spozieranie

if: yield

2012-03-13T07:49:00.000Z

I know that nobody is thinking about the autumn now but this one works well with this week's topic.

arrivals

2012-03-10T11:13:00.001Z

I am considering going to the airport one day to do some sketching at the arrivals gate. I would need a huge box of tissues though - watching people greeting each other is too moving.

harold reading

2012-03-07T18:41:00.001Z

Nameless rat

2012-03-01T13:54:00.001Z

Meet the rat. He is a nice guy and he doesn't have a name yet! Any suggestions?

He is not a sort of rat that would spend all day on a sofa watching tv!

He get excited about things. The smell of potted Stilton mostly.

Not all the things though...

...but generally he is a joyful and positive creature!

Yes, I am still enjoying quick and rough sketches.

2012-02-27T16:50:00.000Z

You can now Follow my blog with Bloglovin !!

cautionary tale

2012-02-27T07:39:00.001Z

A quick and fun sketch for Monday morning. Another in the series of drawings made for a pure pleasure of doing something completely different than usual. Very relaxing again. Especially the quick and broad stokes of brush in photoshop without paying any attention to detail.
And yes, it actually did happen to me last time when I had too many dumplings.

calming down

2012-02-23T08:56:00.003Z

I spent most of the last week drawing and painting very excited rats so this sketch was a little calming down session. I can sit for ages drawing little houses and trees with a very very fine pencil. It's like meditation.

harold the hare

2012-02-17T15:10:00.000Z

I am very much enjoying working on this guy.

new pets

2012-02-17T08:25:00.000Z

My new pets - a dinosaur, a crocodile and an iguana. Studio desk invaded by little wild boar dancing charleston. And firsts signs of the spring in my studio.

krk

2012-02-14T07:15:00.003Z

During this short trip I was experimenting with new style of sketching and with drawing as many people as possible. If you know me or you read this blog you know that drawing people is not what I do very often . From time to time I set short briefs for myself literally forcing myself to draw some portraits instead of animals, trees, landscapes or architecture. Or to draw in a completely different style to what I am used to. Just to learn something new.
As I don't feel particularly comfortable with the results I distorted the sketches in photoshop before posting them here. I didn't even bother with rotating some of them. Everything to make them less clear for you:)

charleston and new pictures in my shop

2012-02-12T09:31:00.000Z

There are some new prints in my Etsy shop and more is coming soon. I'll keep you posted.

I really enjoyed working on these guys. I put some 30s music on and they just started dancing. I love when my characters do that. It's like they do half of the job and all I need to worry about is the colouring.

if: suspense

2012-02-08T07:10:00.002Z

I haven't done Illustration Friday for a while so here is a quick sketch with rats who definately are up to something. I suspect it has something to do with the food.

studio

2012-02-04T19:13:00.001Z

I've not been posting any photos for a while (I've not been taking any either relying mostly on my sketchbook as a documenting tool - fun but time consuming). So here are some pictures of my studio space.

hare

2012-01-26T12:42:00.002Z

New Year in Lochcarron

2012-01-14T11:55:00.001Z

Sketches from our New Year's trip to Highlands. There was not much of the sun out there - the most spectacular clouds, rain and snow and rain again - so the sketches are rather grey (the main reason was me being too lazy to use anything more than a black pen and a pencil) .

The best breakfast of the year - scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.

Fish and chips in Applecross on New Year's Eve.(the right-hand side sketch by Konrad)

There was more deer than sheep out there. No hares though.

Here is us stuck in a car during a sudden snowstorm. Very steep and winding single lane road and the best piece of advice I've had in a long time (from a van driver) - whatever happens do not touch the break!

In a pub in Cromarty. We are having a cup of tea and rats get very excited about their favourite cheese.

christmas scribbles

2012-01-07T10:57:00.004Z

One of the sketches made without thinking (while playing board games as far as I remember). No idea where it came from and what they are looking at!

christmas otter

2011-12-22T22:44:00.004Z

A not very happy otter wishing a very happy Christmas. (He hates his festive jumper - itchy and generally not in good taste.)

simple pleasures

2011-12-09T18:36:00.001Z

A little update from my sketchbook.

scooter

2011-12-04T18:12:00.002Z

Wild boar don't cycle. Of course they don't. They ride scooters!
(Thank you Wojtek.)

brigade (tandem)

2011-11-25T12:59:00.002Z

Drawing bicycles is hard. Very hard. And to draw one or two of my characters riding this bicycle is even harder. While working on this one I realised that as much as I want those guys to be eco-friendly, cycle to work and stuff they just cannot. Their legs are too short! So I went through other characters I'd created and tried to put them on a bicycle and their legs were also too short! Now I feel guilty...

On the other hand it is fascinating that at some point the characters start living they own life and refuse to do things you want them to do. I will need to experiment with other means of transport here...

Website

2011-11-18T14:22:00.001Z

My website is FINALLY updated! Less foxes - more lions. Have a look!

Here comes Supermouse!

