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Sarah Skiöld-Hanlin Studio

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Animals

in Black & White

A colorful music and Mardi Gras-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that weaves together musical instruments and expressive shapes, lines, and the appearance of texture. This fine art drawing includes a tenor saxophone, tambourine, electric guitar, drums, symbol and keys or keyboards, in gold, yellow, purple, and blues on a muted background.

Black and white fine art drawing of a bass (fish) silhouette jumping out of the water to catch a mayfly (insect) in a serene river landscape drawn on a geometric foundation of circles (vesica pisces or sacred geometry) using archival ink pens on paper. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

Black and white abstract drawing

A colorful music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that features a female jazz singer centered around and within abstracted instruments (alto saxophone, trumpet, soprano saxophone, drums, and keys or keyboards portraying the feeling of an intimate jazz show. The featured colors include warm reds and oranges, with flashes of light purple and greens on a gray “dimly lit” background. This was drawn by professional artist Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Black and white fine art portrait drawing of a bighorn sheep ram with archival ink pens using a geometric foundation for the facial features and third eye. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

A colorful music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that features a stylish female art and wine walk festival goer cruising through the crowd, flowing to the jazz music as she improvises her way along splashing her oversized glass of wine. This abstract weaves together the female figure in a yellow dress with a tenor saxophone, upright bass, keys, drums, and musical notes and symbols featuring warm reds and yellows. This was drawn by professional artist Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Black and white fine art (yet humorous) portrait drawing of a belted kingfisher bird with archival ink pens using vesica pisces (geometric foundation) for the facial features, third eye, and other disguised elements. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

A colorful music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that features a quaver eighth music note on a abstracted vernal hilly landscape that appears like its bouncing. This find are drawing was inspired by bluegrass music and was drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Black and white abstract drawing

Black and white fine art portrait drawing of a bobcat with archival ink pens using a geometric foundation for the facial features and third-eye, and to disguise some of the bobcat’s favorite foods like rabbit, mice, snakes, and lizards. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

A colorful music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that weaves together musical instruments and expressive shapes, lines, and the appearance of texture. This fine art drawing includes keys or keyboards, a large trumpet, an upright bass, a large drum, and a hidden music note in warm reds, oranges, and yellows with muted light blue, light green, and light purple for background colors. This was drawn by professional artist Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Black and white fine art drawing of a great blue heron (bird) silhouette and landscape on a geometric foundation (vesica pisces or sacred geometry) using archival ink pens on paper. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

A colorful rock and roll and blues music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that features a flowing weaving together of instruments and fluid-like shape resembling how musical instruments sound when jamming together. Featured instruments include an electric guitar, bass, trumpets, and keys (keyboard) are colored with bold blues, reds, oranges, and yellows with pops of light blue and muted turquoise by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Black and white fine art portrait drawing of a black-tailed corky jackrabbit with large ears and whiskers, done with archival ink pens using a geometric foundation and the golden ratio to aspect the facial features. Joshua trees are drawn into the ears and grasses are disguised in the face. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

Black and white fine art drawing of an eastern dobsonfly and its complete metamorphosis phases of life hidden in the geometric pattern that forms the drawing foundation. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

This colorful bluegrass country gypsy pirate punk music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper features a banjo merged into a hilly country landscape among expressive lines, shapes, and textures. Featured colors are blues, greens, and browns. This artwork is one of a set of three (triptych) hand-drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

This colorful bluegrass country gypsy pirate punk music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper features a fiddle merged into a hilly country landscape among expressive lines, shapes, and textures. Featured colors are blues, greens, and browns. This artwork is one of a set of three (triptych) hand-drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

This colorful bluegrass country gypsy pirate punk music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper features an upright bass merged into a hilly country landscape among expressive lines, shapes, and textures. Featured colors are blues, greens, and browns. This artwork is one of a set of three (triptych) hand-drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Black and white fine art drawing of a Roosevelt Elk silhouette bugling and a landscape including mountains, bears, an eagle, grasses, wildflowers, the sun, trees, and a river on a geometric foundation (vesica pisces or sacred geometry) using archival ink pens on paper. This drawing was done by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin in 2023 using techniques like stippling, hatching, and detailed line work.

black and white abstract drawing

This colorful blues music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper features a harp (harmonica) floating among expressive lines, shapes, and textures. Featured colors are blues and browns with pops of green. This artwork is one of a set of three (triptych) hand-drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

This colorful blues music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper features an axe (guitar) floating among expressive lines, shapes, and textures. Featured colors are blues and browns with pops of green. This artwork is one of a set of three (triptych) hand-drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

This colorful blues music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper features a sax (saxophone) floating among expressive lines, shapes, and textures. Featured colors are blues and browns with pops of green. This artwork is one of a set of three (triptych) hand-drawn by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Galleries (by body of work)

black and white animal drawings

Black and White Animals

hand-drawn animals using a geometric foundation

Colorful music-inspired abstracts - A colorful rock and roll and blues music-inspired abstract drawing made with illustrative markers and archival ink pens on paper that features a flowing weaving together of instruments and fluid-like shape resembling how musical instruments sound when jamming together. Featured instruments include an electric guitar, bass, trumpets, and keys (keyboard) are colored with bold blues, reds, oranges, and yellows with pops of light blue and muted turquoise by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin.

Music-Inspired Abstracts

music for your eyes

BBlack and white abstract drawings

Black and White Abstracts

black and white abstract drawings on a gestural foundation

Spooky halloween wicca inspired hand drawing abstract of a cat with an arched back made of stars, rooted to the earth and a fiery moon in the background. Drawing by Sarah Skiold-Hanlin

Spooky Abstracts

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