I've been working on this for over a month now and I'm doing some minor touch-ups. Can you guess what parts of the world are being displayed? I'm very excited to show you a step-by-step tutorial.I'll post it next week so make sure to check in :) One of my weaknesses is my lack of flexibility, especially in my thighs, calves, and butt. I try to dedicate some time to stretching each week, and below you'll see two of my newfound favorites for the outer thighs. Exercise 1: 1. Cross your legs and make sure you put the right knee on top of the left foot, and the right foot on top of the left knee. Make sure both sitting bones are touching the ground. 2. Lean forward, but don't force it. Let gravity do its work and by staying in this position for a while you will notice that you automatically get more flexible and closer to the ground. 4. Change position and put the left knee on top of the right foot and vice-versa and then repeat the exercise. 3. Don't forget to breathe! Exercise 2: 1. Cross your legs by placing your right knee on top of the left knee. Make sure both sitting bones are touching the ground. 2. Lean forward, but don't force it. Let gravity do its work and by staying in this position for a while you will notice that you automatically get more flexible and closer to the ground. 4. Change position and place the left knee on top of the right knee and then repeat the exercise. My body is reeeaaally stiff and uneven (the left side is worse than the right one), and it took me about three-four times before I could even get my head down to my knees.
It is important to work on your weak spots even though it is the most boring and hard thing to do, but in the end your body will thank you for it! Happy stretching :) While reading a book about art psychology I came across a word I hadn't heard in painting settings before: To agglutinate. Originally it means to stick/glue things together. While taking about art you can use the word agglutination when various figures and pictures come together to a new picture. Some examples: The kentaur, the mermaid, the Indian good Ganesh, and one example from the Swedish art world I come to think about is some of Hydman-Wallien's creatures. (Click on the pictures to see the links.) Can you come up with some more examples?
The human being also has this propensity to create symbols and archetypes. Do you recognize the cross in the upper corners of the picture of Ganesh? I guess it has had various meanings and been used in various ways through history... This is my contribution to the Thursday challenge - an alien face paint. 1. Wet a sponge and start applying the green color. 3. Apply a dash of white on each eyelid. 4. Close your eyes and voilà! Get a more "realistic" result by mixing green and black and start shading the cheeks and the nose to make them look thinner and more alien-like. Also, you can put some more effort than I did in finding a good shape for the nostrils. It takes some time and practice to get it right. At least, this face paint design is entirely mine :)
I found a really funny challenge on this homepage. Every Thursday a couple of bloggers will come up with a theme and you can join and post your contribution. It can be painting, sewing etc., as long as you stick to the theme. This week the theme is space. I've been so busy with a lot of things today (meeting in the morning, and Spanish courses in the evening) that I thought I'd create something real quick. Haha....did take looots of more time than I thought. Now I'm sitting here with my whole face covered in green color. Yes, I decided to do a face paint. I'll show you the result tomorrow :) SInce I have no painting pictures to show you today, it will do with a couple of pictures from Barcelona and Sitges from last year. I really got in the mood to plan another trip to Spain after the classes this evening. Now time for bed because tomorrow I'll have a busy schedule again and I'll have to go to Örebro. On Friday I will paint, that's a promise to myself!
In Ibiza I got to met a friend of a friend, an artist living in Madrid. His name is Luis Granda, and with permission from the artist I'm going to publish some of his works here below: Portraits covered with thick layers of oil with different textures and a strong and distinct color scheme. Love how he finds a balance between the portraits and the abstraction. It is harder than one might think, just try it! Below you have the artist himself. Look a little closer and you can see that the orange color is yet another portrait. Happy to be able to share the work of this artist :)
You'll find more of his work and his whole resume at Galeria de Arte Montsequi. The day started well, but then I got reminded about an untrue rumor I heard about myself some weeks ago. Very innocent in a way, but it makes me question who I can trust (because the rumor has to have started somewhere..). Also, the rumor involves someone else too, and now I know that when I see this person I'm coming off as rude, while in reality I'm blushing heavily and have to calm down before I can even act normally and say a single word. Sometimes things aint as they seem... Just needed to open my heart a little, won't go into details, I just wanted to share how much damage a rumor can do (or maybe how bad I handle them). Also I want to share a piece of advice; when something uncomfortable happens, if I make a mistake or make someone else disappointed and it is too late to do anything about it, my mother always tells me: "let it hurt for a day and then get over it". Rumoring happened several times in Madrid, but I can't seem to get used to it. Everything from guys saying they've had sex with me to a hairdresser who claimed to cut my hair although I've never been to his salon or even talked to him.
About something completely different: My plan for the week has changed and I will go back to Eskilstuna tomorrow, but only over the day. Traveling is so much fun, apart from the fact that I will have to postpone my painting at home a little more (which sucks). |
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