Painting SWEDISH FOLKLORE with ScrawlrBox Mystery Art Supplies

[@beatekausch4745]

You definitely nailed the softness of childrensbooks' illustrations of this type. Everything works so well together. And I have to agree with other comments here, I'd love to see more mythological creatures in a style like that. A series would be incredible.

[@aartadventure]

In Australia, the folklore that comes to mind is: 1. Rainbow Serpent - The powerful being that created all of the Universe and Earth. 2. The bunyip in the billabong - An evil creature that kills anyone that goes swimming in waterholes. 3. Drop bears - A creature which was once thought to be myth, but is terrifyingly real. They are like monstrous koalas, but with razor sharp teeth and claws. They wait for people to walk under a tree, then drop down and slice them apart.

[@renovek]

Oh man, John Bauer is my all-time favorite artist and trolls are my all-time favorite mythological creatures, so seeing you draw one inspired by his and Lidberg's styles is really neat!

[@SullenEchoes]

I almost wish we could see her in other scenes too! A whole story. Love it

[@geekyeva]

We visited John Bauers birthplace during summer vacation, and I've been into swedish folklore since then. So I just LOVE this! And the style is so nice, so wimsical. Hope you'll make prints of this :).

[@SilvaraDragontear]

You definitly managed to crossbreed Bauers style with Lidberg’s style. I as a swede grew up with their artwork in the books I read or was read as a child. Had this really thick book with swedish fairytales with artwork from Bauer as a kid that I loved very much thanks to his gloomy but yet magical art.

[@meiyamanaka]

Brasil has a lot of folklore as well. We have Iara, a kind-of mermaid from Amazonia. Pink Boto (a sweet water dolphin) the story is that a very beautiful man would seduce girls and make them pregnant, then he would disappear bc he needed to be back to the river. We also got Curupira, defender of the forests. He got backwards feet and fire hair. He used to leave footprints in "the opposite direction" so gold miners would get lost and eventually die in the forest, ceasing the further destruction of the forest. There's also Saci. He wears a red bonnet, smokes a pipe and got only one leg. He likes to prank people and comes on a wind swirl(?). There's a lot more tho.

[@ErisEvil]

BR lol

[@thoughtfulwatcher]

This is so interesting. Thank you for sharing!

[@Kunabee]

The art is really beautiful. I love mythology and lore and fantasy, so I research a lot of it and know a bunch of bits and pieces from all over the world!

[@WillowRoseArlen]

I adore how this turned out! And the artists you referenced, their work feels so nostalgic to me like I may have seen it in my own children's books growing up. I will definitely have to do some digging. The soft colors and whimsical style you captured has such a cozy happy feeling to it!

[@ErisEvil]

we definitely need a series with magical creatures s2

[@tarah775]

i do the same thing with all my markers since i am not very experienced with that kind of medium. your drawing turned out amazing, very whimsical. when i was younger, used to be very interested in fairytales and folklore, now seems like a good time to revisit that interest. thank you for the inspiration to do so.

[@E4Alabbasy]

I absolutely love how your painting turned out 😍😍😍 also I really enjoyed you talking about your folklore, I'm from Bahrain and we don't really have folklore in the middle east but more of ghost/djinn stories. Like a shape shifting djinn who tricks and eat sailors, a female djinn who makes old men lose their sense of direction and guides them to her to kill them. But similar to how the idea of trolls changed the idea of djinns changed as well and some them are seen as good ones who try to live at peace with humans.

[@terahmichelle416]

This is a awesome piece! More trolls pls...or even trolls with all their stray cat forest friends 💜🤗

[@Skunkforge]

I love this idea!

[@c.f.callier]

I really love this piece. I think going for the softer look was a good decision. You did challenge yourself with a subject you don't normally draw. :) I haven't thought about folklore in ages. So the only one that remember the name of is Paul Bunyan.

[@LA8501LA.]

I loved it,it turned out so cute and def looks like a page taken right out of a child’s story book.

[@lillemonwedge2336]

This artwork is so very different and yet so similar to your other works. Its definitely you and it came out wonderfully. This was a very refreshing video.

