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Recently I was working on the drawing. I treated it as a form of exercise. My main model was a photo showing one of the statues from the garden in the Royal Palace of Caserta in Italy. I'm not sure who was pictured in this sculpture (I suspect it might be allegory of something associated with wisdom, or a goddess). The picture I'm talking about You will find HERE.
So, I took a pencil, a brown paper, and started drawing.
Soon afterwards I was not only using pencil but also a white crayon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
| 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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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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Spring came, and it is a pleasure to look at a gradual awakening of nature.
So, in today's post I'd like to show you a drawing of a young woman holding flowers.
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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.
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In the very last post in this year I'm coming to You with quite mysterious drawing I've made.
It all started with an idea of a woman leaning on an owl (particularly the Eurasian eagle-owl was my main inspiration here).
So, I decided to achieve it but only with pencils.
Below there's the net result of my work.
| searching for a wisdom, pencil on a paper, 21 x 14,8 cm. |
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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.
| complicated thoughts, graphic. |
It looks quite surreal. I called this card with a floral motive complicated thoughts.
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Here comes the 21st comic strip from the series the Four Seasons in Four Frames (in short: 4 in 4).
This time the main character of the story is Autumn.
PLOT:
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere Autumn is taking a stroll,
and suddenly she notices that leaves are falling off of her dress.
As always you will find the translation of bubbles below the comic strip.
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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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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.
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So, it's time for the 20th comic strip from the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames", which is also known as 4 in 4. There are 2 protagonists of this short story - Summer and Autumn.
PLOT:
Under the maple tree Summer and Autumn met in order to perform a certain ritual.
As always the translation of bubbles is below the comic strip.
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FIRST FRAME
Autumn: ... So, there is just us - Spring is sleeping, Winter's exhausted because of the heat.
Summer: In sum, I'm not surprised about it.
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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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Here comes the 19th comic strip from the series "the Four Seasons in Four Frames", which could be also known as 4 in 4.
This time the protagonist is Spring.
PLOT:
Sudden change of weather, and one may wonder what Spring has to do with it...
As always translation of bubbles you will find below the comic strip.
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SECOND FRAME
STRIP: In this moment
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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!
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Welcome back mermaids! It's been so long.
The last one work with mermaids I've published here was blue mermaid. Amazingly enough, there's a similarity between blue mermaid and Mermaid's charm (that's how I called new mermaid art). The posture of mermaids is alike.
This is Mermaid's charm.
| Mermaid's charm, watercolour crayons on a watercolour paper, 14,8 x 21 cm. |
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In previous year I made lost in the dream. This work was different because I used acrylic paints for the first time. Additionally I used black pens in order to draw on a painted cardboard. I found this experiment so entertaining that I made another work in similar manner.
You can look at this work below.
| At first sight?, acrylic paints and black pen on a cardboard, 13,4 x 19 cm. |
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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.
| The doodle I made in order to record my vision. |
I drew a design on A3 paper.
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Recently I made a monochromatic nude of an imaginary female character.
| monochrome nude, pencil and black crayon on paper, 14,8 x 21 cm. |
I drew a young lady with the only accessory which is a shawl with a floral pattern.
I put a paper on a box with an interesting, circular pattern. Then I started rubbing the paper with a black crayon. That's how the background was made.
That's all.
What is your opinion about monochrome nude?
Tell me in comments below.
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