landscape graphics

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I would like to begin my post with a question.

What do You see in the photo below?

I took this photo during the stroll in October 2025.

cosy stroll

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Today I would like to present the new work from the series Wild Fantasy. This series consists of the black-and-white pictures with colourful accent, made with pens. 

The ideas for these pictures come from doodles. You see, I like doodling so much, and sometimes I create something which starts living rent-free in my imagination. These doodles depict ladies in fancy outfits with colourful accent, accompanied by animals, and sometimes by plants (it depends from the background chosen for the picture). On the right sidebar of this blog there is a list "My Series", and here You may see the previous works of Wild Fantasy, if You are interested.

So, after this short introduction let's start a story about the Wild Fantasy's new work with brown accent.

ENJOY!

So, one day I draw quite a fascinating rigout - a white blouse with 3 ornamental strips, and a brown skirt with one ornamental strip in lower part.

the Poetic Graphics: with the willowy hair

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This year I created a poem inspired by a view I saw during the stroll in one of the parks in Cracow. I saw a quite lovely pond with a small island. There was a really big willow on this island. 

The original title of mentioned poem is wśród wierzbowych włosów. HERE You can read this if You want to. I translated this poem in order to make it a part of the Poetic Graphics series, and show it on a specially designed background.

Below there is an effect of my work. 

the Poetic Graphics: with the willowy hair, graphic.

a ghostly presence's stroll

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Do You happen to remember my post about a drawing dreaming in the meadow? I asked because once again a photo from a thin tiny book with variety of aphorisms (e.g. "Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." by Thomas Carlyle) inspired me to create a work. To be precise - a pastel.

In the upper left corner there is a mentioned photo from this little book.

Lone tree among the lavender field - this scenery stimulates imagination. 

Snow White's Choice

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Recently an idea of portraying Snow White was tagging along me. It was nagging me quite intrusively so eventually, I decided to make it come true. 

What may seem interesting it's not the first time I drew a work with Snow White. There's already 6th comic strip from the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames" on this blog.

Below there's a very first draft of Snow White.

My first idea for depicting princess was showing her holding an apple, and looking curiously at a fruit. But as much as I was staring at my first draft of this concept I was feeling a lack of something. 

Summary 2024

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So, as usual in the beginning of the new year I will briefly summarise what happened on the a-r-tistic blog in previous year. I'll try to bring up threads concerning changes on the blog, and also potential things I would like to do in 2025.

SO, LET'S BEGIN! 

Summary 2024, graphic.
This graphic presents parts of works I've created in 2024.

Temptation

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Some time ago I found an old schoolbook. There I found a reproduction of Alphonse Mucha's work called: 'the Moon' (1902).

In 1902 Mucha worked on the series of decorative panels called the Moon and the Stars. 
The illustration you see here, shows a study for the Moon (technique: ink & watercolour on paper).

When I was looking at the picture of the Mysterious Moon Lady, a thought of creating a collage came to my mind.

the Poetic Graphics: blockage

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In the end of July 2021 I wrote a poem which developed from my casual reflections about kanashibari (jap. 金縛り, this is the japanese term for sleep paralysis), and all those stressful situations in which we are unable to say anything.

The original poem you can read HERE.

Below there is blockage as a part of the Poetic Graphics.

the Poetic Graphics: blockage, graphic.

a Dragon - part 2

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Today's the continuation of creating a dragon, and consequently - this is the last part of dealing with the dragon. If you want to remind yourself what happened in the 1st part, check it out HERE. 

My next step was colouring a dragon's eyes. 

I coloured his eyes with crayons - yellow, green and blue.

At first I wasn't sure which colours should I choose for this dragon. I was thinking about it pretty long.

Finally I decided that dragon will be gray, his thorns - brown, red, orange and yellow. 

But I started from creating a background with soft pastels. I wanted to get an effect of the evening sky which is glowing because of the fire.

a Dragon - part 1

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One day I thought that it would be splendid to draw a dragon which doesn't look sillily. This desire was inspired by manga One Piece, and a sculpture of chinese dragon I saw in one of the polish museums. 

So, my aim became a dragon.

This picture shows a Far Eastern Asian Dragon flying above the waterfall.
In this waterfall there are carps koi. This sketch was inspired by the legend about
the Golden Dragon.

Experiencing female gaze

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One day when I was searching for materials for future collages I noticed words with a lot of potential. Then I started collecting various eyes because female gaze was a theme. I cut them from old magazines, flyers, etc. What is more my own doodles came in handy. 

the Poetic Graphics: Dream Reality

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   In today's post I'd like to show another part of the cycle "the Poetic Graphics". This time I worked at translating my poem concerning dreams and their tendency to set into peculiar structures. 

