Dada's place

Lepo je biti dete...

2011-12-04T23:24:00.003+01:00

Naručila svoj prvi Moleskine, al' nikako da stigne...

Baš je zabavno crtati po stranicama neke stare, rashodovane knjige... nema onog parališućeg osećaja od praznog, belog papira...

Petra ima 14, a Duca 10.5 godina
Kao roditelj možete se bar 6 puta dnevno "zabrinuti" zbog nečega u vezi vašeg deteta.
Eto, mogla bih da se zabrinem što moj desetogodišnjak ne želi da odraste. Umesto toga kažem sebi: "njemu je toliko lepo da ne želi da odraste", i budem zadovoljna...

Baset

2011-11-26T18:24:00.004+01:00

Duca (moj sin) kaže "Joj što je slaaaadak! Pokrio se ušima!

Ovo sam ja kobajagi probala "gvaš", uzela Ducine tempere za školu i navalila na umetnost...

Prosto ne mogu da prestanem da crtam kučiće... Biće da mi nedostaje pas...

Boston terijer ili štene francuskog buldoga?

2011-11-24T20:46:00.003+01:00

Čini mi se da je ovo Boston terijer, ali nisam baš sasvim sigurna, dok sam crtala (sa fotografije) bila sam ubedjena da je štene francuskog buldoga... Svejedno, skroz je zanimljiv za crtanje.

Nešto od moje kozmetike za "podmladjivanje", mada meni naravno to ni ne treba... ali čisto preventive radi :)

Šolja (koju smo moj dragi i ja napravili pre mnogo godina) koja stoji na mom stolu, i iz koje sam radi lakšeg crtanja izbacila par olovaka, himijskih i jedan skalpel, ali eto ta četka za sudove još uvek stoji na mom stolu... biće bolje da je odnesem u kuhinju...

Project: "One drawing a day"

2011-11-14T18:24:00.003+01:00

U sredu, 9. 11. započela sam svoj projekat: "Jedan crtež na dan". Suviše često mi se dešava da prodju dani, nedelje, pa čak i meseci, a da ništa ne nacrtam u svom žurnalu. Zato mi i traje više od 2 godine...
Ali, sada sam rešila da to promenim, i da crtanje postane svakodnevni deo mog života. Da svakog dana, narednih 365 dana nacrtam barem nešto. A ovo su prvih 5 dana...

Ovo nisu knjige koje sam pročitala, čitam ili nameravam da pročitam, nego knjige koje su mi bile zanimljive za crtanje...

Pseće poslastice koje sam kupila za drugaričinog psa, da imam šta da nosim kad idem u posetu...

Sint na kojem je odsvirano jedno milion puta "Razgranala grana jorgovana" (u izvodjenju svih mogućih instrumenata)... Ako ste roditelj jednog desetogodišnjaka možda vam je poznato...

Poklon za mog dečaka

I decided to draw every day and started a project: "One drawing a day" for the next 365 days... Those are No. 1,2,3,4 and 5. Hope there will be 365 of them...

I've just discovered colors! Part II

2011-03-06T18:40:00.003+01:00

My inner child continues to play with colors... :)

Ovog mališu, u njegovim žutim patikicama, možete kupiti na Limundu.

I've just discovered colors!

2011-03-04T16:45:00.003+01:00

I know that this picture looks like I've just discovered colors... but, I don't know... It seems that I let my inner child to enjoy...

And, YES, I haven't eaten any sugar for two months! It was, surprisingly, so easy...

Znam da ova slika izgleda kao da sam upravo otkrila boje, ali... ne znam, prosto uživam da pogledam u to ljubičasto, ili da se udubim u sve nijanse crvenog ... I nekako se osećam kao da sam uspela da uhvatim dugu i uguram je u ovu sliku... Pustila sam ono dete u meni, da malo uživa... :)

Animals...

2011-02-26T18:03:00.002+01:00

Ovaj malša, koji je veoma zadovoljan svojim crvenim patikama, od večeras će se šepuriti na Limundu. Mislim da je veoma nestrpljiv, verovatno zbog patika...

A ovaj mališa je rezervisan za jednu vrlo posebnu osobu, kojoj su psi slabost... On se neće šeputiti na Limundu, nego samo na mom blogu, i u nečijem domu...

