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Cities have different colour schemes: Paris and Athens are mainly white, while London is kind of beige and brown. Italian cities tend to be colorful, and so is the Old Town of Stockholm, Sweden (much of the rest of the city is a grayish brown, though). Here we find yellows, oranges, and reds, in their more muted form of earth pigments.

The cathedral was first built in the 1260s, and named after St Nicholas. The tower was rebuilt in the 1420s. The church has been enlarged several times.

I happen to love the sight of the tower from the steep street of Storkyrkobrinken. The words "towers majestically" is apt, as the Royal Palace is just to the left of the church.

The painting may look very detailed because of the small size of the image, but in reality, most windows are simply one or two strokes of a slim pastel stick:

 

 As you see in the detail above, it is clear that this painting is made by hand, and not one line is perfectly straight. In fact, I used a straight edge for one long line, and it looked very out of place in the painting, so I had to erase it and do it again by hand. When painting, one has to choose between having all lines perfectly straight, or none of them. If one mixes straight and hand-drawn, it will look wrong and awkward. I prefer the hand-made look, as otherwise I would have enlarged a photo and printed it with all its perfect details. The imperfections, the mark of the hand, is what helps a painting come alive, so to speak, and make it unique. 

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The painting will be included in my next solo show, March 28th, 2020.