   THERE you'll be able to read its original version.

the Poetic Graphics: Dream Reality, graphic.

4 in 4: Snow White

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Let me announce you a new comic strip from the cycle "the Four Seasons in Four Frames". This time Winter is the main character.

PLOT

In this story our heroine was strolling during the sunset. Then she noticed a black-haired lady which was leaning against a stone wall. This unexpected meeting reminded her of somebody...

    This is the first time when a flashback appeared in "4 in 4" cycle. I thought that the best way to show transition between the present and the past is to make a use of snowflakes.

     Below the comic strip you'll find - as always - translation of bubbles.

the Poetic Graphics: the Broken Reverie

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In today's entry you'll find another part of a cycle the Poetic Graphics. This poem (which original version is available THERE) was an impression of a certain event I've witnessed on a graveyard last year. I called this to mind only thanks to my notes.

the Poetic Graphics: the Broken Reverie

Relax with a Violet Crayon

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     In today's post you'll see a spontaneous drawing. From time to time I like to make some doodles because it's relaxing. To be honest I do not know if I've got a notebook which wasn't ornamented with drawings of various ladies, animals (mainly cats), flowers, ornaments, etc. Some of them happened to inspire me to create something bigger (as examples I can point at a pastel the Expectation of Shooting stars or drawing Wisp of Galadriel's hair). Yup, before them were little sketches made on margins or notebooks' covers ❤

     And yesterday I was trying to relax after baking gingerbread cookies. And during my efforts I took a paper, violet crayon and started drawing this lady.

reaching for..., crayons (violet & pink) on paper, 14,8 x 21 cm, 21 XII 2020.

 

    

      I haven't got any special plans for this drawing... I felt pretty concerned during drawing. At some point I've decided to add a pink colour.

     As a title I chose reaching for... because the Violet Lady is reaching for something... What is it exactly? A dream? A guitar? A pencil? A pen? An amazing book? Another human's hand? A cookie cutter? Well, I don't know - let this be a kind of a wiggle room.

For now, let me 

wish You All, my dear Readers

lots of Health, Love, Strength,

and Peaceful and Joyful Christmastime

against all odds!

✎ Have a Nice Day! 🎄

♪ Eva Cassidy's splendid interpretation of O come, all Ye faithful

a View on Melancholy

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     I was always interested in theories concerning temperaments... I haven't probably mentioned it but this interest influenced my way of portraying personifications of the Four Seasons. I couldn't help but assign each of them to respective humours like sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic. Today I would like to focus on the last one of them because showing a view on Melancholy belonged to one of my aims.

So let's start with the earliest sketches with the ideas for Melancholy's portrayal.

I chose to show the allegory of Melancholy as a tired, worried and thoughtful woman. Next I draw her on paper. Firstly I wanted to use a black pen for outlines but I've changed my mind.

the Poetic Graphics: the wind hidden in the breath

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     Today I want to show you another graphic from the cycle "the Poetic Graphics". A graphic with a poem I've written between the March and the April (original version is THERE). It happened because of my quite casual thoughts about the wind and breath.

the Poetic Graphics: the wind hidden in the breath, graphic.

4 in 4: Once upon a time on the beach

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Here comes new comic strip of cycle "the Four Seasons in Four Frames"! I'm publishing this a bit late because of many variants concerning one idea.

I've imagined this kind of situation: a child is playing on the beach, wind "takes" something from him and a Summer returns this thing to this particular child. 

Finally - through asking yourself about various details, I developed a story with addition of a straw hat (definitely too much "One Piece"), a stone and a cat built from a sand (well, it doesn't need to be a sandcastle, does it?).

 And Once upon a time on the beach is special in some way... It's the first time when comic strip from series "4 in 4" doesn't contain bubbles!  

  Frankly, I wanted to make this one without a speech balloon from the very first!

Introduction to the Poetic Graphics

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     In the beginning of this year I created an account on Pinterest (it took some time to encourage myself to do this). There I left some of my works plus something I haven't published on my a-r-tistic blog yet. And I mean a short cycle consisted of five graphics (so far) with english versions of my poems. 

      Today I'm gonna show you one of them.

the Poetic Graphics: dark humour, graphic.

the Purple Day

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Today I want to publish not only a graphic but also a poem. As you noticed everything in this post is purple.

It's on purpose because 26th March is also known as the Purple Day. So this is a day of increasing an awareness of an epilepsy in the world.

trembling state of her, graphic.