[@thoughtfulwatcher]

Most American folklore traveled from other countries as people migraited here but I know of two which were from our native people which have become part of pop culture. One is the Wendigo. This is a canibal spirit and portraiyed very differently in modern culture from its roots. The other is the Skinwalker, a being so evil that originally the native people wouldn't speak of them. Sometime. There's a wonderful talk on YT by Chief Dan about how they began good and helpful but turned to evil. These are humans with foul magic who use the pelts of animals to transform themselves into the creature. They have other powers as well, all of it bad.

[@hammoniahase3185]

Your artwork is beautiful, I love the soft look, it fits the topic way better than bold colors. I live in the north of Germany and we have a lot of folklore and myth over here, especially local stuff. One of the best known is (I think) the Pirate Klaus Störtebeker and his crew the Vitalienbrüder. But my favorite is the story about Rungholt. It is called the Atlantis of the North Sea and was a very wealthy town of traders that sunk in a big flood. It is said that, when the sea is quiet, you can see the roofs of their houses and hear the bells of the church towers. A few years back it was found that there is proof of a sunken island or town, where they suspect Rungholt is located. There are Gnomes or Dwarfs with red hats living on Sylt too. And a lot of myth about undead people who came back from the sea and you should never open the door, when they knock. :D

[@ReptarsaurusRex]

The only local folklore I can remember is the lost colony of Roanoke, which was a real historical event. The first English settlers to America disappeared from their colony and the mystery remains unsolved to this day. There are several theories, like did they join the Native Americans or be killed by them? Not really folklore but Idk what is American folklore 😅

[@Angelofnine]

Definitely not cheating 😊 This came out very cute

[@wintersprite]

Great illustration! Also, I believe the little “Santa Claus looking people” are gnomes.

[@Artraive]

Not all Santa Clause looking people are gnomes in Sweden. Gnomes usually live in gardens/nature, but our most common one is called hus tomte/vätte house 'gnomes' and they live in our homes. If you are kind to them they will be nice and help out but if you are mean it's like living with a tiny curse. Things go missing, you get bad luck and such. They usually wear muted or grey clothes. If you look at the pictures Marie was showing the Santa Clause people have brighter colors, often seen with typical yule/christmas elements. They usually live deep in the forests in hidden villages and they deliver gifts to children at christmas/yule/jul. They vary in size, but never as small as a gnome, somewhere between a dwarf and normal elderly people. There are many tales of them but various artists have muddled the two togehter in their art pieces but they are seperate creatures.

[@AlexaFaie]

@@Artraive Those are what are seen as gnomes - like the garden gnome statues - here in the UK, my first thought was gnomes, the kinds which live in little mushroom homes or underground. We'd have called the ones which live in houses "brownies" or "hobgoblins".

[@Artraive]

@@AlexaFaie They are not, those are our versions of Santas. (Yes, plural, as in several. We do not only have one) The non bearded ones shown is tomtenisse which is our version of the elfs from the English tales. You have to realize it differs between our countries, we don't have the exact same folklore and the creatures don't always function the same even if they are alike. Gnomes are tiny but if you look at the picture with the Tomte sleeping next to the cat he's bigger than the cat. Our gnomes/vättar are super tiny. And I assure you, our Santas are not your type of garden gnomes. Our Vättar are similar to the brownies though :)

[@pewpewcat7679]

Especially enjoyed this video. The background info on nordic folklore was great! Reminds me of the german folklore, we have a lot in common. Your painting turned out awesome!

[@thoughtfulwatcher]

I love this so much! Your art is always wonderful but this was a really fascinating change.

[@brigitteitg]

That’s a very cute troll lady!! I have a Norwegian troll sitting on my bedside table, which has moved with me around the world. In Germany we have a lot of mystical creatures too. I particularly love the story of the Heinzelmännchen, little people who secretly used to help the people of Cologne with their work, until a nosy tailor’s wife scared them away for good. I always wanted to create an illustration for the poem telling the story!

[@mercurialfox]

Really fun prompt and you are right, the softer ink painting looks so good for this style! 👌

[@ebyn77]

your artwork always delights me, it makes me happy. I love it when you go "off road" with your art supplies and use them in different ways!

[@danehrovitnir7323]

I love her, and really enjoyed the painting. It does feel like trolls and similar creatures suit you!

[@JasmineZellmer]

I love this! It's so nice and earthy while also being very bright, like nature! The folklore from around here mostly focuses on animal spirits and things. I'm not super versed, but native stories mostly. Where I live specifically there's a huuuuuuge bigfoot community though, lol. Bigfoot bumper stickers, t shirts, mugs, troupes that go out and look for bigfoot, etc.