I paint almost every day, and I'm very happy about it. :)

New paintings

2011-02-18T12:25:00.003+01:00

One of my latest paintings. Yes, I came back to my old love, painting (especially for kids). :)

Ova zaljubljena dama se od sinoć prodaje na limundu. Aukcija traje do 27. februara.

And this painting I've just finished.

Najnovija slika, koja još uvek nije na Limundu, ali dama sa slike je veoma nestrpljiva da se pokaže svetu. Naročito limundovskom. Biće tamo u dobrom društvu.

Birds

2011-02-08T22:14:00.001+01:00

I love birds. So, I paint them.

Blue coat and happiness

2011-01-31T10:30:00.005+01:00

My newest painting

Moja najnovija slika, koja se trenutno prodaje na Limundo aukciji do 4. 02 (do 19.oo h)

I must remind myself regularly that "Life is designed to work"

I've got a new brush!

2011-01-21T19:51:00.002+01:00

I've just bought that brush, and I'm so happy! :)

This is my favorite magazine. Actually, this is the only magazine that I read. It's all about how to live a happier life.

Henry James & Jeffrey Fulvimari

2011-01-19T11:46:00.002+01:00

I love drawing books, even if I haven't got intention to read them...

One of my favorite mugs. I love Jeffrey Fulvimari! I borrowed from the library, Madonna's badly written book: "The English Roses" only to enjoy looking at Jeffrey's beautiful illustrations. The drawing of my other Jeffrey Fulvimari's mug, you can see in one of my previous post, here.

My pastel pencils

2011-01-17T19:08:00.002+01:00

When I saw this package, couldn't resist to draw it immediately...

Recently, I thought about how ordinary, everyday objects are my favorite subjects to draw. Maybe because drawing them, I'm not under the pressure of making art...

My pastel pencils that I don't use very often... actually I don't use them at all. :(

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

2011-01-14T18:31:00.002+01:00

My watercolors...

I absolutely adore all of the books in the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency " series, written by Alexander McCall Smith. This one, which I'm currently reading and enjoying immensely, is called: "Tea Time for the Traditionally Built"

Drawing, sketching, journaling...

2011-01-12T16:56:00.003+01:00

This book I bought for my friend's birthday. It is called: "A Spot of Bother"

Just playing around with watercolors and pens...

Sketching from the photograph of my son, during commercials while watching TV...

My sweet life without sugar

2011-01-06T11:47:00.003+01:00

I decided to try to live without sugar. We all know how much sugar is harmful to our health. In addition, I believe that we are what we eat, so I want to gradually, step by step from my diet cut out everything that does not contribute to my physical, psychological and mental health. This Tuesday was my first day without sugar!

If you want to view the photograph of this incredibly sweet creature, click here

This journal I recently did for my nine-year-old son, because the days before that, every night before bed, he drew (mostly Christmas ornaments) in a plain notebook. He was delighted with the journal, drew some sketches, and then lost interest...

A bird, a gift tag and Dirty Bertie

2011-01-04T08:39:00.003+01:00

I drew this bird on a peace of watercolor paper with my staedtler triplus fineliner

then, I wrapped a present ( in this case Natalia's present) and added this drawing as a gift tag. I drew 6 different birds for 6 children (only one of them is mine). They liked them. Both presents and birds. :)

My son's favorite character. Dirty Bertie actually. I love Dirty Bertie, too, and illustrations (black and white) in the book are so awesome, maybe that's the reason why is the name of the illustrator David Roberts written bigger than the name of the author. And this is not a picture book. One more quote from Alan Cohen's book: "Why Your Life Sucks . . . And What You Can Do About It"

Happy New Year!

2010-12-29T16:21:00.004+01:00

This Goethe's quote is from the book : "Why Your Life Sucks" by Alan Cohen, which I'm currently reading. It is so true, although I still struggle a bit to trust myself...

After watched the film: "Eat, Pray, Love" (I really enjoyed that book) I was thinking about which is My Word? Finally, I've chosen the word "Believe". I love that word! It's so powerful!

Left or Right? I'm definitely choosing Right (a bottle of black ink instead of a pizza cutter, not because I don't like pizza, I do, I really love pizza, but I like drawing much, much better than cooking... )
My son (9 year old) started his own illustrated journal, and he mostly draws Christmas ornaments in it. :)

Have you ever heard of Dušan Djukarić or seen some of his amazing watercolors? I must admit he's my hero! And I'm glad that he's my son's namesake! :)

Happy New Year my friends!

