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| 19 Nov 2004 |  Thomas |  Loading...Affi? In the woods? Well, that's a new one... ;-D  Johan Aronson replies: " Tell her she might wanna wash her back..." | |
| 24 Dec 2004 | VegetaGirl | Loading... Pretty good. UUMM can you tell me your source ? Because you just got me interested.  Johan Aronson replies: "Hm.. Don't know exactly. I didn't read it in a book or something like that, it was one of those things that came with the breast-milk. But you can always use google to find more.  " | |
| 2 Jul 2005 | Krypto | Loading... I take back my question about the gods, I see you have some already! Good work on everything in here :] | |
| 2 Jul 2005 | Krypto | Loading... I must admit have never heard about a skogsrå (/skogsraa), even though I live in Norway... But in our country it is a very popular folklore that tells of a creature named "Huldra" or "Hulder". It is a woman with a cow tail or the whole lower body of a cow, and she uses to attract men into the woods. It is believed she would capture you or abuse you for her own good. But it wasn't nececery that she would do you any harm in the first place, if you treated her well. Maybe you would like to do some paintings of the Norse gods? Would have been interesting to see how you would do their look. :] Johan Aronson replies: "I have heard about huldror, they seem to live in some places in Sweden also. Huldror and skogsrår are very similar, both (as far as I know) also rule over the forest and the animals there. And they can give hunters good hunting luck if they make love to her in return. " | |
| 24 Sep 2005 | Anonymous | Loading... Ah, the story about two men, one shorter than the other comes to mind. The Skogsrå pulled the feet of the shorter one when they were lieing down to make them both the same length, but it didn't help, so she went after her "hacka-knacka" to make them the same length...They scrammed after she left. | |
| 13 Nov 2005 | Danish redhead | Loading... "Nøkkerosens blomstertæppe, elverpigens dansegulv, både kæk og elskovslysten, for i ryggen har hun hul. Mange gode mænd må se, med hvem de prøver kræfter, en elverdans i hængedynd, den stærke kæp gir efter." ( fra Elverdans - TEKST OG MUSIK: SØREN KORSHØJ? like this very much!!!!!!!..and the bark-covered bag isn´t such a bad idea...a hollow back is rather difficult to draw!!!!! Johan Aronson replies: "That's a nice little song, and I'm happy you like the picture! " | |
| 2 Jan 2006 | Nordic redhead with hot temper!!!! :P:P | Loading... Yes it is!...The melody too...Hm... Do you think you would be ablre to draw a hollow back??.. Or would it be too great a challenge?? Johan Aronson replies: "Might try a hollow back one day... But in the version I heard as a kid she had a bark covered one. " | |
| 30 Oct 2006 | Chris teine_sionnic@hot...com> | Loading... Wow, I like your skogsrå. She's very different from mine; I like to draw skogsråt with peasant blouses and skirts and cow tails. But I painted a huldra much like her, with a transparent back where you can see the trees behind her. Johan Aronson replies: "Yea, the stories about them varies from place to place. For me the skogsrå is naked or dressed in a very rough green dress, and the huldra has a tail and prettier dresses (so that she can hide the tail). But the skogsrå was one of the folkloric creatures that "came with the breast milk", the huldra I learned about later on by reading. I'm surprised to see you are so familiar with Swedish folklore seeing as you're american, how come? Ah, and where can I see your paintings? Do you have a gallery?" | |
| 6 Nov 2006 | Chris <teine_sionnic@hot...com& | Loading... I've read a few books about folklore, including ones that mention Swedish and Scandinavian creatures. The book in which I learned about the skogsrå was "A Field Guide to the Little People" by Nancy Arrowsmith. I don't have a gallery yet; I need to scan my paintings and drawings onto the computer. | |
| 26 Oct 2008 |  Sam Adams | Loading... TREES! How did you do that background, it’s absolutly BRILLIANT!!! Well done! So many of my backgrounds that i try (and fail at) while drawing include trees but i could never do this! It looks so real! Johan Aronson replies: "Oh, thankyou. I would say a good idea is to keep the backround trees simple. Really, just simple silhouettes for the farthest ones should be enough. Also try colouring them in less saturated colours, this will make them seem more distant which will keep them from cluttering up the picture, and it also creates a sense of depth.
Generally you get away with very simple backdrops, because the eyes tend to fill in the bits that are left out. Too much detail in the backround can make a picture too busy. So usually, less is more. " | |
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