2011-11-12T19:15:00.001Z

Sometimes you just feel like drawing a Supermouse and there is nothing you can do about it.

ms lioness has a new bag

2011-11-03T18:47:00.002Z

A little update on what's been going on in my sketchbook recently. And yes! I've got a new bag! A proper bag with internal pockets and adjustable strap. My first ever proper bag! It is slightly different to the one that Miss Lioness is proundly wearing but I am as happy as she is.

bad day

2011-10-27T13:51:00.001+01:00

new gadget

2011-10-20T15:41:00.002+01:00

You have no idea what fun it is to watch a guy who just got a new gadget. And I had no idea that you can get that excited about a piece of plastic with a touchscreen on the surface and internet inside.

This is a boar by the way, not a pig. The fact that I need to state this means that I should do some more boar research I guess...

a saturday morning

2011-09-29T10:47:00.002+01:00

angry bear

2011-09-19T20:35:00.002+01:00

Having fun drawing animals that express all sorts of negative emotions. I didn't expect it to be that difficult! No matter how hard I try to draw something ugly, scary or angry I always end up with cute and funny...

This guy is a poet and he is not having his best day.

if: boundaries

2011-09-15T09:19:00.000+01:00

I love drawing silly dogs. This one is inspired by my favourite character from film "Everything is illuminated".

sketches from berlin

2011-09-14T07:13:00.001+01:00

I am not sure if I mentioned it here before but I fell in love with Berlin. The same way I fell in love with Rotterdam and other cities which are not beautiful in a way some of European cities are but they definately have huge amounts of energy hidden under not-particularly-renaissance surfaces.

For some reasons I didn't feel like sketching when walking/running/jumping/flying through the city (definately not Edinburgh scale). This is why all the sketches are made at our friends's place during our nice and calm evenings that were at some points even more inspiring Berlin itself!

(Sketches nos 4 and 5are made in cooperation with Franek.)

IF: mysterious

2011-09-08T07:45:00.002+01:00

So we went to see the famous fireworks at the end of Edinburgh Festival; for the first time since we came to live in this beautifully cold and windy city (it was the first time when it was not that cold and windy and we managed to see the whole thing). Anyhow, I don't really understand the idea of standing in the crowd in the park and watching some small lights flashing far away. What's the point?
Konrad said something like: "Don't you feel like all of that is like from the Moominland?", which I had to agree with and make this Moomins inspired picture.

Done!

2011-09-06T07:41:00.002+01:00

It looks like I don't need to draw horses anymore! All the illustrations are finished and submitted to the publisher and the book will be published in July 2012. I hope you'll like it. It has been a busy summer but fortunately in Edinburgh we don't get anyhing like summer at all so there is nothing to complain about. It was a fantastic experience to illustrate something which is completely different to what I usually work on. I learned a few things:
1. I can draw horses ( a big surprise).
2. I can draw human characters (even a bigger surprise).
3. Digital colouring is actually fun.
4. I love my tablet.
And now I feel like moving on to other projects featuring smaller animals - mice, shrews, bats, squirrels, weasels. Hooray for rodentia! The only problem is that I don't feel like drawing at all and I might need to take a week or two off with my sketchbook and pencils hidden at the bottom of a deepest drawer.

portuguese

2011-08-26T16:57:00.000+01:00

And some photos from our trip to Portugal. Graffiti, cats and dogs mostly.

lazy lazy lazy

2011-08-16T21:49:00.001+01:00

A few sketches from our trip to Portugal.

IF: Asleep

2011-06-01T13:14:00.001+01:00

Ok...it was supposed to be a dormouse but I think it resembles more something between a bear and a fox. It is rather frustrating that everything I draw looks like a bear or a fox. I will have to have another go on a dormouse soon. Anyhow, this one is quite content - a pre-lunch nap on a tea towel somewhere warm and comfortable.
I am experimenting with my new set of drawing inks which is quite challenging. I love the colours though. This one is the Sunshine Yellow - very much needed now in cloudy, windy and rainy Edinburgh.

horses dogs and penguins

2011-05-30T20:34:00.001+01:00

I've got internet now and the carboard boxes are gradually dissapearing from our living room. Our new flat finally looks like a place to live and not a messy storage.
Back from short holiday which was not a proper holiday as I have been busy drawing horses for Penguin (the photo above shows how busy it was). I was drawing on the plane, in the garden, in coffee shops, in the park and on a beautiful meadow by the forest (there was a stork on the meadow too so I had a good company). There was this little boy sitting next to me on the plane and as soon as he's seen me sketching he started crying that he wanted to draw too. I think next time I should take an extra set of colour pencils. Anyhow...I've got a brilliant job - even 5 year old kids are jealous!
I made some dog sketches too - kind of reward after each horse drawing fiinished. Dogs are fun to draw!

new place

2011-05-14T10:08:00.000+01:00

Last weekend was far too busy and too exciting and I think we will need a good few days to recover. Moving flat, a wedding, a very successful craft fair and an overdose of good news is kind of too much for one weekend. My studio is a mess and I there is no internet at our new place yet. Hope it is going to change soon. In the meantime I am using my mobile coffee shop studio.

moving home

2011-05-05T12:03:00.000+01:00

I wish life looked like on the picture above. Instead I am surrounded by cardboard boxes, black bin bags and bubblewrap trying to find my way through. Moving in not fun!
The good news is that there is a cat flap in our new place! Which I suppose means that we'll be having all the cats from neighbourhood coming over for afternoon tea.

haar is back!