Illustration Friday: Winter

2010-12-24T15:26:00.000+01:00

How I felt last Saturday

2010-12-15T21:25:00.004+01:00

To the best sister... I've got a sister. You bet, she's the best...

Birds... so beautiful and interesting subject to draw... aren't they?

This is how I felt last Saturday

You can see also a portrait of a girl, and some other pictures on my Flickr.

What I want (again) and what you should do...

2010-12-10T09:42:00.003+01:00

This is the new version of my last year's Christmas card. I think this one is much better. Can you find someone impatient in this picture?

Yesterday, I listened to Krista Tippett's interview with John O'Donohue (He was an Irish poet and philosopher), and during the conversation he said: I love Pascal's phrase, you know, that you should always "keep something beautiful in your mind." I love that phrase too! :)

This is actually a pencil sharpener, which my father bought me when I was a girl. It was interesting subject to draw.
I wrote: I want 300 (not 3!) days of yoga in 2011.

What I want

2010-12-07T11:38:00.002+01:00

I want to do all of the exercises from this book in 2011. On the left is written: Serbia won Davis Cup! Wonderful thing for such a small country. My country.

This is yummy! :) But unfortunately not very healthy. :(

My wonderful new staedtler triplus fineliner pens. I just adore them!

Would you like a cup of tea?

2010-12-03T10:20:00.004+01:00

My favorite tea...

I love this song from Ayub Ogada. That's divine for me!

My boy

2010-11-29T17:00:00.003+01:00

It was pretty challenging to draw those features so familiar to me...

This book about human body I bought for an 11 year old girl, mostly because of wonderful color illustrations in it. Even my boy found some of the topics interesting (I know that you know which ones), although you can never see him reading...

To hurry or not to hurry?

2010-11-26T17:06:00.002+01:00

She's hurrying to send this very important letter... you can guess what she wants for Christmas...

My new purple steam iron. I didn't tried it yet. I do not hurry...

Drawing upside down

2010-11-24T23:16:00.002+01:00

I drew this portrait upside down as an exercise from Betty Edward's book "Drawing on the right side of the brain", and it was really interesting, because while you drawing, you don't know how it would look like, and then, you rotate your journal, and... surprise! I've been always surprised! Not always pleasantly.

Summer page. On the page is written: We painted our hall yellow.

One tennis shoe, a portrait and two cats

2010-11-22T22:14:00.003+01:00

Can you believe that my son's shoe size is bigger than mine? And he's only nine!

I finally started to draw portraits! Although it isn't very realistic, I like it, and I enjoyed drawing it very, very much!

I recently painted a cat with acrylics, for one of my young friends, and I found that cats are very interesting subject to paint and draw, so I continued to draw them also in my journal...

Bears... (actualy Grandma and Grandpa)

2010-11-20T00:56:00.003+01:00

Oh, summer, and all those warm colors...

To the dearest Grandpa...

To the dearest Grandma... (hope Grandma wouldn't be angry to see that she's a bear...)

Christmas card for Dads

2010-11-17T18:21:00.001+01:00

And now... something for wonderful Dads...

Christmas is in my mind...

2010-11-16T10:55:00.002+01:00

To the best mum...

Izgleda da Duca ima puno srece u ljubavi...

Dve (nazalost) neiskoriscene ulaznice za meceve Davis kupa Srbija - Ceska koje je moj sin dobio od svog kluba.

Summer + Winter

2010-11-10T12:05:00.003+01:00

The newest Christmas card that I've just finished.

One summer page from my journal.

Christmas card No2

2010-11-08T16:50:00.003+01:00

I just love to drink hot tea, listen to music and play with colorful, childlike images...

New Christmas card

2010-11-05T18:43:00.001+01:00

I adore to design Christmas card! This is my new one.

Only digital

2010-10-19T18:10:00.002+02:00

This is something I did during summer. I love to work digital, because you can easily change what ever you want, and you can play more... with colors, shapes, textures, fonts...

One of my friends had a birthday recently, so I bought a present, but I wanted to make something for her, so I made a spiral bound notebook, and this is the front cover. I did it playing with some old digital images.