[@majesticmythicalsart7563]

Love the style of this and agree with others about wanting to see other mythical creatures like this!

[@majastorm5580]

Oh, I love this. So much fun to see you creating something different.

[@iilunha]

This is beautiful!! I’d absolutely love to see more stuff like this from you!!

[@LunaBianca1805]

Lovely, your troll lady looks really magical and so peaceful 😍🥰❣

[@stroodledoodles]

Awww the illustration came out so sweet, the muted colours really suit it! It's also kinda funny that you ended up watering down the pitt artist pens, since I'd only just learnt you could do that myself haha I'd say that the most famous folklore in England is the black dog, which depending on the story is either an evil spirit or a protector of graveyards!

[@Sick1982]

That looks really nice!! I love how you managed to use the art supplies to make it work for the style you were after! I also have no clue how to properly use pitt artist pens, so am very interested if you ever figure it out 😂

[@moonmakes]

Nordic Folklore Uni Student here! I love nordic mythology so much, and it is very true that the nordic countries share a lot of folklore. Here in Finland our trolls are very much the same as those in Sweden, and I'm here to drop a book and movie recommendation for folks that are interested! A favorite of mine, that I keep returning to, is the novel "Underfors". It's written by a swedish-speaking finn (repping my own cultural group!), and is as such written in Swedish but takes place in Finland! You get a lot on trolls and also bäckahästen - with some more Finnish bits thrown in like two specific mischievous trolls, the world serpent and the fae. I have read this book multiple times and I will likely read it many more still! A cool movie, although be it one with a much more serious tone (an adaptation of a horror author's work) is Gräns. Also featuring trolls, albeit a darker and realistic take on them! Very thought provoking to be sure, and I will always rep the creator, John Ajvide Lindqvist's works! Quick edit: John Bauer wrote my favorite book growing up in the western (swedish-speaking) parts of Finland, and for sure a reason I went into the folklore/cultural field of study!

[@fuzzydragons]

great looking happy troll 😀 you get trolls (trows) here in Scotland, usually from folklore in the Orkney Islands which can be very shy, usually hamless but occasionally causing a bit of trouble 😆

[@16taysia]

This looks so beautiful, please draw more like this 😊❤

[@tamaalchemist9791]

Even your trolls looks like cats, a big troll loaf, she seems so cute and peaceful this way~

[@mydaisyflutters]

LOVE the art this time. Seriously cool.

[@beautifulenigma1724]

How do you transfer your digital sketch to paper? I love how this turned out!

[@adriannenewman3517]

i loved seeing a troll in your style she is beautiful

[@jaidyn259]

Heavily reminded me of a cute animated movie called "Song of the Sea." Very similar vibes and content 💕 super, super cute!!!

[@allgirlreview433]

Thank you for talking about the folklore of trolls. I recommend the show Hilde which is about a young girl and her experience with trolls.

[@asiu19]

well, I only remenber one german folklore story, the pied piper of Hamelin. The one, where a rat catcher spirits away all the children of the town because the people didn't want to pay him, when he got rid of the rats for them. Other then that, there is of course the countless stories the brothers Grimm collected, though they are more fairy tales than folklore stories. But "Kännchen voll" (the full pot) and "Der Fischer und seine Fru" (the fisherman and his wife) are my two favorites.

[@C.B.32]

I also grew up with the stories of the Brothers Grimm, translated in Dutch. I believe that they are still popular with small children.

[@meerabellenbaum6092]

I love your troll lady, so beautiful!! 🥰

[@lyriklambert7837]

I thought since I'm a white American I didn't have any folklore, but then I remembered Paul Bunyan. He's a giant lumberjack that has a giant blue cow for a friend. The story started back when lumberjacks would come to Michigan to harvest the big white pines.

[@Karmacranes]

so it depends on which country i pick but i have the irish giants ( from the giants causeway) and the kelpie a horse which dragged children into rivers hmm sounds familar? but theres also the myths of the dreaming like bunji the eagle and the trickster crow god wa. or the rainbow snak ( which lives on in olive pythons) .

[@NerdyStitchyWitchy]

I love how that one time you don't draw a cat, you draw a troll laying just like a cat. :P

[@NatashaCreatesThings]

So beautiful!!

