Seeing as one of my posts from two years ago has been getting some attention last week, I thought I would do a mixed post with watercolours from the Kungsleden I already shared, as well as the meagre results of this year’s trail: the southern half of the Kungsleden. Suffice to say: I had been looking forward to painting, and I had enough watercolour postcards to provide for one per day. But it was simply too cold and windy most of the time, so that by the end of the trail, painting as a possible activity had actually left my mind…
Very quickly: 1) 2023. The valley Láddjuvággi between Singi and Kebnekaise. This is one of my most favorite watercolours from recent years! It’s so easy to get lost in detail, but here I’m really happy with the composition, the strong contrast in value and the overall placement of colours.
2) 2025. This year’s only watercolour from the trail, with Björkfjället at the back looking towards Tjamuok (I’m reading from the map here).
3) 2025. After finishing the trail and failing spectacularly at hitchhiking from Kvikkjokk to Jokkmokk, we enjoyed an icecream at Årrenjarka, 15 km further down the road from where we started. Coz that’s how far we got — in 6 hours’ time.
4) 2023. Pretty stones from the mountains northwest of Abisko.
5) 2023. Evening at Sälkastugorna (22:30 / 23:00?), painted from inside our tent :D.
