Steen Sønderup

Steen Sønderup I do not do commissioned work.

I draw and paint for periods of time, and occasionally I sell some of it where the money goes to NGOs that work to help people with mental challenges, as well as children who for various reasons cannot be with their parents.

Still life of a jug and mug, done with graphite pencil
11/05/2026

Still life of a jug and mug, done with graphite pencil

Just finished this nose 👃
03/05/2026

Just finished this nose 👃

Carsten Krogstrup udstiller - og det er værd at få med❗️Jeg har haft fornøjelsen af at få undervisning af Carsten Krogst...
30/04/2026

Carsten Krogstrup udstiller - og det er værd at få med❗️
Jeg har haft fornøjelsen af at få undervisning af Carsten Krogstrup, og hans tilgang til maleriet har sat sig spor hos mig. Derfor er det med ægte begejstring jeg anbefaler jer at se hans udstilling.
Carsten arbejder med klassisk figurmaleri og har en sjælden evne til at finde det eksistentielle i portrættet - der er noget stille og melankolsk over hans billeder, men også en skarphed og en menneskelig bevidsthed som bliver hængende i én.

BILLEDKUNSTENS HUS, Sydhavsøerne præsenterer KUNSTUDSTILLING LF

Carsten Krogstrup er uddannet ved Det Jyske Kunstakademi og arbejder med klassisk maleri med motiver fra bilkirkegårde, spejlinger og udsatte eksistenser.

Hans billeder rummer både fortælling og social resonans.
Mød hans værker i årets udstilling.

Fernisering lørdag den 2. maj kl. 14.00–17.00
Åbningstale ved Oliver Stilling
BILLEDKUNSTENS HUS, Sydhavsøerne
Dosseringen 6, Stubbekøbing

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Læs på Dansk længere nede 👇⚠️ To everyone trying to learn how to draw portraits using the Loomis method.I am unfortunate...
25/04/2026

Læs på Dansk længere nede 👇

⚠️ To everyone trying to learn how to draw portraits using the Loomis method.

I am unfortunately seeing post circulating here on Facebook / Instagram where the Loomis construction is applied directly to photographs of faces - including children - with red guidelines drawn over them. It is presented as a demonstration of the method. It is not. It is an incorrect application, and I feel compelled to say so clearly.

Here is what is wrong:
The Loomis system is built around a flattened sphere with a clearly defined side plane - the so-called temple cut. This is the very core of the construction. In the images being shared, this element is consistently absent. Without it, what is shown is not Loomis.

Furthermore, Loomis’ proportional system is calibrated to the adult head. Applying it directly to a child’s face is a fundamental methodological error. Children have proportionally a much larger cranium and a far smaller facial area than adults. The eye line sits in a completely different position. A construction that ignores this will always produce an incorrect result.

I understand that this is being shared in good faith. But good faith is not enough when it comes to teaching others. Beginners who rely on this material risk internalising errors that can take a long time to correct - and worse, they risk becoming frustrated that their drawings are not working, without understanding that it is the guidance that is the problem, not themselves.

The Loomis method is a precise and well-founded system. It deserves to be shown correctly.

If you are unsure what Loomis actually prescribes, start with Andrew Loomis’ own book: Drawing the Head and Hands. It is available and not difficult to find.

To everyone who shares this kind of content without having verified it: I sincerely ask you to consider what you are putting out there. Not because the intention is bad - but because the consequences for others can be.

God4bhi: Misinformation about drawing technique does more harm than good.

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⚠️ Til alle der forsøger at lære at tegne portrætter ved hjælp af Loomis-metoden.

Jeg ser desværre opslag cirkulere her på Facebook / Instagram, hvor Loomis-konstruktionen anvendes direkte på fotografier af ansigter - herunder børn - med røde hjælpelinjer tegnet ind over. Det præsenteres som en demonstration af metoden. Det er det ikke. Det er en fejlagtig anvendelse, og jeg er nødt til at sige det højt.

