HELLO!
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. |
HELLO!
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.
HELLO!
It became a tradition for me to start a new year on the blog with a brief summary. It's about time to remember works I did in 2025, and also consider things which might happen in 2026 on an a-r-tistic blog.
SO, LET'S BEGIN.
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| Summary 2025, graphic. In this graphic You may see parts of works I've made in 2025. |
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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.
HELLO!
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.
HELLO!
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.
HELLO!
Lately I found an interesting photo on Twitter (user: Gianni, published 27.10.2024) which inspired me to create a pastel. It was showing a lovely white cat sleeping on a windowsill.
Below there's a mentioned pastel.
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| sleeping fluffiness, oil and dry pastels on a brown paper, 18 x 12 cm. |
HELLO!
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.
HELLO!
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.
HELLO!
A few years ago I made a doodle of lady with windblown hair.
It inspired me to create a work.
HELLO!
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.
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| 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.
HELLO!
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. |
HELLO!
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.
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| 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.
HELLO!
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!
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HAPPY EASTER!
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So, this rare opportunity, which is an image of a man on my blog, has come. For this particular portrayal I chose a samurai. I accepted this challenge with a pleasure (lately One Piece increased my interest in japanese culture much more). I went through a huge brainstorm... Firstly I took pastels and made an undermentioned sketch.
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| To my own surprise this sketch was looking like a response to Sutekina tsuitachi o. There was a young lady sitting under the cherry blossom with an o-choko (a cylindrical cup which is used for drinking sake) in her hand. |
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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).
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| 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)
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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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| Giewont, pastel on paper. |
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| a Waterfall, pastel on paper, 22,9 x 32,5 cm |
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| A Still Nature with Plums, Grapes and Tomatoes, pastel on cardboard, 21,4 x 23 cm. |
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| Calendulas, pastel on paper, 21x14,5 cm. |
