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Last time a romance between an acrylic paint and a black pen happened was in the end of 2024. So, I thought it'd be great to create another one. I came up with a work showing a woman with a wreath on her head.
I hope You'll be able to feel the summer vibes from the picture which is visible below.
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| the Poppy Wreath, acrylic paints and a black pen on a paper, 19,5 x 14.5 cm. |
Firstly, I applied colours like yellow, green, and red on a paper with acrylic paints.
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With the beginning of the March I went on the stroll during which I took a few photos. One of them shows naked branches. It inspired me to create a surreal graphics based on this photo of trees. It was foreseeable. To be fair, it would be strange, if I didn't make one.
Anyway, enjoy!
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| A mentioned photo showing naked branches. Beginning of the March, 2026. |
I cropped the fragment of this photo, and started experiments. Mostly with gradients.
Those experiments resulted in the soft rainbow effect.
So soft, one may think it's a rainbow mist.
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I would like to begin my post with a question.
What do You see in the photo below?
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| I took this photo during the stroll in October 2025. |
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Back in May 2016 I visited Łazienki Park in Warsaw. There I saw not only beautiful buildings and nature but also lots of peacocks. I'm mentioning this because one of the photos showing a peacock led me to experiment a bit in graphics software.
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| Peacock strolling in the gardens of Łazienki Park in Warsaw. I took this photo in May 2016. |
When I look at this photo it seems to me as if peacock was emerging from flowers, or walking on the surface of flowers. I found this part of photo fascinating.
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Some time ago I was browsing through the old photographies, and I found the ones from the Łazienki Park in Warsaw. Among them was a photo of a peahen surrounded by pansies which inspired me to create a colourful graphic.
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| A peahen in the Łazienki Park in Warsaw. I took this photo on May 2016. |
At the beginning of experimenting, I cut this photo and edited it a little bit.
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One day I thought that it might be a good idea to create a collage similar to Melancholy once again. By similar, I mean layering a paper with clipped parts on another paper (or cardboard) with press cuttings pasted on it.
As for work from today's post I came up with a concept of a collage made on circular media (after among the sunflowers I wanted to do tondo work again) with a horoscope as a main theme. What's the reason for choosing this theme? I've simply gathered lots of cuttings from horoscopes because I saw in them the potential for an interesting dada poem, or collage. I chose the collage option.
So, let's begin.
So, after I prepared a paper circle, and also a cardboard circle, I started drawing a silhouette of female fortuneteller with her crystal ball on the paper one. Above you can see a first draft.
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From time to time I like to have fun with turning photos into surreal graphics. Generally, I chose photos showing trees, and trees are present in a photo which You can see below.
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| Photo from June 2021. It shows old stairs in the nearby park. |
But this time trees aren't the main characters.
I decided to focus on a part with old stonen stairs instead.
So, I cut this fragment of photo, and edited it slightly.
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If You come by my blog from time to time, then surreal graphics based on a photos of trees are nothing new to You. I sometimes like to take photos of the trees. I find them oddly inspiring.
In today's post I'd like to show You another work created thanks to a photo of trees.
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| In February 2023 I took this photo in the nearby forest. |
So, I cropped a fragment from an above photo, and dived into experimenting.
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So, today I'm coming to You with a collage card I've made in Canva.
Once I was experimenting (and I'm still doing that) in this programme.
Below you can see the net result of my experiments.
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| complicated thoughts, graphic. |
It looks quite surreal. I called this card with a floral motive complicated thoughts.
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Honestly I've never got a chance to create something on a circular medium.
And I was really curious how will I deal with that.
So it became my aim - a tondo. Tondo is a term for a work of art created on a circular medium.
And today's the chance to show how I dealt with this chalenge.
I was wondering a bit about what I want to draw, or paint on a circular paper. I came up with an idea of a romance between an acrylic paint and a black pen. It's not the first time I'm doing this kind of experiment (previous works: lost in the dream, At first sight?).
Below you can see the net result of my work.
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Back in 2014 I travelled to Tatra mountains in order to see Morskie Oko. The beauty of the lake was mesmerising, and this journey inspired me to wrote a poem Poszukiwacz skarbu. Here you can read an original poem if you are interested.
It's really old poem. Recently I thought it would be a good idea to translate poem, prepare a special background for it, and made it a part of the series the Poetic Graphics.
Hope You will find it enjoyable.
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| the Poetic Graphics: the Treasure Seeker, graphic. |
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Occasionally, I find a strange pleasure in taking photos of trees. There's something fascinating in staring at complex trees' branches as they try to reach the sky. It's a usual thing for me to experiment a little with these photos in graphic software.
This is why this post came into being - I've created another surreal graphic based on a photo which you can see below.
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| I took this photo during the stroll in January 2024. |
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Work called roses which you can see below was prepared with intention of using it as a background for get-well card for someone.
The net result I obtained made me think about roses so that's the genesis of this work's title.
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| roses, graphic. |
A story about this abstract graphic could've ended in this moment.
Then I felt a sudden urge to experiment with roses.
And I got carried away with experimentation.
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Back in the 2023 I made a photo of a barberry, and immediately took a liking to it.
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| I took a photo of this barberry at the beginning of March, 2023. |
The reason I'm writing about this photo is creation of a graphic from a cropped fragment of this picture (a photo's centre). Then I started to play with it in graphic software. I wanted to create a completely new graphic. After flipping, combining copies of a photo, et cetera I obtained this effect.
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So, the whole idea for today's work appeared in my mind as an image of mysterious woman holding a flower. But which flower should I portray? That's a question. At first it was a bit difficult riddle but then I made a selection, and chose iris.
In quite unexpected conclusion an image of Iris, goddess from Greek mythology emerged.
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| The doodle I made in order to record my vision. |
I drew a design on A3 paper.
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From time to time I like to cut intriguing words and sentences from old newspapers. The same goes for interesting pictures. There's lot of potential in them. For example you can create a collage.
And today I'm coming to you with a collage with a travelling theme.
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From time to time I'd like to snap pictures of the nature. Trees happen to be impressive models.
Photos of trees sometimes inspire me to create crazy, and surreal graphics.
That's the reason why I wrote this post - I've made another surreal graphic.
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| I took this photo on April this year in the nearby forest. |
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Today I would like to show you a work which is a romance between the acrylic paint and black pen.
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| lost in the dream, acrylic paints and black pen on a cardboard, 18,6 x 18,6 cm. |
I used acrylic paints for the first time in my life.
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From time to time I spend time on creating surreal graphics which are based on photographies of trees.
Trees are inspiring. Trees can save you during the hot day in the city.
Anyway you see another surreal graphic today.
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| Here you see trees from nearby forest. I took this photo this year on February. That day weather was really lovely. |
I cropped out a part of this photo and experimented with it.
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Lately I was experimenting with combining random colours into abstract graphics.
One of those graphics which you see below gave me a vibe of sunset.
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| There's no title, graphic. |
Got to like this graphic so I decided to continue work with There's no title.
