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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.
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| First of the mentioned photos - a landscape with 2 trees. |
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| Second of the mentioned photos shows a laid table among the flowers. |
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Today I'd like to show You a drawing of Santa Croce in Florence. When I saw a certain photo on Pinterest (a Pin described as "Santa Croce, Florence" by user Maro), I thought it might be a good challenge to draw it. And it was. Not only because of my problems with drawing a perspective but also with dealing with the heat (it was so hot I understood how snowman must feel when Spring is near).
So, below, the first two photos shows phases of drawing.
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Here's a woman. Her face remains unknown as she's rear-faced to viewer. She's focused on a landscape beneath her.
This is a vision I draw on a paper recently. Soon I felt a need to do something interesting with it.
By "something interesting" I meant using pastels (both dry and oil), and also watercolour crayons. I craved to experiment with them.
I started with dry pastels. Then I used watercolour crayons for womanly silhouette.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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| the Poetic Graphics: with the willowy hair, graphic. |
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Some time ago I took a brown crayon and sketched a rear-facing lady in a long dress.
I took a liking to it so much that the next step were pastels.
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| Mentioned sketch made with brown crayon. |
I thought that pastels could nicely help in achieving a fantastic picture. A picture which may be a dream, or a fantasy universe.
Below there are photos showing further phases of a creative process.
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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.
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| In the upper left corner there is a mentioned photo from this little book. |
Lone tree among the lavender field - this scenery stimulates imagination.
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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.
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Today I would like to share a new work with You. The idea of woman wearing yukata and holding a fan appeared in my mind. Honestly, it is quite possible that hot summer days have something to do with her holding this fan.
Uchiwa was a model of a fan for this drawing. Uchiwa is a handheld, traditional type of Japanese fan which has a form resembling a paddle. This coolish accessory is usually decorated with various patterns. So I designed a pattern with a ginger cat in the fan's centre, surrounded by forget-me-nots on the blue background.
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Lately I wanted to practise drawing an architecture. This exercise would be helpful when I'll be doing a Cityscape (one of my 3 aims). So I was searching through various photographies on postcards, or in the books. And I found an inspiring one. It was a photo showing Curia Julia (Latin: Curia Iulia) in the Roman Forum which comes from the book about past and present Rome (the polish edition of R. A. Staccioli's book).
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| Forum Romanum, Curia Julia's building. Source of photo: R. A. Staccioli, Rzym kiedyś i dzisiaj z rekonstrukcjami, Rzym 2008, s. 23. |
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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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The 14th comic strip from series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames" (in short: 4 in 4) is ready!
In new work the main heroine is Winter. So, what's the plot?
PLOT:
Winter's chariot met with an accident so she's waiting for the random passer-by. However, this whole long waiting makes her impatient...
As always, you will find the translation of bubbles below the comic strip.
ENJOY!
FIRST FRAME:
Winter: I chose a bad place... There's no one around.
SECOND FRAME:
Winter: Come, doggies, let's go! We were waiting too long.
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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!
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| the symphony of terror, oil pastels on a teal blue paper, 14,7 x 21 cm. |
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Few days ago I was baking a mazurek (traditional cake for Easter), and I simply looked through the window. Once again I was strongly impressed by colours of the sunset. This time it was splendid combination of violet and yellow hidden behind the trees on the horizon.
Those colours and trees inspired me to transfer my impressions on a cardboard with oil pastels.
Here's result of my work.
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| impressive sunset, oil pastels on a cardboard, 20,8 x 14,9 cm. |
My Dear Followers,
here comes the Easter,
and I wish You All the Best!
🐰
HAPPY EASTER!
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After quite a long time the eight comic strip of the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames" shows up here. This time it's Summer's turn.
PLOT:
In the vicinity of the medieval castle ruins Summer was walking and eating Sunflower seeds (as a pastime activity) when she noticed that the way is blocked by the flock of birds.
You will find the translation of the bubble below the comic.
ENJOY!
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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.
Hello!
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!
Hello! ❄
After my long absence I'm leaving here a work with a snowy theme. Well, it's so hot nowadays so it wouldn't hurt to show you a drawing of an arctic fox which is curiously gazing at Galanthus Nivalis (yup, I drew "the trailers of the Spring" again).
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| something new, pens and pencil on paper, 26 x 19,8 cm. |