Her er hvad der er galt:
Loomis-systemet er bygget op omkring en afskåret kraniekugle med et tydeligt sideplan - det såkaldte temple cut. Det er selve kernen i konstruktionen. I de viste billeder mangler dette element konsekvent. Uden det er der ikke tale om Loomis.

Derudover er Loomis’ proportionssystem kalibreret til det voksne hoved. At lægge det direkte over et barns ansigt er en grundlæggende metodisk fejl. Børn har proportionelt et meget større kranium og et langt mindre ansigtsparti end voksne. Øjenlinjen sidder et helt andet sted. En konstruktion der ignorerer dette vil altid give et forkert resultat.

Jeg forstår at dette deles i god tro. Men god tro er ikke nok når det handler om at undervise andre. Nybegyndere der støtter sig til dette materiale risikerer at internalisere fejl der kan tage lang tid at rette op igen - og endnu værre, de risikerer at blive frustrerede over at deres tegninger ikke stemmer, uden at forstå at det er vejledningen der er problemet, ikke dem selv.

Loomis-metoden er et præcist og velfunderet system. Den fortjener at blive vist korrekt.

Hvis du er i tvivl om hvad Loomis faktisk foreskriver, så start med Andrew Loomis’ egen bog: Drawing the Head and Hands. Den er tilgængelig og ikke svær at finde.

Til alle der deler den slags indhold uden at have tjekket det: Jeg beder jer oprigtigt om at overveje hvad I sender ud. Ikke fordi intentionen er dårlig - men fordi konsekvenserne for andre kan være det.

Misinformation om tegneteknik ødelægger mere end det gavner

Studies in form, light and shadow. Wonderful exercise, despite the wrong choice of paper. Done with graphite pencil with...
14/04/2026

Studies in form, light and shadow. Wonderful exercise, despite the wrong choice of paper. Done with graphite pencil without any smudging or blending, only the pencil's own hatching.

11/04/2026

Do you see - or do you assume?

Tony Swaby perhaps shared this essay in response to a small disagreement we had. He wrote “Art is a Mindset not a skill” - to which I replied that “art is undeniably more pleasant to look at if the artist also masters the craft”.

But having read the essay I think we agree more than we disagree. Perhaps I had slightly misunderstood the context of his statement.
Because what he writes is something I have been thinking about: that practice does not necessarily make perfect - not if we haven’t first learned to see. If we draw or paint based on assumptions about what is there, rather than what is actually there, we simply repeat the same mistake over and over. Practice reinforces what we already do - both the good and what we have yet to discover.

And that is precisely what Betty Edwards has fundamentally been trying to teach us.

What are your thoughts?

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Mindset A mindset-based approach to art begins with a simple but often overlooked premise: the quality of what you create is inseparable from the state in which you create it. Before technique, before knowledge, before process, there is the condition of mind. If that condition is unclear, distracted...

I've finally finished drawing this ram. It's been a long suffering in my struggle to draw an animal with fur. First the ...
07/04/2026

I've finally finished drawing this ram. It's been a long suffering in my struggle to draw an animal with fur. First the bull and now this ram. Drawn with everything from 8H to 8B on A3 paper (tabloid for those of you who don't follow ISO-216 like the rest of the world)

Drawing from a cast is a conversation with something that has already been resolved - the sculptor made the decisions ce...
30/03/2026

Drawing from a cast is a conversation with something that has already been resolved - the sculptor made the decisions centuries ago, and now you’re just trying to understand them.
The mouth was the focus today. Such a small area, but it holds the whole expression together or pulls it apart entirely.
I keep returning to this way of working - building slowly, modeling rather than outlining. It feels closer to thinking than to drawing.

Got a little tired of all that fur in my previous drawings. So now it's back on track with a bust and a bit of a classic...
27/03/2026

Got a little tired of all that fur in my previous drawings. So now it's back on track with a bust and a bit of a classic approach. The first mistakes have already been identified 🫣





Just a little girl ☺️ From my sketchbook 🗒️
17/03/2026

Just a little girl ☺️ From my sketchbook 🗒️

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