Bear With Me

I started drawing this bear several months ago and it lay forgotten between other loose drawings of animals until I found it again. I guess it needed it's winter nap. Spring sun is here and spring flowers has popped up everywhere and what better time to see a newly awaken brown bear? 

Bear with me, it takes time to see progress.

This spring I'm carrying a dreamy hare on my shoulder, and you could too! 

Grab one here: www.greenislestudio.com

Into The Wild

Spring is here and i'm feeling the spirit! I'm so inspired to plant and grow new big plants. A friend gave me a little baby sprout the other day and it has been standing in water for a week now. Waiting for those tiny little roots to grow before planting in soil.

Aaaaaand so I illustrated some plants and decided to put them in the Green Isle Studio shoppe!

I just couldn't decide on only one color so I made them in three different ones, have a look here:

www.greenislestudio.com

and for work in progress pics have a look at our instagram: 

instagram.com/greenislestudio/

Green Isle Studio

Here's a little preview of something me and my sister are working on. You see, we've been thinking about doing something together for ages more than just exhibitions. One of the first things will be an online shop with new drawings, limited editions, originals, printed textiles and products. 

We're planning on open very soon with special opening prices so stay tuned!

Below, the beginning of our logo sketched out by my sister Nancy Grönholm. 

And if you're wondering about the name for those outside of Sweden -

Green Isle is our last name translated into English.

We're on Instagram: GreenIsleStudio

Have a great weekend!

/Carolina

Redrawn and Preview

I never redraw something that I've finished, even though I should sometimes...

I think it's just my eagerness to make a new drawing of a recent idea 

that keeps me on new paths forward.

But the need to re-organize and change color palette for this one was big - It had to be done!

The new "Home Sweet Home" with detail pics below.

This is something new I'm working on. 

Lot's of tree branches and an owl amongst other creatures (not seen here).

I've been working on this for sometime now. I'm just not pleased with it yet, but I'm getting there! Detail pic below. 

Happy Holidays!

God Jul, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad!

Best holiday wishes from the sunshine coast in Spain,

Carolina 

St. Lucia

Tomorrow is one of the shortest days of the year. The sun rises at 8.30 am in the morning and sets at 2.45 pm. This never ending darkness can be depressing sometimes... Tomorrow is however St.Lucia day here in Sweden! A lovely old tradition of light "festivities" with Lucia in the center with candles in her hair. 

Below, originally made for a short commissioned video.

/Carolina

IF:Theatre - Family House On Vacation

I keep drawing houses. This was originally for a short animation I started on early last spring, hoping I'll finish it someday. I've added some coloring and details in the background. This illu will also be added as a print in my nordic and international shop. A few seconds are included in my animation reel below if you're curious of how it looks animated. 

                             

Cornflake Girl

I was commissioned to make a exclusive illustration for Kellogg's. There was also a limited number of 15 signed prints made for a event together with Swedish Red Cross. 

Ibland behöver vi "vuxna" bli påminda om den underbara fantasivärld som barn 

så enkelt målar upp i sitt inre. Det var min tanke och idé bakom illustrationen. 

"Home Sweet Home"

     I'm drawing and dreaming of houses. This is a little animation short I did earlier this spring.

"Home Sweet Home"

     

            

     

Fox + Hare

As some of you may know, I graduated from Hyper Island - Motion Creative this June (yay!) and since then I've been busy having a well deserved summer break but I also managed to draw a bit. I'm currently working on different projects such as an animated music video, illustrations for an exhibition in August and a lot of personal projects. Many of them will be finished and released this fall. Below, Red Foxy Fox and Pink Lepus. Available as prints in my shop. 

Pet portraits SALE! LOVE!

I do love drawing someone's loved pet, either it be a dog, cat, hedgehog or the cutest little pig. All animals are wonderful to draw and the most fun is to bring out that special trait from their personality. Or have the pet be in a another place and space in the drawing. One thing I always wished for but never gotten the chance to do is to draw animals in people's clothing. 

I've been somewhat close, drawing cats in superhero capes and in roller-skates. 

During the rest of July I will draw your beloved pets with clothes, or without, in space, 

in the wild, as a lion. Just the way you want it. 

I'm reducing the price from $200 USD to $130 USD throughout the entire month in my Etsy shop. 

Here are examples of commissioned drawings:

Thank you everyone for your love and support! 

/Carolina

Fun little booklet

I got a little surprise gift in the post mail the other day! A fun little booklet of 37 "selfies"drawings made by Roberto. They're so much fun to look at. Here's one of my favorites:

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who came to me and my sisters exhibition "Between Sisters"

during these past three weeks!

It went really good with a couple of paintings sold and I'm looking forward to do more design together with Nancy. We talked about making some new work within this theme even before the exhibition was happening, developing it with new drawings and have another exhibition together later on. 

Here are some of the drawings:

And these two are some of my favorites by my sister. They got sold!

Wishing you a great Sunday!

/Carolina

Work In Progress

Sketches with graphite pen, ink and Illustrator. All for the exhibition in October - can't wait to show you the whole drawings! 

And a photo of my hair - work in progress. 

Thanks to everyone who's following and reading my posts!

 I will be studying Motion Graphics here in Stockholm for a year starting from tomorrow (wohoo!!) and I may or may not be distant here on my blog. I will however post instant pics of work and happenings over at Instagram: http://instagram.com/carolinagronholm and probably here too! 

Stay safe stay lovely, always!

/Carolina

Cat Faces!

 Recognize this face from my blog banner? it's originally a part of an older illustration of mine. One I might show you in the future, as for now I'm not sure if I want to use it for something else or not. I'm thinking of making these below into cards for the shop, what do you think?

 I made some samples just to try it out, in raspberry pink.

Wishing you a great weekend!

/Carolina

WIP: Between sisters

I'm working on a new drawing for the upcoming exhibition I'm having with my sister this fall. This is a work in progress, digital drawing from a photo I took earlier this month when visiting my family. See previous post if you're curious!

While mommy is working, baby is sunbathing.

Photo of the day:

Wishing you a great midsummer's eve!

/Carolina

Exhibition work in progress - Between sisters

Great news, my sister and I will have an exhibition together this fall so we're in the stages of producing: 

The theme is sisterhood. Our relationship as sisters, as artisans, youth and adulthood. 

Let's Go! - New illustrated summer theme

This is what I'm constantly thinking about. Unfortunately I do not have a boat, nor a fishing rod or a swimsuit. The last one is however possible to get hold of and affordable. 

Some of my goals for this summer is these activities, what are yours? I need inspiration for new drawings. I'm thinking of hiking, mountain climbing....what else? any suggestions are welcomed! 

/Carolina

Work in progress / Illustration and textiles

I'm working on some new illustrations, part of a series in three with the theme summer/ocean.

Very dreamy and very retro. I can't wait for summer to arrive. I'm hoping for a long hot dry summer, to go swimming, for picnics in the park etc. Us swedes are very sensitive when it comes to the weather as we have to endure a very very very very very long winter before the sun even shows up in mid march.

A rough sketch of one of the drawings "Let's Go Fishing". Digital.  

New printed textiles are coming up in the shops...

/Carolina

Bike ride - New illustration

Spring is finally here and that for me means lots of bicycling on my orange bicycle. 

This bike used to be my mothers and now I have it. I admit it's not the safest and fastest bike - it needs lots of reparation and some parts needs changing....but still...it works and looks like a dream, my orange pearl!

Have a great week lovelies,

I'm off for a bike ride! You never know when a spring shower might come..