My orange bag & package design

2010-09-25T16:11:00.004+02:00

Yes, besides all the beautiful buildings in Parga (Greece) I drew a package of salt and a package of napkins. First of all, I so love drawing package design, I found it very interesting, and second, I'm not comfortable drawing in public, jet. But, I'm doing on that... I was very unpleasantly surprised by prices in Greece, this year. The fruit, for example, was 4-5 times more expensive then in Serbia, where I live. So, I had to write that in my journal.

This is my very big and very orange beach bag. I wrote on the picture of the bag all the things I did manage to put in it. I didn't realize how many things I needed for the beach, until I put them all on the paper. Now you can imagine how big is my orange beach bag... And you can see my bag and me with my son on this picture.

August pages

2010-09-22T16:05:00.007+02:00

I didn't draw in my journal for almost 4 months, and then, in August I started to draw again.

Now I'm asking myself how could I live my days without it.

When I was on vacation in Greece, every morning, when the rest of my family were still asleep, I enjoyed drawing in my journal.

These are a few pages from August, and as soon as I scan the others, I will post them here. Hope that you were more creative than me this summer. :)

A Paradise

2010-09-21T21:19:00.006+02:00

I've just come back home from a short 10 days holiday, which I spent in charming, old little city called Parga in Greece. I had a great time! The city was beautiful, the weather was sunny and the Ionian Sea was just perfect!

You can see more of Parga here on my Flickr page

Illustration Friday: Breakfast

2010-07-22T15:54:00.003+02:00

I didn't post anything to Illustration Friday for a long, long time... I miss that...

My bookmarks

2010-07-20T17:29:00.005+02:00

I love reading. At the moment I read wonderful, very, very interesting book called "The time traveler's wife" which I recently received as a birthday present. Sandra, I LOVE that book and I'll blame you if I don't finish my project on time.

Today I made several bookmarks.

I'm quite satisfied how they look. :)

One more girl...

2010-07-05T16:32:00.006+02:00

I would like to put bigger images on my blog, but I don't know how. Can someone please help me with this?

How to deal with a BIG project

2010-07-01T17:20:00.007+02:00

I work on a huge project. Actually it's a huge project for me.I think it will take me several months to finish it. But this is something I really want to do for a long time. Sometimes, it looks really terrifying to me. I hear some voice in my head telling me totally stupid things like: " You can't do it, it's to big for you, you better give it up right now.."

But, I found a way to answer that voice. I split this HUGE project into small daily portion, which you can see here. Yes, these girls are my daily portion of that HUGE project. They aren't terrifying at all. Every day when I finish drawing a girl I feel great, feel that I'm a little closer to finish that ENORMOUS project.

So, you see, everything is OK, everything is just as it is supposed to be.

(you can click on pictures to see them bigger )

Chocolate and flowers

2010-06-28T23:52:00.005+02:00

Love chocolate (very, very, very.... much)

and flowers...

Volim...

2010-06-21T22:08:00.008+02:00

Volim...
...da gledam kako iz skupljenih ručica mog dečaka, Ahito (golub) kljuca pšenicu...

Volim...
...Satija uz jogu...

Volim...
...miris lipe koji dopire čak do sedmog sprata...

Volim...
...što leto tek počinje...

Danas nije dan za odustajanje

2010-06-12T10:46:00.007+02:00

Volim da mislim kako se čovek uči dok je živ. To daje nekakvu novu dimenziju ovim "zrelim" godinama (nemojte me pogrešno razumeti, ali ja se još uvek ne osećam dovoljno zrelo u većini trenutaka u svom životu, pa ovo "zrelo" koristim samo utoliko da se zna da nemam više 20 i koju... a bogami ni 30 i koju...)Dakle, kada sam bila devojčica, mislila sam da ću u ovim godinama već uveliko ostvariti sve svoje ciljeve, da ću znati sve o životu, i da će mi onda biti lakše... A evo, ispade da nije tako... I drago mi je da još uvek tražim odgovore, da još uvek učim... da još uvek rastem... da sam živa :)

U poslednje vreme učim lekciju o neodustajanju. Vrlo važna lekcija. I teška za učenje. Učim da ne odustajem od joge,od crtanja, od jutarnjeg pisanja ciljeva, od puštanja šiški da porastu, mada su sada baš najgore dužine... Kažem sebi: " Dragana, možeš da odustaneš sutra ako želiš, danas nije dan za odustajanje" i ne odustanem. Sutra ista priča, i opet sebi kažem da nije dan za odustajanje, da mogu slobodno odustati sutra ako tako budem želela... i tako, dan za danom, ja ne odustajem... i osećam se nekako dobro zbog toga! :)))
For my English readers: Sorry, I couldn't translate this to English. To much complicated for me now. It's about non giving up.

