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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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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).
| 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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For some time an idea of drawing a horse was clinging to me. So it became my aim.
I started with drawing a sketch based on a following photo.
| Horse. Source of illustration. |
Below you can see a sketch I've made with a pencil.
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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. |
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Today I would like to show You a drawing of a very lovely creature. I mean squirrel.
It's so cool to see squirrel during the stroll.
The basis for my drawing was a photography which I found in old card.
| This card is from some binder with cards concerning various animals. It was some sort of collection cards. |
I took brown paper and pencil, and started drawing.
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Today I'm showing one of my aims with a great pleasure
. It is Hikaru Masai's portrait.
Who is Hikaru Masai?
She is a japanese singer who nowadays is performing as H-el-ical//. Previously Hikaru Masai was a part of Kalafina. This splendid japanese group disbanded in 2019. They were well-known for their songs composed for various anime series.
Previously I drew also portraits of other members of Kalafina: Keiko Kubota and Wakana Ootaki. I was so eager to draw her as well, but as a result of various obstacles I was leaving this aim over.
The time has come but I decided to change something in a style of portraying.
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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.
| a Waterfall, pastel on paper, 22,9 x 32,5 cm |
| Wakana, crayons on paper, 12 x 20,5 cm (1st part of cycle: Kalafina & FictionJunction). |