This march my bf and me visited my parents in Riga, Latvija and then made our way all the way to Italy by trains. I love trains and looking outside of the window and the passing scenery. Draw a little, read a little, think, nap, look a bit more.

Sketchbook page from a train from Warsaw Poland to Vienna Austria, it was some seriously glorious sunset outside. Before complete and utter darkness set in.

It was pink, orange, absolutely violent colours, so saturated it was almost offensive. I could see so obviously I was far from home or any familiar sunset. This was different.

Some big older guy in the same train carriage, smelling of cigarettes and extreme boredom 🚬 kept staring at me drawing. He had no entertainment for the whole 7h trip, no newspaper, no headphones, happy to have provided some. :)

It got dark soon. Out of the window I could see just gentle hints of houses, trees, churches, hills. And a light here and there. A lamp or a window, so bright, contrasting that vast and all consuming darkness, it felt very cinematic.

When I came back home to Bergen I drew some more based on these sketches.

Little business card sized sketches below. Tiny paintings with tiny people and trees.

I’m sure I will come back to this motif again and again but that’s all for now!

Have a good week