Yes, I draw... again!

2010-06-04T23:01:00.005+02:00

Yes, I took a break. I didn't draw. I didn't paint, I even didn't think about it. I was just being considering other options in my life.

It sounds like it was a big deal, but actually, it wasn't. That was just my super analytical mind wanted some attention.

And now, I'm definitely sure that drawing and painting will always be a part of my life. A big one. :)

Mrs. Robot and her husbands

2010-04-12T22:32:00.006+02:00

This is Mrs. Robot with her first husband (who as you can see, running away, I'm not sure why, maybe because of a mid-life crisis...)

This is Mrs. Robot with her second husband (It seems that neither her second marriage won't last long...)

And finally... my favourite color... green!

+ if you grab some time, I recommend you two excellent books I've just read. First of them is "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" (I won't tell you anything more, except that this book is really, really really wonderful!), and the second, as much great as the first one, is "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" (I'll just say that I spent last Sunday reading, all day long...)

Red, orange, yellow...

2010-04-01T18:00:00.010+02:00

My favorite color is green. I also love blue, especially that shade of my son's eyes.

Love red shoes, yellow on my walls and orange details.

And of course love all shades of brown. Can you guess why?

Books, words and other stuff...

2010-03-26T23:11:00.006+01:00

Love books! Love to read them, love to read about them (must admit, I read those book reviews on Amazon with great pleasure), love to draw them... and certainly would like to illustrate one...

Words are important...

I don't drink any fizzy drink, but I enjoyed drawing them...

Colorful, fun, childish, silly... things

2010-03-12T17:51:00.005+01:00

I haven't posted anything since Monday, mainly because I didn't have anything to say. Sometimes, I miss words, especially in English. But, we are here, because of pictures, aren't we? So, today I don't have any words to offer, but I have some pictures...

...those are from a new project I'm working on... actually, I'm making some sort of a keepsake journal for girls, of course (I know at first hand that boys aren't interested in such things...) and I enjoy very, very much doing it. I love such things. Colorful, fun, childish, silly...

Black & White

2010-03-08T21:27:00.007+01:00

I didn't know that black & white drawing might be so much fun! I really love colors, as you can see here on my blog, my house is also very colorful, but when I was doing this, I didn't miss colors at all. I like those drawings just as they are, if you know what I'm talking about...

I only drew this...

2010-02-28T21:01:00.005+01:00

No, I didn't cook this yummy looking dish. I just wanted to draw some food, and found this gorgeous vegetarian dish in one of my cookbooks. It would be ideally that I
1. cooked it, than
2. drew it, and finally
3. ate it
but unfortunately I only did the second one.

My passion for drawing portraits continues...

Some sketches...

2010-02-23T21:40:00.004+01:00

I drew those sketches this afternoon. I very, very rarely draw faces realistically, because I'm always dissatisfied with the results, but today I was quite surprised to see that my drawings are actually very similar to the girls from the original photos.

It's time for...

2010-02-19T15:01:00.005+01:00

I had a great time doing those notebook covers. I like to draw with my rotring isograph, and then to add some watercolours...

You can click on the picture if you want to see it bigger

What is the color of love?

2010-02-17T22:38:00.006+01:00

Initially, I had an idea of making a cover for some kind of teenager's notebook, with pencils, keys, rulers, clips... and many other little things... I started this project, but then, suddenly, I had an idea for a greeting card. So, instead of the notebook cover, I drew this card. Yes, I know that Valentine's Day has just passed, but I couldn't resist. Maybe, I'll finish that cover, too.

I miss those days...

2010-02-12T20:54:00.006+01:00

On the weekends, we have a little family ritual. Usually in the morning, we watch some cartoon or kids movie from our bed. Although we don't keep at home any kind of snacks, for that occasion, we let our son to choose some. And he does, with a great pleasure. He considers that XXL is just the right measure.
How much fun we had playing with that play-doh! It was one of my son's favourite toys. I miss those days!

