Studio Notes

By early September, the Danish landscape is changing, though autumn has not quite arrived. The fields have turned yellow and ochre; the grass is duller, and the light disappears a little earlier each evening. It’s one of my favorite times of year to draw. Pressed summer flowers kept as color and drawing reference in my Copenhagen studio. I tend to notice color first. Late summer brings combinations I see less often in midsummer: dusty greens beside harvested fields, dark berr

There’s something about the visual language of the past - muted tones, a certain elegance, and the handmade texture of things. Vintage-inspired Danish interior illustration — colored pencil on paper. As a Danish illustrator drawn to vintage aesthetics, I often find myself returning to the same kind of scenes: moments that feel slightly out of time. I'm not trying to recreate a specific era. Instead, I'm interested in atmosphere — something lived-in, slightly off-center, and t

Much of the material for my illustrations comes from everyday life in Copenhagen. It might be the tiles in the entrance of an old apartment building, bicycles leaning against a wall, the particular yellow of a kitchen lamp in winter, or the way the city changes when you get close to the water. I don't necessarily go looking for subjects to draw, but I'm always collecting details. Vintage-inspired Danish kitchen scene, drawn in colored pencil. Sometimes I draw a place I know,

I'm a Danish illustrator based in Copenhagen, working mainly in colored pencil and gouache. My drawings often feature older interiors, railway stations, and scenes from everyday life in Denmark. This railway illustration brings together several of those interests: red-brick station buildings, a steam train, and people waiting on a platform. The station is imagined, with details drawn from historical photographs, vintage travel posters, and places I’ve visited. See more of my

In my Copenhagen studio, no two days look the same. I might spend the morning working through a drawing, then switch to a self-tape, voiceover work, or the practical business of illustration. Some days are mostly drawing. Others are divided between several things. Liv Hansen sketching at her desk in Copenhagen. When I sit down to work, I usually have a sketchbook nearby and something playing on the radio. It might be classical music, jazz, country, or bluegrass, depending on