2011-04-22T21:25:00.004+01:00

When Edinburgh looks like this (the views from the castle if you haven't recognised), creatures like these appear in my sketchbook:

Otherwise just started Easter baking and the smell of cheesecake coming from the oven is so difficult to resist...

au bar

2011-04-15T08:10:00.000+01:00

I love when it is raining in Edinburgh. Especially on a Monday morning. I get a coffee and plan the week ahead while watching people rushing to work. Most of them is triple unhappy - because they had to wake up early, because it is Monday and because it is raining.

magpie market

2011-04-12T06:57:00.002+01:00

Come to the Magpie Market on Sunday the 8th of May! It's in The Hub in the very centre of Edinburgh and there is going to be plenty of beautiful stuff. I will be selling my prints and toys there too. The entry is free! So come, come, come!

back

2011-04-05T07:30:00.001+01:00

Bologna was beautiful, warm and sunny. Plus good wine, delicious pasta, lovely shops with local food and hundreds and thousands of beautiful books for children (I only bought one). Very inspiring all of that! I also had a few very good and very promising meetings at the fair and some very interesting comments. The only bad news is that one of my owls is missing! Our suspicion is that she escaped with a pigeon (pigeon bolognese). She must have got influenced by the very romantic atmosphere of Piazza Maggiore. And now the other owl, Lampart, is very lonely and is looking for a girlfriend.

Oh, and I've never had time to get the Italian espresso I had been dreaming about...

off to Bologna!!!

2011-03-29T15:07:00.000+01:00

Pink portfolio, yellow tights and red suitcase - everything ready for our Bologna trip! Looking forward to italian espresso and all these beautiful picture books I am going to see at the fair.

if: toy

2011-03-27T08:51:00.001+01:00

For some mysterious reasons I woke up at 5.30 am yesterday. I went for a long walk (love early Saturday/Sunday morning walks. The world seems to be more spacious then), made the illustration for this week's IF topic and then baked scones for breakfast. I also finished putting my portfolio together and "binding" the dummy book. And as a reward - a trip to my favourite coffee shop to do some people sketching and doodling! Drawing people is not as fun as drawing animals but I decided to do some more of that. Perhaps it is just the matter of practice.

castle street

2011-03-25T07:32:00.001Z

Another birthday present. There is a dramatic love story behind this picture. I think I will need to do some more painting soon. Painting is fun. For the moment I am stuck in Photoshop getting my portfolio ready. Off to Bolona next week!!!Yay!

nameless creature

2011-03-23T18:25:00.000Z

I made this guy for a friend as a birthday present. He was pretty sad because he didn't have name and what is even worse his paws were shedding. Not very fortunate if you are a birthday present. I hope he is better now!

Japan!

2011-03-19T11:37:00.000Z

After the devastating earthquake and tsunami Japan is struggling with a huge humanitarian crisis. They need our help. Maggy from Red Ted's Art is running an auction on her blog to help raise funds for victims of the Japan quake and she kindly agreed to have one of my prints put on auction there! The bears are happy that they can help.
You can take part in the auction by placing your bid in comments under the post. All details how to take part and how it works are described in detail here. If you win, all the money goes directly to Save the Children and you get the print. I cover the shipping cost. Simple as that!

Many thanks to Kate from Tastykaeru and Zoe from Playing by the Book for their help with organising the whole thing. Zoe is also running auctions on her blog too, like this one with a beautiful flower brooch by Tastykaeru.

finished!

2011-03-16T09:08:00.000Z

I finished the dummy book! And I am back to normal mode now, which is very pleasant. It was particularly pleasant to go for a long walk on Sunday and see real people, real trees and real landscapes. I also got my reward (yes, the main reason I finished that book at all) in a form of grilled fish and white wine consumed in a beautiful place with live jazz music. The good thing is that even though I am allergic anything to do with pencil and photoshop, I still like the characters. They make me smile. A good sign I think.

And these tiny guys (that you might recognise) are for a competition. The brief was to make an illustration for front cover of a magazine about children's books.

a very productive weekend

2011-03-07T06:32:00.000Z

This weekend I managed to draw 5 cats, 5 dogs, 3 mice, 1 parrot, I also baked 1 sourdough bread (from sourdough base I produced myself - good fun) and 6 wholemeal scones. I also opened running season - hooray, hooray! My book is advancing an it looks like I will be able to meet the deadline, which is next Sunday.
Now back to work!

sketching trips

2011-03-02T07:36:00.000Z

Sketches from our recent drawing trips when I was being very lazy. With the second one I was feeling like making a sketch and then destroying it by adding more and more black until it dissapears. Fortunately, we had to leave before the sketch dissapeared. I think I will have to do some collage and photoshopping now.

My dummy book is progressing and it looks like I will be able to finish it before Bologna. I got most of images scanned and now I will need to make friends with photoshop again.

if: layers

2011-02-22T21:57:00.001Z

I drew the badger because my mum asked me to. Badgers are cool. The spring hasn't come yet so he is wearing lots of layers.And I think he is missing a train.

magic pencil

2011-02-18T21:43:00.000Z

I love pencils. I collect them. Every time I travel somewhere and visit a museum or a gallery I go to the gift shop and buy the cheapest and most basic pencil souvenir (or I ask friend to bring me some if they go somewhere exciting). I am always very disappointed if a museum does not have pencils or if they sell them for 5 euro each (like in Hagia Sophia in Istambul). And then when I draw with them I think about places I visited and people I met and I am more than sure that it affects my drawings. So I would pick up the edinburgh book festival pencil to draw my picture books, cartoon museum one if I want my drawing to be more comic style etc. I even have one with a citation from Tracy Emin but I have never used it. I am going to save it until I am fed up with my cute animals and I want to draw something very ugly.

Spent all day drawing killer plants and really enjoyed it!

if: sweater

2011-02-15T08:59:00.000Z

Another quick sketch. A weasel this time.
It was two years ago. We noticed that dried fruit and nuts are mysteriously dissapearing from the jar we kept muesli in. It was supposed to be a fancy tropical muesli with plenty of exotic fruit and nuts but for some strange reasons there would be only not very exotic oats and bran flakes left in the jar. Somebody was stealing the fruit!
And I had to come up with that weasel story to clear myself from any suspicion.

a very engaging book

2011-02-11T09:51:00.002Z

Another quick sketch from ages ago.
I have been busy furnishing flat for cat and dog recently, which is rather fun. I've got four double spreads to finish the dummy book and start producing final artwork. It is a little bit of a challenge as I try to be as playful as possible with colours, textures and techniques. A completely new area of exploration...
Yesterday I spent a very productive morning in my favourite continental cafe in stockbridge (they have very good cafe au lait and there is a marzipan soap in the bathroom!). I was teaching a dog to play golf. He was doing very well. Especially that I have no idea how to play golf.

The good news is that the spring is coming!!!

haymarket

2011-02-04T08:40:00.001Z

A sketch I made ages ago and I've never finished it. For some reasons I am too scared to put the colour on. Anyhow, Haymarket station, 6am on a weekday. My favourite destination.

I finally finished Bear the Photographer and he is now available in my Etsy shop. Unfortunately, the cutest camera in the world the bear is taking pictures with has been sold.

if: dusty

2011-01-27T07:22:00.000Z

I usually spend ages working on my illustrations as I never know when to stop and I am always unhappy with the result (especially when it comes to photoshopping). With this one I decided to have a little excercise and draw it very quickely without playing around with colours, textures, techniques. I also decided to be brave and to post it!

ages ago

2011-01-25T07:19:00.001Z

I found some sketches in my moleskine that I've never posted for some reasons.
Our friend Amelia during one of our very long board game sessions. I know that Amelia is a regular visitor to this blog but she never leaves any trace. Perhaps she will leave a comment this time...

A beautiful, dark and rainy Monday morning in a coffee shop...

Our friend Basia one day before she left Edinburgh.

One of the very rare occasions, when there was no traffic on Lothian Road and I could stand there and make a sketch. A peculiar event to watch too. .

A couple I saw in a coffee shop and absolutely loved the way they looked.

I feel like making more sketches of people again.

tiny mice

2011-01-21T07:49:00.001Z

I almost lost eyesight yesterday when drawing these guys. For some reasons I decided to draw them very tiny, in 1:10 scale and mice are already very small animals so it was not the wisest thing to do. It was early in the morning and still dark in the coffee shop I went to which didn't help. Oh well, next time I will remember to draw things in some reasonable scale and then scale them down in photoshop .
Otherwise, I spent half of last weekend decorating the house where my new characters are supposed to live. They are moving in soon. I have been busy designing and drawing wallpapers and now all I need to do is to stick them to the walls.

IF: Chicken

2011-01-16T11:54:00.000Z

I had quite a few illustrations to choose form for this week's Illustration Friday... This one was made over a year ago and it was the first etching I have ever made. The illustration itself is not perfect, kind of unfinished, but I feel very nostalgic about it.

west end

2011-01-13T07:10:00.000Z

bear the photographer

2011-01-10T07:18:00.001Z

I had a very nice weekend with plenty of fun stuff, nice meetings, good books and no drawing (my studio got locked and I was not allowed any drawing for two days - a good thing to do). Yesterday we went for a little winter trip, met a herd of sheep grazing in the snow, agreed that sheep are good because they produce good stuff (wool and cheese of course) and made a snowman that looked like a huge bird. The landscapes are absolutely beautiful now and we were taking pictures with a small analogue camera, which gets rather tricky when you wear huge woollen mittens and you don't feel like taking them off. I felt like I was a huge bear trying to take a picture with a tiny camera and all he can see through the lens is his own paws and fur.

fish

2011-01-07T09:37:00.000Z

So I spent the whole morning arranging fish. If you think it is easy to arrange five fish on an A4 page you are wrong! I feel like giving up for the moment...
The good news is that the mighty Epson Stylus Photo R1900 arrived yesterday!

winter holiday

2011-01-06T11:14:00.002Z

It has been very pleasant and productive Christmas break. We managed to go for a little trip to Highlands before the New Year and enjoy fantastic Scottish landscapes and ... breakfasts. And then back to my studio work. I am working on a several projects at the moment, which is good as I don't get bored and can jump from one to another. The bad thing is that getting to the final result takes more time. Anyway, I have been busy drawing dogs, cats, pigeons and bears, designing interiors for my new book (I must admit it is far more enjoyable to do interior design for animals then for people - they have better taste and you don't need to worry about budget!). I also spent considerable amount of time researching patterns, colour palettes and textures. This is part of my illustration work that I struggle the most with - so many possibilities! I am also playing around with the new techniques, which is exciting but sometimes gets very frustrating.
Otherwise, my etsy shop did really well and now I have to make more prints. Reinforcements in a form of an Epson printer and inkjet watercolour paper are supposed to arrive today! Scary...

1.1.11

2011-01-02T08:18:00.003Z

First sketch I made in 2011. Happy New Year everyone!

IF: Winter

2010-12-27T08:15:00.000Z

It was supposed to be a sketch but it surprisingly turned out to be an illustration. From our sketching session in the Botanics. I absolutely love drawing trees and cannot think about anything which is more relaxing.

Illustration Friday: Mail

2010-12-21T21:21:00.000Z

An illustration I did a year ago for Garlic and Sapphires collaboration with Creative Writers. It works perfect for this weeks Illustration Friday topic.

good news

2010-12-20T16:47:00.000Z

You can now find my work in another two galleries in Edinburgh! Technicolour (2 Bruntsfield Place), which is a fantastic new boutique with art, fashion and design run by Jenny, Joanne and Magda. Check it out - there is plenty of beautiful stuff in there!
Another place is a pop-up shop - Take Out, Ooud Kitchen at Bruntsfield Place opened by Craft House Concept and REALISE. Rush, rush as it is only open till the end of December!

The good news is that I finally managed to open my Etsy shop (to be precise, I got bribed. I only did it because Kate offered to cook cullen skink soup for us. The soup was fantastic and got eaten but the shop is still there. The effect was rather spactacular because I sold everything I'd listed there in first few hours of opening!). So now it's time to invest in my very own epson printer...

The cat above was born when I was waiting to be picked up from the airport after my flight got cancelled. For some reasons I really like this guy.

back

2010-12-16T10:04:00.002Z

a break and new friends

2010-11-19T08:20:00.000Z

We went for a very nice day trip to Blair Atholl, Pitlochry and Dunkeld. The weather was just fantastic, the views spectacular and I think I made new friends there! Not sure what they were after but they suddenly appeared running like crazy towards me and then pecking at my legs and when I told them it hurts they started pecking my boots. They would stop from time to time and look at me and then pecked again. Perhaps they read my Fox and Chicken book before and wanted to express they appreciation!

The break from illustration seems to be going very well. Kate came over last week with a huge bag and brought Gertruda, the most helpful and ergonomic sewing machine in the universe! Thank you! And new Harris Tweed mice were born - Heather, Alpin and Sheena.

hedgehog

2010-11-14T08:28:00.001Z

I think I am tired. Everything I touch turns into dust and the things are generally going the opposite direction I would like them to. This is the sign I need to take a break from everything and go on holiday. I love travelling, being on the move, train, bus, plane, boat, this is when I come up with the best ideas and this is when I produce my best pictures (somewhere between the check-in and departure gate). So I decided no more drawing before I go on holiday. The hedgehog is my latest attempt. Not sure what this guy is thinking about...perhaps he is considering going for a trip too.

drawing trip

2010-11-09T07:27:00.000Z

We had a very pleasant drawing trip last Friday. It was not as much of a trip as it was pouring rain outside and we were sitting in a warm and comfortable cafe on Mound with a tea and hot chocolate making plenty of fun sketches. All sorts of warming up drawing exercises - blind drawing, drawing with left hand, drawing with one continuous line, drawing with needle and thread. Kate was just brilliant and I think I shouldn't believe that the last time she did some drawing was when she was eleven.
I am very pleased with my left handed watercolour. Apparently I finally found out a way to paint with watercolours - use the hand that I cannot control at all! Quite frustrating I must admit.

fish swing golf beer

2010-11-04T06:35:00.002Z

Mada and John came over to visit us (in September I think, ages ago). A very quick sketch made in a pub and another one on the way back from Anstruther. It was a fantastic day out, good food - fish and chips, nice walk with spectacular views and my favourite swings in Pittenweem - you cannot expect more from life!

journey

2010-10-30T08:22:00.002+01:00

...but before the bears fall asleep they need to go for another important journey. Wish them good luck!

... zanim niedźwiedzie zapadną w sen zimowy na dobre, czeka ich jeszcze jedna bardzo istotna podróż.

autumnal

2010-10-29T06:31:00.001+01:00

For some reasons autumn inspires me to draw and make animals comsuming lots of food and falling asleep. And I am not much different.

Z tajemniczych powodów zaczęłam ostatnio rysowac zwierzęta, które jedzą strasznie dużo, po czym zapadają w sen. I ja właściwie zachowuję się podobnie.

morning coffee with red

2010-10-26T07:03:00.000+01:00

Still struggling.

edinburgh festival

2010-10-21T06:53:00.000+01:00

The sketches I made ages ago. In August. First one is from our degree show. As I am rather scared of mannequins I was a bit a challenge for me to spend a week overlooking the show sitting just opposite this preety mean looking lady. I am pround of myself that toward the end of the week I even managed to draw her! And two sketches from my favourite event ever - Edinburgh Book Festival.

Szkice, które zrobiłam wieki temu. Pierwszy jest jeszcze z czasów naszej wystawy. Raczej nie lubię manekinów, a tutaj byłam zmuszona spędzic cały tydzień w towarzystwie tej przerażającej pani. Całkiem byłam z siebie dumna, jak udało mi się ją nawet pod koniec tygodnia narysowac. A pozostałe dwa rysunki z mojej ulubionej imprezy edynburskiej - Edinburgh Book Festival. Niewiele lepszych rzeczy wydarza się w tym mieście.

morning cappuccino with hands

2010-10-16T06:59:00.000+01:00

I've never learnt properly how to draw hands. Always been rather scared by the vision of drawing them and quite often left people on my sketches hand-less which was a bit creepy. So now I am going to draw more hands every now and then (partly because of the project I am planning to work on soon). The drawings are ugly and awkward at the moment but hope to get better soon. Wearing funky nail polish does help though!

fox the champion!

2010-10-14T07:51:00.001+01:00

brand new beautiful and very much awaited blog about design fashion and other fantastic stuff! le renard champion by mada! that's a shame you guys cannot read in polish because the text is as great as the pictures.
kasia and the fox are happy.

nowy, wspaniały i długo oczekiwany blog o sztuce użytkowej, modzie i innych pięknych przedmiotach już działa! le renard champion stworzony, wymyślany i pisany przez madę. kasia i lis zwycięzca są bardzo szczęśliwi.

the mice are gone!

2010-10-10T08:40:00.001+01:00

my harris tweed mice went to a gallery and they don't live in a box in my wardrobe anymore. and i am sad because they were like my pets and now they are going to be somewhere else with other people. i think i have to sew some more now but still haven't got a sewing machine which doesn't help. the harris tweed mice together with some of my photoetching and digital prints are now in the Marchmont Gallery in edinburgh, which i suppose is a good news.

nie ma myszy! poszły do galerii i już nie mieszkają w pudełku lawendowym na dnie szafy! to były moje własne myszy, a teraz będą musiały pójśc do innych ludzi. chyba muszę uszyc ich teraz więcej z rozpaczy, tylko chwilowo wciąż nie mam maszyny do szycia.

artichokes!!!

2010-10-08T07:28:00.000+01:00

Had a very nice Saturday last week with artichokes, sunflowers and a particularly tasty cream tea. I realised that artichokes are my favourite flowers - they have beautiful colour and shape, and what is perhaps the most important - I can eat them!

zdjęcia z ostatniej soboty z wieloma fajnymi rzeczami - karczochami, słonecznikami i tradycyjnym angielskim przysmakiem (bułeczki na ciepło z dżemem malinowym, śmietanką i do tego herbata, ach). karczochy mnie zachwyciły, bo nie dość, że mają przepiękny kolor i kształt, to jeszcze można je zjeść! moje ulubione kwiaty od teraz.

my very own studio space!!!

2010-10-02T17:08:00.002+01:00

I finally have my own studio space! it's true! I has been a week since we went to ikea to get the table, lamp and drawer unit but I am still so very excited about the whole thing! I don't think I've ever got such a wonderful present and I still feel like it was Christmas and birthday both the same day. And the best bit is that I finally started making new pictures. hurray, hurray! This is because the table and the drawers are not some ordinary table and drawers. They are magic!

Oto moja własne, wspaniała, osobista malutka pracownia! Wciąż nie mogę przestac piszczec i skakac z radości za każdym razem, jak obok niej przechodzę (a przechodzę często, bo mieszkanie mamy małe). Mam swój własny stolik, lampkę i co najważniejsze - strasznie dużo szuflad, do których można włożyc strasznie dużo kredek, ołówków i pędzli! No i w końcu zaczęłam tworzyc nowe rysunki, co ma pewnie związek z tym, że mój nowy stolik nie jest takim o sobie zwykłym stolikiem. O nie! On jest czarodziejski!

turkey georgia armenia

2010-09-27T19:48:00.004+01:00

very belated sketches from our trip to georgia/armenia/turkey in july.

autumn already

2010-09-23T15:28:00.006+01:00

first day of autumn. beautiful rain outside and the plums are in season , which means that the best thing to do is to make knedle (at the picture above), have them for dinner and then spend the rest of the day in bed with a tea, a good book and a wollen blanket. this is what i like the autumn for!

oto pierwszy dzień jesieni dziś. najlepszy czas, żeby zrobic knedle (śliwki angielskie całkiem nieźle zastępują węgierki) i potem spędzic resztę dnia pod kocykiem z herbatą i książką. i to jest właśnie fajne w jesieni - można byc leniwym i jest to powszechnie akceptowane.

my studio

2010-09-16T19:37:00.003+01:00

This is what my studio looks like at the moment which is rather sad. A little desk and a few shelves would help...It feels like my creativity is piled somewhere at the bottom.

No właśnie, tak teraz wygląda moja pracownia, co bynajmniej nie wpływa na mnie bardzo twórczo. Marzę o małym biureczku i o kilku półkach.

kasia is happy

2010-09-10T23:40:00.003+01:00

had a very nice and very lazy week and managed to recover a bit after the degree show. No bears, moles or foxes, however I couldn't help drawing this beautiful whippet hound when he came for a coffee to my favourite French cafe. What a nice morning I had! Also I went rollerskating to cramond in the afternoon, which made me even happier. Especially when a little girl said: "you did rollerskate real good!".

postgraduate degree show 2010!

2010-08-31T06:47:00.004+01:00

Here are some pictures form our show plus with very brief descriptions. Thank you all for coming along! And for all the nice comments left in our comments books.

Absolutely amazing work by Tyra.
Bold posters and installations by Tom.Beautiful and cosy space created by Holly.
Magnetic and very clever show created by Jammie.
Julia's amazing studio space was an integral part of her show.
Swasti kept the suspence till the last moment. She also made a wall play music!
Wonderful contemporary fairy tale by Helen. Amazing colour palette.
Rachel's space was minimal. Only at first glance though. Until you've checked-in.
Lindsey's show was slightly psychodelic. Fantastic bold drawings and crazy patterns.
My work was cute, as usual.

a bird, a cat and an owl!

2010-08-19T09:41:00.002+01:00

The show is already up, privite view tomorrow and life seems to be normal again with enough time to clean the flat, cook a dinner, go running in the morning and, most of all, meet people! Above are all the lovely gifts I got for my birthday! Never got so much cuteness and loveliness in one day.For some strange reasons people keep giving me all sorts of little creatures and I have to be taking care of them all. Thank you!!! And thank you for coming along!!! Now getting ready for the private view.
Haven't decided yet if I should go for red, grass green or lucky yellow tights.

Wystawa już skończona, obrazki na ścianach, książki na stojakach. Życie znów stało się normalniejsze, jest czas na posprzątanie mieszkania, ugotowanie obiadu, poranny dżoging, i co najważniejsze, na spotkania z ludźmi. Strasznie dużo wspaniałych prezentów urodzinowych i życzeń dostałam w tym roku! Dziękuję za wszystkie bardzo bardzo. Jak widac na obrazku, z jakichś tajemniczych powodów wszyscy przynoszą mi najróżniejsze urocze stworzenia, którymi ja się potem muszę opiekowac.
Teraz leniwe przygotowania do jutrzejszego wernisażu. Wciąż nie wiem, które z mojej kolekcji kolorowych rajstop powinnam założyc - czerwone, trawiaste zielone, czy szczęśliwe żółte...

The Fringe Stall and Degree Show

2010-08-06T06:47:00.006+01:00

I admit this blog has not been properly looked after recently. This is because I am working slightly too hard to get everything done for the Degree Show. To make things a bit more complicated I am selling my work at the Fringe Market. Below are the details of both events.

Postgraduate Degree Show 2010
21-29 August 2010
Mon-Thu 10am-6pm
Fri-Sun 10am-5pm
Edinburgh College of Art
We'll be at the forth floor of Evolution House (entrance from West Port). Come! Come! Come!

ECA Graduates at the Fringe
Saturday 6 August to Friday 13 August
11am - 8.45pm
We are at The Royal Mile in the Market right next to St Giles Cathedral. Come, see and buy! On show are handmade prints, limited edition digital prints, cards, handmade books, hand-painted ceramics and other beautiful exciting stuff.

apple green

2010-07-27T17:14:00.004+01:00

Two weeks to go and the level of stress in the studio grows very high. many tears and general depression. Thought a bunch of apple green helium ballons may cheer people up. Not sure if it is going to work but it felt liberating to do something which is not degree show or illustration related.

Zostały dwa tygodnie do końcowej wystawy i poziom stresu w studio osiąga poziomy niewyobrażalne. Ogólnie płacz, rozpacz i głęboka depresja. Pomyślałam, że garśc pozytywnie zielonych baloników z helem może poprawic lekko sytuację. a nawet jeśli nie, to miło było zrobic coś, co nie jest związane z ilustrowaniem/rysowaniem/drukowaniem/wycinaniem/pisaniem pracy magisterskiej.

a sketch i made ages ago

2010-07-23T05:59:00.003+01:00

It has been rather busy recently and I am afraid it is going to be like that for the next few weeks. That is why I don't have time for morning sketching sessions in cafes and for blogging. Which is sad.

back from holiday!

2010-07-13T16:39:00.002+01:00

We are back from our trip to Turkey/Georgia/Armenia. The whole thing was quite intense so I feel more tired now than before. I made some basic calculations: 7 buses, 6 planes, 10 trips on the tube, 9 taxis, 4 trams, 2 boats, 19 marshrutkas (minibuses), we hitchhiked twice and we travelled by train once. Which accounts to 60 different means of transport in 16 days.
Otherwise, the mouse seems to be rather relaxed enjoying spectacular views to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and sunbathing in Batumi.
I promise to upload some more photos and sketches but it might not happen before the end of August as I have a lot to work on for the masters final show. Only one month to go!

Tak więc wróciliśmy z naszej podróży do Turcji/Gruzji/Armenii. Podróż była raczej intensywna i niewiele miała wspólnego z klasycznie pojmowanymi wakacjami (właściwie to częściej przypominała survival jakiś i walkę o przetrwanie). Dosyc dużo się przemieszczaliśmy, i jak zrobiłam obliczenia to wyszło, że jechaliśmy 7 razy autobusem, 10 razy metrem, 9 razy taksówką, 4 razy tramwajem, lecieliśmy sześcioma samolotami, 2 razy płynęliśmy statkiem, 19 razy jechaliśmy marszrutką (minibusem), 2 razy udało nam się załapac na autostop i raz podróżowaliśmy pociągiem. W sumie 60 różnych środków transportu w 16 dni.
Ale podróż była piękna, mysz, jak widac, całkiem zadowolona podziwia widoki na Hagię Sophię w Stambule i opala się na plaży w Batumi.
Więcej zdjęc i szkiców obiecuję, ale chwilowa wpadłam w szał związany z końcową wystawą, więc może się zdarzyc, że pełny reportaż w wyprawy dopiero w sierpniu.

new friends

2010-06-22T19:40:00.003+01:00

We went to Alnwick last Sunday to watch snail races and enjoy beautiful English countryside. I came back with new friends: Jenocenta and Lampart.

W zeszła niedzielę pojechaliśmy do północnej Anglii dopingowac wyścigi ślimakowe i podziwiac angielskie krajobrazy. Wróciłam z nowymi przyjaciółmi: Jenocentą i Lampartem.

delayed sketches from trip to poland and london

2010-06-19T06:45:00.002+01:00

1. Flight with our 'favourite' airlines from Edinburgh to Kraków and waiting in launge in Katowice Airport before the flight to London.
2. Capuccino in a cafe in Kraków. From all cafes in Kraków we choose te one that was plenty of English speaking people!
3. In front of Tate modern in London and a quick sketch of a guy who fell asleep just in front of me on the train to London Luton. The other one in the background was watching me sketching. One of these situations when you cannot pretend you do not sketch the guy in front of you but a very exciting element of a seat just beside him.
4.Wait in launge, London Luton.
5. Chilling out in Toruń.
6. In front of train station in Iława Główna. One of these places that make me think I want to move back to Poland now.

squeegee!!!

2010-06-14T20:04:00.003+01:00

I was on my way to printmaking workshop last week when I met this guy (yellow in bottom left corner). Unfinished screenprint of Sqeegee the Duck that I produced for a printmaking project in October last year! I must admit it was quite a surprise to meet him after almost 8 months, just like that, in a rubbish bag waiting to get recycled. It makes me feel happy that the creatures I produce come back to me in surprising circumstances. It does not make me happy that perhaps most of art I make ends up unfinished, in the rubbish bin. At least it gets recycled...

monday morning americano with a stylish man

2010-06-13T09:58:00.004+01:00

I am about three monday morning sketches behind so I will have to catch up. This one is from 31 May and it was when I learnt that americano coffee tasted better from a take away cup or a mug than from a real cup.

Muszę trochę nadgonic, bo jestem ze trzy poranne poniedziałkowe do tyłu. Przy okazji tego doszłam do wniosku, że kawa americano jest najlepsza w papierowym kubku, a nie jakieś tam europejskie snobizmy filiżankowe. A zawsze myślałam, że picie kawy z papierowgo kubka to profanacja (kolejny dowód na to, że już za długo przebywamy w tym kraju).

peackocks from warszawa

2010-06-08T07:07:00.004+01:00

Holly started a blog and to celebrate it I post peacocks from Royal Baths Park in Warsaw. They look just spectacular with the classicist architecture as a background.

Holly, która ma w domu różnie ptactwo, ma nowy blog i z tej okazji pawie z Łazienek w Warszawie. Cudownie się prezentują pośród klasycystycznej architektury.

toruń is too beautiful!

2010-06-06T19:21:00.002+01:00

warszawa is beautiful iii

2010-06-03T17:10:00.003+01:00

warszawa is beautiful ii

2010-06-03T17:05:00.002+01:00

warszawa is beautiful i

2010-06-03T17:01:00.001+01:00

24 hours in lodnon

2010-05-31T22:19:00.003+01:00

A wishful self-portrait with Edward Ruscha artwork. Tate modern.

Not particularly polite cats. Tate Modern.

Lucky tights. Trafalgar Square.