My newest birthday card, which I made in CorelDRAW.

My tittle Sensei

2010-02-09T23:27:00.010+01:00

I just love to draw packaging design. As you can see, on the left is my Nescafe. There aren't orange biscuits in the other can for a long time. Instead my husband keep there his coffee (real coffee, we call it Turkish). And now, pay attention to their shapes. (he... he...)

And this is my new (and old, already seen) valentine's design.
P.S. You have no idea how much time takes me to write (in my bed English) something like this.... but you deserve it, and I'm wiping contentedly the sweat from my forehead! :))

Danas mi i nije baš bio neki dan, i kada je došlo vreme da se spremam za svoj čas joge, počela sam da ubedjujem sebe da je bolje da ostanem kod kuće i popijem tu neskafu koju sam upravo skuvala, kasno sam ručala, i stomak mi je još uvek pun... i sve takve neke stvari... Bila sam na korak da odustanem. Onda sam rekla sebi da su to samo moje misli, i da mogu da ih promenim, da isto tako mogu sebe da ubedim da mi joga koristi, da ću se kajati ako ne odem, da ne želim više da odustajem... da to ne bi bio baš lep primer mom sinu. Ali, halo o kakvom ja to primeru govorim? Ja njemu da budem primer?! On meni treba da bude primer! On trenira tenis tri puta nedeljno, sport koji je jedno 100 puta naporniji od joge, naročito na tom nivou na kojem on trenira. Zimi u hladnoj hali, (sramota me da priznam, da mesec ipo dana nisam bila da ga gledam, jer ne mogu da izdržim tu hladnoću) leti, po najvećem suncu, bukvalno, u 2 po podne, da bi se navikao na uslove na turnirima. Trenira ga skoro 3 godine, što je trećina njegovog života. Kada sam sve sabrala, ostavila sam kafu da se hladi, i otišla na jogu, ponosna na svog malog, VELIKOG učitelja.

My valentine's design

2010-02-06T18:51:00.007+01:00

I've just made this Valentines card, and would be very grateful if you tell me which one do you like better (if you like it, of course). You can see my last year card which I made in photoshop here.
Ne znam kako mi je štrikanje palo na pamet. Možda zato što čeznem za nečim tako meditativnim kao što je štrikanje, ili sam samo malo nostalgična... kod mene mnoge stvari idu obrnutim redom... da, štrikala sam verovali ili ne, kada mi je bilo 17, sve sa drugaricom, ona donese svoj štrikeraj, pa onda zajedno štrikamo... upravo se naglas smejem... a nije baš ni da smo samo štrikale... jedne nove godine smo pile votku iz nekakvih pehara, i biće da nismo baš dobro odmerile zapreminu jer .... ne mora se baš sve reći, zar ne? I tako sam ja štrikala od moje 17 do 20 godine... Sudeći po tome da nisam uzela štrikaće igle u ruke više od ... hm, pa ne moram vam baš sve reći... ali svakako puno godina, možda me iza nekog ćoška čeka moja burna, "neproživljena" mladost...? Sve je moguće... kao što volim da kažem sebi i svom sinu. Na temu "Sve je moguće" setila sam se jednog dogadjaja, od pre par godina, kada je Dušan imao možda 3-4 godine. Bili smo celo pre podne na novosadskom štrandu (za one koju ne znaju plaža na Dunavu), vraćali se peške kući, pomalo gladni, i ja sam mu baš pričala kako je sve moguće kada se nešto jako, jako, baš jako želi... pre toga me je bezuspešno nagovarao da svratimo u prodavnicu da kupimo čokoladu. Pažljivo me je saslušao, kao što je imao običaj kada je bio mali, i rekao "Ne verujem ja u to! Evo, ja sada baš jako, jako želim čokoladu, a neću je dobiti!" Još uvek ne odustajem da ga ubedjujem da je sve moguće, bez obzira kakvi bili njegovi argumenti... :)))

As you can see I love sweets...

