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Artist, pattern designer and believer in healing powers of art making.

  • Is future important?

    Pause… why do I always need to know what happens in the end? I will come to the end one day and still keep wondering most probably. Or realize that nothing happens… and that everything that ever mattered were those moments I believed were leading somewhere… and I  kept questioning and expecting instead of just accepting there is nothing but that which was there in that moment… hmmm… rain and snow this morning obviously put me in a strange mood… I love how this one turned out so I left it without adding any inky lines on top in fear I may ruin her…

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  • Look within

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    I’ve been working on this spread for three days and she just wouldn’t come right… maybe if I worked three more days… but I am not known for being very patient… so here you go… I used a reference photo from the internet but of course she doesn’t look anything like that. Obviously I need practice… I have to say that I am quite enjoying doing these so it will not be too much trouble to continue with my practice. And who knows, I may improve my skills 🙂

  • If we could only…

    If we could only let go and accept ourselves and others and life as it is and if we could stop questioning everything and searching for proofs and meanings we could be much happier and much more at peace with everything and everyone…

    I decided to do a little challenge again and try to paint an expressive portrait without drawing it first. I found a random photo on the internet and haven’t even tried to make it look similar, just wanted to capture the expression. Not perfect but for a first try I am pretty pleased.

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  • You know…

    Actually I have to say that I don’t… words just came to me so I wrote them down. Yesterday I received my order of new watercolors: helio turquoise, paynes grey and gold. So this was just trying them out. I love them. And I  enjoy  Elegant Writer… I am obsessed with watching watercolor flow and mix. It’s a cold sunny day here in Budapest… Have a nice Wednesday you all…

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  • She Dreams of Roses

    Reality is one. Ways we see it are many. I imagine my life, I think I know how it should be. But nothing ever happens the way I imagine it. Do I also imagine people who are living beside me? Yes. What I know and what I will ever know will always be only my experience of them and not what they really are. Does life get any easier if you know that it’s not really what you think it is? Does it make it more simple or more complicated?

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  • Be gentle to yourself

    Okay… it’s the right card that I pulled today… rough weekend behind with too many thoughts and too much looking for explanations and too many things not happening the way I imagine they should. But that’s life. And relationships are supposed to be challenging and to provide stimulation for my own growth. Sometimes there’s too much stimulation though. Too much to handle at once… but then, that’s exclusively my choice. So, no blame no complaints. Just, it’s time to take it easy…

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  • Video: Art Journal Flip Through

    Enjoy…

  • End of February

    February is not my favourite month, but I keep a special place for it in my heart anyway, because I was born in February. This February was good. I did art every day and I did lots of self explorations in my journal. And that felt so awesome that I think I am going to continue and there will be no special theme for March. I completed the journal I started last year and that also feels really good. Today I filmed a flip-through the journal and will post it to YouTube, so tomorrow I will put the link here.

    As I haven’t posted for two days, there are several things I want to show you today. Two of them are done for Life Book 2016 and two are d daily entries into my journal. First there is this one:

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    It’s an affirmation page. We were supposed to paint over the transfer of our own photo, but as it’s not really my piece of cake, I just painted a face. For the purpose of this exercise, we will suppose it’s me. Then, there are affirmative sentences stating things I wish for or I want more of, or I want to change. Important is that all is in present tense and that all is positive. So there we go…

    The next one for Life Book 2016 is below:

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    These are 5-minute painterly flowers. I have to admit that I kind of freaked out when I saw that we need to make painterly flowers again. But, as I said I would do all lessons, there was no backing out. After overcoming the initial fear, I have to say that this was easy, quick and quite enjoyable. And I think, pretty successful. I may even get to love the painterly flowers. 😉

    And now the first entry into my new journal:

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    This time my journal is not hand-made, but a plain moleskin book with thick paper. I bought it months ago and was hesitant to use it, because I so love my hand-made ones. But now I decided it’s time, so here it is. The paper is good. It’s different, and will take some getting used to, but it will be ok.

    Here is the second one I did today:

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    The oracle said “adventure” again. It’s funny, because I am actually going to spend a weekend away from home… It’s not going to be much of an adventure, but I am looking forward to it. I do feel a bit sick today. I have pain around my ribs, I guess I have some cold… So I am not so happy… However, here’s a page to give me courage. Go girl! Wishing you all a great weekend

     

  • Video: Love who you are

    So, yesterday I recorded the making of my spread… Here it is. Enjoy!

     

  • Love who you are

    Well… related to what I said yesterday let me stop and think about what I am… I constantly work on improving myself, but what about things I already achieved. Am I  happy with who I am?

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    I will leave that unanswered for the time being 🙂

    It’s the last full spread in my art journal. There is just back cover and the inside front cover to journal on. I have filmed the making of this spread and will post it hopefully during the day or tomorrow… I haven’t done a video in ages!