger. On the radio this morning they said that in seven weeks we will be sweeping snow here in these parts of Sweden. Maybe time to start freshening up some Christmas songs? Other contributors in this anthology are Stina Wirsén, Jan Lööf, Anna Höglund och Maj Fagerberg, m fl.

Mina bidrag är illustrationer till sångerna Feliz Navidad, Vi äro musikanter och Ritsch, ratsch, filibom. Jag hade väldigt roligt när jag ritade! (Särskilt bilden till Vi äro... Jag har alltid tyckt att det är någonting riktigt mysko med vuxna som går i ring och spelar loss på osynliga musikinstrument.)

Jan Lööf på Göteborgs Konstmuseum. T o m 22 januari 2012.

A gray weather day, so far. Last week, on Friday, I finally sent away a picture book I have been working on for some time. (The book will be published by Rabén & Sjögren in early spring next year.) So now I have to do some cleaning up before starting working on new things. These (gray) images were found on my computer. First one shows the football team Mörtfors BK (pic borrowed from Carpe Cultura, photographer Emil Karlsson).

Justice & Police Museum Collection