2010-02-02T21:38:00.004+01:00

Ovaj rozi psić je naša porodična kasica, zapravo čuvar našeg lepog ponašanja. Svaki put kada se neko iz naše porodice (a to smo moj muž, osmogodišnji sin i ja) sa nepoštovanjem obrati drugom članu porodice, dužan je da ubaci 10 dinara u kasicu. Na taj način, postali smo svesniji svog ponašanja i ophodjenja, i mislim da na dobar način negujemo poštovanje prema svakom članu porodice. Naš sin je jednako kompetentan da kaže kada smo mi (roditelji) dužni da damo naš doprinos i nahranimo našeg čuvara. Svi imamo jednaka prava, da se drugi ophode prema nama sa poštovanjem, ali i obavezu da se prema drugima ophodimo sa poštovanjem. Do sada smo, moram da priznam prikupili preko 300 dinara, i uskoro ćemo zajedno odlučiti kako ćemo potrošiti taj novac, verovatno na neki porodični provod. :)))

A birthday card

2010-01-29T22:21:00.004+01:00

One more birthday card. I really enjoyed doing this one.

Još jedna rodjendanska čestitka. A ima ih još. Sledeći put, pokazaću vam najnoviju, sa zekom u glavnoj ulozi.

For little pirates

2010-01-27T14:25:00.003+01:00

My new birthday card for cute little pirates.

Ovo je moja nova rodjendanska čestitka za sve one bučne, divlje, neobuzdane... ali neodoljive male gusare...

What I like...

2010-01-26T21:04:00.004+01:00

"Never underestimate your power to change yourself. Never overestimate your power to change others." (H. Jackson Brown)
I love this sentence! Yes, we all do that. We underestimate our power to change ourselves, and I think we even more overestimate our power to change others."
By the way, this is a page from my journal, where I promised myself that yoga would become a regular part of my life, and so far I keep that promise. :)

Ne tako nova stranica iz mog "dnevnika". Joga i ja... toliko puta smo se sastajale i ponovo rastavljale... nadam se da je ovo sada zauvek (mada moram da priznam da ne volim ni jednu reč koja označava neku konačnost, kao što je to npr. zauvek, uvek ili nikad... život prosto nije takav, nije ograničen, ako znate o čemu pričam...)
Za one koji ne znaju engleski, dozvoliću sebi da prevedem ovu sjajnu rečenicu u kojoj se krije ogromna mudrost, i nažalost naše svakodnevne greške. Dakle: Nikada ne podcenjujte moć da menjate sebe. Nikada ne precenjujte moć da menjate druge. Priznaćete, svi to radimo, naročito ovo drugo!

Andjela

2010-01-15T23:03:00.002+01:00

A ovo je Andjela. Ona je sva nekako leptirasta i slatka. :)))

Petra

2010-01-13T21:04:00.005+01:00

This is my very special friend Petra.
Ovo je Petra. Ona je lepa, pametna i zabavna, i samo ponekad, malkice namćorasta. :)))

My green journal page

2009-12-10T15:50:00.005+01:00

This is a new (all dressed in green) page from my journal. Maybe I miss spring and summer a little?
Yesterday when I read Julia Cameron's (I'm sure that many of you have already read some of her books) "The artist's way" I found this terrific, wise sentence, which I'd like to share with you, dear creative people. "Fame is really a shortcut for self-approval." Isn't that true? And it's told in such a nice way. :)))

Čitajući "Put umetnika", knjigu koju je napisala fantastična Džulija Kamerun (a na moje veliko iznenadjenje izdala Esotheria) naidjoh na ovu mudru rečenicu koju sam želela da podelim sa vama: "Slava je prečica za sticanje osećaja samopoštovanja."
Ima toliko istine u tome...
A ovo je nova stranica mog journal-a, sva obučena u zeleno. Da li nekome ovde možda nedostaje proleće?