[@zoimunc]

Beautiful work as always xxxx

[@scrawlrbox]

A. lesson in trolls and amazing artwork 🤩 love it

[@sarastallet99]

The style on the featured artist reminds me a bit of Karl-Bertil Johnssons Jul ^^

[@N_0968]

I’m ready for more cute art! ❤❤❤

[@maramakesjournals2319]

In America, fairy tales were by the Grimm brothers and Hans Christian Anderson. Looking back, I’m horrified by how violent Grimm’s fairy tales were. Children were always in dire peril. Very scary.

[@slateportraichu5416]

Beautiful illustration=)

[@juliangelus]

Beautiful art :) You should make this the start of a series :)

[@Bubblebeets]

So beautiful

[@ParasolMushroomStudios]

as someone who draws elves I love the ears :DD

[@BigBadWolframio]

My country's folklore isn't very famour abroad (not even a lot survives here), but we have quite a lot of creatures. However, I think the most common are some gnome-like entities.

[@AdamskiiJon]

'well, maybe not every eraser because some erasers are just crap' 😂 tickled me

[@jennglow4647]

Very pretty 😀

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I honstly wouldn't mind at all if you deviated more from the cats :) I loved hearing about the Swedish folklore, and learned things that I never knew. Also, as an American, I struggled to think of any folktales, because we've ripped so many from other countries, I don't think we really have any that are uniquely our own.

[@RaionNoMachi]

Idk I guess America has a few tall tales, like Paul Bunyan and his blue ox. Not as exciting as gryphons perhaps, but it’s unique to the country 🤷🏼‍♀️?

[@ReptarsaurusRex]

I couldn't think of any American folklore either 😅

[@PinkWytchBytch]

I can’t recall if they’re the same name in Sweden, but I’ve always felt a very strange interest in the Hulderfolk

[@zai7703]

So awesome

[@ninafairyart]

What a beautiful troll 😍😂

[@Artraive]

Kattvalk, can you give a heads up when the bottled happines keychains are up on your store again? :)

[@Kattvalk]

I always announce shop updates in advance on my social medias 😊

[@Artraive]

@@Kattvalk Va bra, tack :) ska hålla utkik!

[@psychoshrink166]

USA/ Canada: we have the native American Wendigo! The stories are terrifying 😃

[@HeroOfThePeople]

I love this

[@wonderwonder30]

What brush do you use in Procreate?

[@mariabjors7187]

Snyggt! 😍 Men mina tankar gick till typ kurbits när jag såg färgerna och ordet folklore. 😊 Har du testat något sånt?

[@StripeyRedStripes]

In the UK we have this folklore creature known as the Prime Minister and it's said if you stand outside 10 Downing street for long enough one will appear and try to wreck the economy.

[@AlexaFaie]

Legend has it that you get to call for them during something known as a "general election" and they have to serve for 4 years, but that's not true, they can just turn up uninvited as they consider themselves beholden to no one.

[@LotusAndGlitch]

*gasp* SO INTERESTING! I NEVER KNEW THAT!

[@Littlewings1211]

**spoiler alert** the eraser is crap! 😂 I was looking forward to a video from these box supplies as I love learning about different folklore and mythology. Your troll is so adorable! I love her! To be honest I have been really underwhelmed by the Scrawlrbox contents recently. I forget which box it was but we recently got some coloured pencils which I (a coloured pencil fan) found absolutely crap and the most recent one had what they call "fluid acrylics" but were super thick! I think if the contents of the next couple of boxes aren't great I will probably cancel my subscription and just buy any odd boxes that really take my fancy.

[@Linnzy]

Kattvalk; What famous folklore do you have from your country? Let me know. P.o.v : You're from Sweden aswell. 😆

[@Musicalheart430]

Please make more MLP arts! Please!!!!

[@theforesttroll]

she loaf ;w;

[@mercuryquecksilber8797]

Such a beautiful painting! I thought about which folklore germany has and I had to use wikipedia 🥲 And of all mentioned creatures and stories, only the easter hare is a well known figure for me. But not with a story, he just appears as chocolate hare with mostly ugly face and I am constantly making fun of him "laying the easter eggs himself". Now I am a little bit sad and will read some stories I should have known. Yeah, the grim brothers were german, but I grew up without them, because they are very brutal. Mothers of the 90ies didnt like them.