#32 TIME FOR YOURSELF

V današnjih časih smo ljudje pogosto zaposleni z različnimi obveznostmi. Nekaj si jih nakopljemo sami, nekaterim pa se težje izognemo. Navadno tiste, ki si jih izberemo sami, lažje opravimo, saj smo si jih najbrž zadali z nekim ciljem, da preko njih nekaj dosežemo. Z drugimi obveznostmi pa imamo včasih nekaj več težav. Kljub vsemu je pomembno, da si, ne glede na število opravkov, znamo vzeti tudi čas zase. Čas, v katerem lahko počnemo stvari, ki nas veselijo in čas, v katerem smo lahko sami s seboj, premislimo o sebi in se tudi sprostimo. Sama v ta čas vštevam druženje s prijatelji, tek, kolesarjenje, telovadbo, pogovore z bližnjimi, ustvarjanje, sprehode, hojo v hribe, branje dobre knjige in podobno. Zdi se mi pomembno, da se temu ne odrečemo kljub vsem opravkom, ki jih imamo. Včasih je težko in se nam ne da, ker se obdamo z oblačkom skrbi in razmišljanj,  ampak po tem, ko naredimo nekaj zase, se počutimo dobro, napolnjeni z novo energijo in ostale obveznosti opravimo lažje.

// Nowadays people are often busy with various obligations. Some of them we incur ourselves, some are harder to avoid. Usually, those which we chose alone, are easier to do, because we have probably set them ourselves with an aim to achieve something through them. With the other obligations we sometimes have more problems. Nevertheless, it is important that no matter how much things we have to do, we should also take time for ourselves. The time in which we can do things that gives us pleasure and time in which we can be with ourselves, think about ourselves and also relax. In that time I include associating with frends, running, cycling, working out, talks with loved ones, being creative, going on walk, hiking, reading good books and other things like that. It seems important to me, that we don't renounce all this, because of all preoccupations that we have. Sometimes it seems difficult to us and we are a little bit lazy, because we encircle us with a cloud of concerns and reflections, but once we do something for ourselves, we feel really good, filled with new energy and the other obligations are easily done.

#27 LIPS

Ustnice so zelo pomemben del telesa oziroma obraza. Preko njih izdajamo več kot bi hoteli. Rahel trzljaj ustnic lahko pomeni laž, droben posmeh, nejevero, strah … S pomočjo ustnic oblikujemo glasove, preko njih besede. Z ustnicami pletemo mrežo poljubov po drugi osebi. Z njihovo pomočjo oblikujemo krepke poljube ali pa povsem nežne in lahke kot sapica vetra. Z intenziteto zopet prenašamo neko sporočilo. Ustnice lahko naličimo, da še poudarimo njihovo moč. Ustnice so tako različne, kot smo različni ljudje. Niti dve osebi nimata enakih. Tudi risanje čim bolj realističnih ustnic ni preprosto opravilo. Vanje lahko vložiš veliko časa in truda. Pa vendar, ko jih pogledaš, ko misliš, da si že končal, bi jih lahko še popravljal v neskončnost.  

// Lips are an important part of the head and face. With them we show more than we want. Slight twitch of the lips can mean a lie, tiny derision, disbelieve, fear … With lips we are creating phonemes and with them words. With lips we are knitting a net of kisses on the other person. With the help of them we are creating vigorous kisses or entirely tender and soft kisses like breeze. With changing the intensity we are transmitting different messages. We can embellish them with a make up, to stress their power. Lips are as different as we are. Not even two people have the same lips.  To draw some realistic lips is not an easy task. You can put in a lot of time and effort. But yet, after a final gaze, when you think that you have finished it, you can still improve it to infinity. 

#15 SHADING

Tudi današnja slika je v sivinah, narisana zgolj s svinčniki. Lahko bi jo asociirali tudi z današnjim vremenom, ki je bilo prav podobno. Nebo je bilo večinoma sivo in manjkale niso niti dežne kaplje. Risbe, ki so nastale nekaj časa nazaj navadno nekoliko analiziram. To se mi sploh ne zdi slaba ideja, saj se tako lahko samo izboljšam. Na risbi sem se predvsem posvetila senčenju obraza. Če bi jo risala še enkrat, bi se zagotovo malo več časa zadržala pri risanju las. Kot celota pa vseeno deluje dobro. Mogoče kdo prepozna osebo na sliki?

// Today's illustration is only in shades of grey. Only pencils were used. We can asociate it with today's weather, because it was pretty much the same. The sky was almost entire in grey and there were also some rain drops. One thing I often do is that I analize my drawings, which were made some time ago. I find out that by doing so, I can become a better drawer. I spend a lot of time on face's shading. If I draw this once again, I will certainly dedicate a little more time on the hair part of the illustration. As a whole, it seems to me that it's well made. Maybe is there someone, who recognize this girl?

                          (Skener žal popači sivine. //Scanner distorts shades.)

