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Lene Saethre
@lenesaethre.bsky.social
Norwegian artist, illustrator and designer.
www.lenesaethre.com
Happy Halloween!
Haven’t been able to post for a little while. So, I decided to throw something together for Halloween just for fun! Hope you all are enjoying autumn and spoopy vibes.

#drawing #painting #art #halloween #ghost #jackolantern #grave #night #spoopy #spooky #haunting #illustration
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“Seen”
To be seen,
like a lynx rolling in the heath.
There is a joy to be found in being seen like that.
In the moment.
Unjudged.
Untethered from the demands of society.
To just,
be.

#painting #drawing #lynx #mixmedia #nature #eyes #art #fineart #illustration #animal #portrait
September 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Flutter - Life is but the brief flutter of wings within the vastness that is time.

#painting #drawing #mixmedia #art #illustration #moth #digital #gouache #golden #eyes #poem #time
September 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“Hunting” We hunt. Our desires silent, like the wings of an owl in flight. Silent, up until the very moment, claws outstretched, we act.

#painting #drawing #owl #nature #mixmedia #art #illustration #animal #stylized #fineart #night #action #hunting
August 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Doodling a bunch of strange houses with pen. Looking at images from the u.k, India, and Norway, combining random elements (:

#doodles #drawing #traditional #house #illustration #art #imagination #creative
August 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Mountains, as part of a messy painting process.

#wip #painting #drawing #art #illustration #process #mountains
August 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Moments”
Immutable experiences malleable by time. They make us who we are.

#fox #painting #art #illustration #drawing #mixmedia #golden #eyes #digital #gouache #nature #moments
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“Trapped”
Caught. Suffocating in a web of societies making. Trapped. No way out.

#painting #drawing #mix-media #art #illustration #digital #gouache #spider #prey #nature #eyes
July 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Guardian”
We are not all the same. Yet, when we feel small, we seek out those close to us. Companionship being the guardian that staves off the world.

#drawing #painting #mixmedia #art #illustration #fox #mouse #rodent #fineart #nature #narrative
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A bit of doodling, a bit of planning, and, a bit of practice while at work ✌️

#doodle #drawing #pencil #painting #watercolour #art #illustration
July 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Encounters: Not every encounter is made equal. They are not always welcome. Yet it is when we are down, when we need them the most, that they are the hardest to face.

#art #painting #drawing #animal #portrait #illustration #nature #ermine #stoat
July 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just a rough practice doodle. Because sometimes you just do not really feel like doing much other than to stare out at the sky.

#doodle #drawing #cat #painting #art #illustration #practice #sketch #rough
June 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Little Troll Girl

Further experimenting using the same reference as earlier.

#drawing #painting #art #illustration #girl #troll #mountain #experiment #practice #portrait
June 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Little Demon Girl

Experimenting some more. Using the same base reference as in my previous post, though, with modifications.

#drawing #painting #experiment #art #illustration #portrait #demon #girl #dark #fantasy
June 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Little Elf Girl

I could write a backstory for this piece. Make it more than the sum of its parts. But fact is, at times you just want to play around with technique and style, and that is what this is.

#drawing #painting #elf #girl #art #illustration #portrait #practice #fantasy
May 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Alone

A quick technique exploration piece (:

#drawing #painting #art #illustration #landscape #morning #cabin #forest #mountain
May 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
At times I am unsure what I am doing. Whether or not my effort will ever surmount to anythingy… Then I remember that there is something I genuinely want to become good at; And I find myself back at my desk.

#doodle #art #drawing #painting #thoughts #landscape #WIP
May 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I have to admit that ever since generative AI got introduced, posting to social media feels a bit like screaming into a void. It could also be that I’ve just lost what little interest I had for social media :b

#drawing #art #illustration #fantasy #wow #elf #portrait #painting #biker
May 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A character portrait I made of a game character not long ago. Night elf druid from wow.

#Drawing #wow #painting #character #portrait #nightelf #art #illustration #fantasy #elf #woman
May 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Sometimes you just need to doodle for sanity's sake. This as Azra.

#drawing #painting #illustration #portrait #woman #elf #darkelf #fantasy #art #oc #character #drow
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Few, if any, ever saw the face of the performers as they tumbled about, both on, and off, stage. Tthe masks helped humanize them in the eyes of others. Where they once had been hunted for their looks they now could walk openly.

#art #illustration #drawing #portrait #girl #horn #painting #digital
April 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Some dreams come. Some dreams go. Some dreams stay. Faded by time and reality. But no less real. Like an old photograph. Glimpse of a time lost.

#drawing #painting #ink #art #illustration #traditional #tree #dreams
April 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In an era of ai art, it is hard to tell what is, and what is not, made by actual people. So here is a timelapse showing the various rendering steps of a drawing I finished recently. I really could not get the base sketch right, so I corrected it as I went.

#art #illustration #portrait #drawing
April 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
No matter how long; She would wait.
They had promised her they would return.
As they had her heart, they had her trust.
So, she waited.
Looking for them on the horizon.

#drawing #portrait #lovers #illustration #art #woman #elf #waiting
March 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM