drawing of the eurasian hoopoe

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So, a few months ago I saw the Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) for the very first time in my life. It was a brief moment during which I noticed how lovely this bird is. It was sitting on the fence, and was folding his distinctive crest like a fan. Quite recently, this memory came back to me, and inspired me to draw this cute orange bird.

As a reference for my drawing I used a photo from "pixabay.com" - here's LINK to mentioned photo.

the Eurasian Hoopoe, watercolour crayons on a paper, 14,5 x 19 cm.

In order to create this picture I used only watercolour crayons. I consider it as an excellent exercise.

That's all.

Let me know in the comments what do You think about my drawing.

Have a Nice Day! 🐦

Immersed in Reading

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Recently, a certain photo of a cat inspired me to such an extent that I decided to draw it. This particular photo was a part of an old calendar (from 2009 but to my astonishment, I noticed the days are in alignment with the days of 2026 - quite cool). A cat from the photo is sitting on a pile of books, and is surrounded by more books. If a librarian or a bookseller were a cat, they would be that cat.

When I was thinking about drawing this cat, I came up with an idea to sort of extend my picture.

Mentioned photo is visible on the left side. Lovely cat, isn't it?
On the right side there is my pencil draft of a cat among the books.

Yes, my vision for this picture is kind of an extension of this photo. It's like asking a question - but what might be happening beyond the borders of this photo? And my answer was there is a lady reading a book so intensely she becomes the one with the floor. Literally. And that floor behaves like water - it's waving, and there's a splash because one book plunges into its depths. 

It sounds quite surrealistically, isn't it?

reaching out to the sky

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It happened again. The very same thing which happened in case of works like dreaming in the meadow, or a ghostly presence's stroll. Once again I got inspired by photo from tiny thin book with aphorisms (e.g., "True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything." by Michel de Montaigne). Well, to be precise two photos were my inspirations this time.

First of the mentioned photos - a landscape with 2 trees.

Second of the mentioned photos shows a laid table 
among the flowers.

Artemis

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In the summary 2024 I mentioned that I'd like to create a picture inspired by Greek mythology. To be precise an image of certain goddess - by that I meant Artemis. Fascinating goddess of hunt, Apollo's twin sister who is associated with the Moon. 

I thought of my future picture as a nocturne showing the mighty goddess standing prepared with her bow and arrows in the moonlight.

Below there are doodles in which I tried various poses.

two dragons

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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.

In February 2023 I took this photo in the nearby forest.

So, I cropped a fragment from an above photo, and dived into experimenting. 

imagination's swirling exuberance

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So, here comes the new work from the series Wild Fantasy which was developing for a quite long amount of time. I'm not even sure how long this post will be, it definitely will be pretty long (I hope you won't feel bored during reading this).

Before I get stuck in showing the creative process of today's work let me remind You what is Wild Fantasy. This series consists of the black-and-white pictures with colourful accent which were made with pens. All of them happened because of ideas recorded on paper as doodles - ideas showing ladies in outfits with colourful accent with animals, and sometimes with flowers (it depends from the background I chose for the picture - sometimes it's the environment, sometimes it's architecture). So far I've created images with colours like green, blue, red, and violet. Actually, back in 2023 I intended to make a picture with the yellow accent. Due to the certain circumstances, I've reached a conclusion that it would be better to realise a picture with violet accent first, and save the yellow one for later.

So now, let's start the long story about the Wild Fantasy with yellow accent.

Enjoy!

This doodle was the starting point. Here you see long-haired lady with white top, and a full-length skirt with spiral ornament. This skirt was supposed to be yellow. As for spiral ornament - it's supposed to be Klimt's reference. I imagined this particular figure surrounded by an environment in the style of Art Nouveau.

dreaming in the meadow

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Lately I was working on a drawing showing two sitting ladies leaning against their backs. I felt an urge to draw them because of a certain photo which I found in thin book with aphorisms (there are quotes like "Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study." by sir Francis Bacon).

In the upper part of this photo you can notice a photo in the mentioned book. When I looked at this photo I thought it would be fun to create a picture with two figures sitting like that. But show them in a different way, in a dreamy setting.

4 in 4: Turoń

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Here comes the 18th comic strip from series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames" (in short: 4 in 4).

This time the protagonist is Winter.

PLOT:

Winter is staring thoughtfully at an apple but suddenly a mysterious, shaggy creature disturbs her serenity...

As always - translation of bubbles is available below the comic strip.

ENJOY!

the Poetic Graphics: The wild notes

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Today I would like to show another piece of series the Poetic Graphics. 

This time I've translated a poem created in the end of July 2022. Notatki nieokiełznane - that's the original title of poem, concerns reflection on the old notes, full of knowledge, and various doodles. 

Below you can see translated poem in the form of a colourful graphic.

the Poetic Graphics: The wild notes, graphic.

Oh my dear, isn't it deer?

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Recently I drew a deer. What inspired me to do this was a story of my cousin who saw this majestic animal in the forest. 

A backup for me was a photography found on Shutterstock.

Below you can look at net result.

Deer, pen on a paper, 29,5 x 21 cm.

4 in 4: the Fern Flower

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Here comes the 15th comic strip from series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames" (in short: 4 in 4).

This time there are 2 main heroines of the story. One of them is Spring, and the Second One is Summer.

Plus, there are also Autumn and Winter as supporting characters.

PLOT:

On the eve of the summer solstice Seasons attend a small ritual prepared by Spring and Summer.

As always, you will find the translation of bubbles below the comic strip.

ENJOY!

FIRST FRAME:

Summer: Quite a few people have already come.

Spring: It's great to see you on Kupala Night!

SECOND FRAME:

Autumn: It's nice to look at the way the fern flower blooms.

Winter: The fact is I hope that icicles will melt...

Pandora

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From time to time I find films concerning mythology pretty interesting (especially greek and japanese ones). One of them got my attention to Pandora and her mysterious box. So I started thinking about her, and I was wondering how would I portray Pandora?

So, that's how Pandora became my aim.

Here is the 1st draft.

I wanted to capture a curiosity not only on her face but also in her movements. She swings forward the box and reaches to it with her right arm.

Below there's a final drawing made by a brown crayon on a paper.

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 Symphony of Terror

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A year ago I wrote a poem inspired by Yuki Kajiura's composition the Main theme of Petit Cossette. This beautiful & moody piece of music made me think about the dark sky and blusterous storm.

The poem I wrote is named symfonia grozy and you will be able to read it HERE.

Today I'd like to show you a pastel created on the basis of a poem, and also a translation of mentioned poem - the symphony of terror.

ENJOY!

the symphony of terror, oil pastels on a teal blue paper, 14,7 x 21 cm.

4 in 4: the Dryer

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This is the 11th comic strip from series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames", also known as "4 in 4".

This time the main protagonist will be Spring.

PLOT:

As cherry blossom' petals are dancing in the air, and Spring calmly is preparing for the Easter,

certain person, visibly angry is closing on Spring...

As always the translation of bubbles is available below the comic strip.

ENJOY!

Second Frame

Winter: Spring! Enough of those jokes!

the Poetic Graphics: where did christmas tree hide

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On February 2020 I arranged a short poem concerning a tough relationship between cats and Christmas trees because of disassembling the Christmas tree, and The World Cat Day (in Poland it's celebrated on 17th February). 

I've translated my poem to English. The original one you can read THERE.

Below you can read a poem in a form of "the Poetic Graphic". 

You can also find it on my account on Pinterest.

the Poetic Graphics: where did christmas tree hide, graphic.

In order to find the perfect background I chose a certain photo as the main inspiration.

fantasia amalfitana in black, blue and white

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A story of today's work started with an inconspicuous doodle.

Probably it was doodled in 2019. 

I couldn't forget about a lady with a blue bun because of her monochromatic blouse. It may sound immodestly but I liked design of this blouse, and thought it would be a mistake to not draw it again. 

For a long time I was wondering how should I portray a lady wearing geometric blouse.

There were ideas to show her in some abstract dimension or in a mysterious interior in which she leans against a harp. I rejected them when I noticed a photo showing Duomo di Amalfi. Cathedral drew my attention with its marvellous deep porch. 

Window of mentioned deep porch inspired me to such an extent that it became a background in my picture.

4 in 4: the Greeting of the Spring

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Here comes the seventh comic strip from the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames". Today the main character will be Spring.

PLOT : 

Spring was casually trying to break the fourth wall out of boredom when she noticed a small commotion on a nearby bridge. There she sees children who are throwing Marzanna into the water in order to celebrate the beginning of the Spring...

Below the comic you will find a translation of bubbles.

ENJOY!

Second Frame:

Children: And one, and two,... and three!

dancing trees

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   Two years ago I was walking through the forest. There I took a glance at amazing trees because they came off as their trunks were dancing.

It's the very same photography which you are able to see on the right sidebar.

     So I started experimenting with this photo in order to create some kind of a surreal dimension (like it was in case of attempt to embrace). Additionally I mixed this photo with a different graphic but unfortunately I cannot recall which one was that...

     Below you can see the final effect of my experiments.

At the end of 2020 a female guitarist is playing something calm

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     In the last post in this year there will be one of my aims - a female guitarist. I haven't got a clue at the beginning how should I portray her... Finally playing on the guitar make me aware which pose looks the best (and drawing a guitar was kinda problematic). 

A Guitarist, pencil and oil pastels on a paper, 14,8 x 21 cm.

     During creative process I decided to experiment a bit. I used a pencil for a young guitarist sitting on a wall and oil pastels for background. I thought about the fourth story from anime Mononoke (2007) where the grey world became lively thanks to smelling various scents.

So... That's all.

As a new aim I chose... a portrayal of a Samurai 

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(because this year's One Piece was really awesome, entertaining and inspiring... For me it was one of those rare things that made 2020 quite tolerable)

♪ Yuki Kajiura - Fake wings

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Ok, my dear readers

I wish you a Happy, Calm and Great New Year!

May your dreams come true!

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