#14 RAINY SPRING SUNDAY

Sem oseba, ki ljubi poletje, sonce in dolge dni. Ljubim vonj sveže pokošene trave (še posebej tiste prvič), zvoke ptic in žuželk, ki neutrudljivo izvajajo svoj vrhunski koncert. Vesela sem, da je pomlad, saj to pomeni, da se bližamo najlepšemu delu leta. Pravzaprav smo že skoraj tu, saj mi je tudi ta, uvodni del močno pri srcu. Rada imam pomladansko sonce, zavedam pa se, da mora biti na vsake toliko časa tudi deževno vreme, tako kot danes. Včasih se mi zdi, da dež izvabi iz nas posebne občutke. Sama sem ob takem vremenu pogosto polna navdihov in idej, kaj vse bi lahko naredila. In ne ostane vedno samo pri idejah. Ko sem doma, mi daje dež občutek umirjenosti in sprostitve. In ker nas dež pogosto asociira na sivo barvo, sem za današnjo objavo izbrala risbo, ki je ustvarjena samo s svinčniki. Uporabila sem svinčnike različne trdote – različni H-ji, B-ji in HB. Ugotavljam, da se rada posvetim ustvarjanju oblik samo s svinčniki. Seveda pa se še učim, kar pomeni, da se bodo tudi moje risbe še izboljšale. Upam!

// I am one of the people, who loves summer, the hot sun and the long summer days. I love the smell of the freshly cut grass (especialy when it is mowed for the first time in a season), sound of birds and insects, which tirelessly perform their topmost concert. I am happy, that spring is here, because that means, that the most beautiful time of the year is coming. We are already here, actually, because I love this "introductive" time as well.  I love the spring's sun, but at the same time I am aware that there will be some rainy days, too, like the one today. Sometimes I think, that the rainy weather elicitis some special feelings from us. During that kind of weather I have a lot of inspiration and ideas. It doesn't always stay with only the idea. When I am at home, rain gives me a feeling of calmness and relaxation. And because most of us associate rain with the grey colour, I used only pencils for today's sketch. I used pencils in different hardness – different H's, B's and HB. I actually found out, that I like to draw and create various forms with only pencils. I am still learning, which means that my drawing's skills should be slowly improving each time. So I hope!

#8 JUST A LITTLE GRATITUDE

Ljudje imamo veliko napak. Mislim, da so se te napake v nas oblikovale skozi čas in niso prisotne že od vsega začetka. Ena izmed napak je zagotovo tudi negativnost in pomanjkanje hvaležnosti. Hvaležni smo lahko za življenje, ki ga imamo. Marsikdo izmed nas bi lahko bil hvaležen. Izogibati se moramo razmišljanja, kaj vse nam manjka in bi radi imeli. Če pomisliš bolje, na ta način pogosto razmišljamo predvsem okrog materialnih dobrin. Hvaležni smo lahko za čudovito naravo, kjer živimo, za dogodke, ki so se nam zgodili v življenju. Verjamem, da so se marsikomu zgodile stvari, za katere bi na prvi pogled z gotovostjo lahko trdili, da smo za to težko hvaležni. Navadno pa kasneje pridemo do spoznanja, da so tudi nekoliko bolj negativni dogodki pravzaprav pozitivno vplivali na naše življenje. Spremenili smo se sami, prišli do kakšnega pomembnega spoznanja ali pa na sploh zaživeli boljše in bolj polno življenje. Zanimivo pa je tudi to, da ko se zaveš hvaležnosti, odrineš stran negativne misli. Vsi bi potrebovali več pozitivnega mišljenja in več hvaležnosti za vsakdanje malenkosti.

// People have a lot of mistakes. I believe, that all those mistakes develop in us through time and are not there from the very beginning. One of those is certainly negativity and lack of gratitude. We should have gratitude for the life we have. Many of us should be thankfulness. We should avoid thinking about what we don't have and what we want to have. We often think in that way about material goods. We can be grateful for the beautiful nature that we live in, for the events that have happened in our life. I believe that each of us at some point went through some events that at first sight didn't seem very positive but we should be grateful for them. We often become aware of those negative events later on, discovering that they were actually positive. We have changed ourselves, came to some important cognition or just started to live better and a more fulfilling life. What is interesting is that when you start to be conscious about gratitude, you stop being so negative. We all need to be more positive thinking and more thankfulness for everyday trifles.

#4 OPEN THE EYES

Včasih pride dan, ko ne dobim ideje kaj narisati. Tako pride tudi dan, ko se posvetim bolj tehniki risanja. Menim, da znanja ni nikoli dovolj in se vedno lahko še nekoliko izpopolnim/o. Danes objavljam fotografijo skice očesa. Takšne skice so bolj procesne narave in predstavljajo korak k izboljšanju risanja. Upam, da ti je vseeno všeč.

// Sometimes there comes a day, when I don't have a right idea what to draw. So that day I learn more about drawing techniques. I think we can never have enough knowledge and we can always improve it. Today I post a photo of a sketch of the eye. This kind of sketches are the steps that lead to drawing improvements. I hope you like it anyway.  

#1 NEW ERA

Hej! To je moja prva objava na tem mestu. Skozi blog bi vam rada predstavila svoje ilustracije, risbe, stvaritve ... Nekatere bodo nosile nekoliko starejšo letnico, druge pa bodo povsem nove. 

Spodaj objavljena ni najnovejša, mislim pa, da je prava za začetek. 


// Hi! This is my first post here. I want to show you my illustrations, sketches, creations … Some of them will be from few years ago, some will be very new.

This one is not the newest, but I think it is good enough to start with.