I'm already feeling at home

2009-12-08T10:44:00.004+01:00

I want to thank all wonderful people from EDM group, who visit my blog. Thanks so much for leaving such encouraging comments! :) I'm already feeling at home in this inspiring and friendly group! :))))

"Povremeno se sećam jedne pouke mog gurua o sreći. Ona tvrdi da ljudi generalno misle da je sreća samo dodir, nešto što će pre ili kasnije proći, poput lepog vremena, ukoliko nas ne posluži dobra sreća. Medjutim, sreća ne deluje tako. Sreća je posledica ličnih zalaganja. Borite se za nju, težite ka njoj, insistirate na njoj, ponekad čak i prevalite pola sveta da biste je našli. Morate bezrezervno da učestvujete u ispoljavanju sopstvenih blagoslova. I kada jednom dostignete stanje sreće, nikada ne smete da se opustite u njenom negovanju. Morate svojski da se trudite da plivate uzvodno tom rekom sreće, ostajući uvek na njenoj površini. Ako to ne učinite, potonućete na dno sopstvenog zadovoljstva. Lako je moliti se kada ste u nevolji, zato je neophodno nastaviti s molitvom i kada prodju krize, pomažući svojoj duši da ne posustane u procesu uzdizanja."
Odlimak iz: "Jedi, moli voli" Elizabeth Gilbert

Santa Claus... yet again!

2009-12-07T20:16:00.003+01:00

One more Santa. This is my latest design for Christmas card.

Još jedan Deda Mraz. Nadam se da će crtanje tolikih Deda Mrazova uticati na količinu poklona ispod moje jelke. Prirodne, naravno. Sa busenom, of course.

Monday and tuesday

2009-12-06T12:14:00.003+01:00

click on the picture if you want to see it bigger.

This is the new page from my journal.

Sinoć sam, umesto da se posvetim crtanju u svom žurnalu, odgledala snimak emisije "Na rubu znanosti", čija je tema bila svinjski grip, istine i zablude, i zavera Svetske Zdravstvene Organizacije... tema preslikana iz dosijea X, samo u realnom prostoru i vremenu. Prilično zastrašujuće, ako je istinito. Posle toga sam se osećala, hm... da vidimo: zabrinuto, potišteno, pesimistično, nekako skučeno... Mislim da sam napravila loš izbor, ali sam naučila lekciju. Ubuduće ću uvek birati onu opciju koja mi pruža više zadovoljstva i pozitivne energije... baš kao što je crtanje u mom žurnalu... :)))

Santa Claus...

2009-12-04T11:53:00.003+01:00

Acrylic on canvas + photoshop
Akrilik na platnu i pahulje iz fotošopa

The story of a lost bracelet

2009-12-02T10:33:00.003+01:00

The new page from my journal.

Stvarno mi je neverovatno da sam cela tri dana u svom journal-u pisala pogrešan datum, i tek u ponedeljak skontala... Nema veze, ne uzbudjujem se previše, zapravo ne uzbudjujem se uopšte. Nego, htela sam da vam ispričam jednu zanimljivu priču. Ranih osamdesetih, kada sam bila devojčica, i letovala sa roditeljima na Hvaru, moja sestra i ja smo dobile prelepe srebrne narukvice. Par godina kasnije, kada smo šetale našu Fenju (erdel terijer) u obližnjem parku, moja sestra je izgubila svoju narukvicu. Primetila je to kada smo se vratile kući, i bezuspešno smo je, čini mi se satima, tražile po parku. Prošlo je opet par godina, i u nekom razgovoru sa mojim tadašnjim dečkom a sadašnjim mužem, sestra pomene kako je u parku izgubila srebrnu narukvicu. Sada dolazi najbolji deo priče, kada Neša (muž) kaže kako je pre par godina pronašao nekakvu srebrnu narukvicu u parku i opiše Kaćinu (sestra) narukvicu...
U to vreme, sa nekih 19-20 godina, mislila sam da je to slučajnost. Sada mislim da ništa u našim životima nije slučajno. Ubedjena sam da sve što nam se dešava ima neki svoj smisao, bili mi toga svesni ili ne.
I eto, Neša je vratio Kaći izgubljenu narukvicu, a ja sam svoju nacrtala 27. pardon, 28 XI 2009. godine.

She's got really big eyes

2009-12-01T09:21:00.003+01:00

The new Christmas card I've just finished. Colored pencils + photoshop

Moj dragi misli da ova mala dama ima prevelike oči, odnosno trepavice. Proverila kod mladje generacije (8,10 i 12 godina) i njima je baš slatka i cool. Kome verovati?
1. mužu,
2. deci ili
3. sebi
Mislim da je tačan odgovor pod 3. A vi?

Spices and some other things...

2009-11-30T11:18:00.005+01:00

The new page from my journal.

Ako niste znali, evo reći ću vam: Ženski rod imenice pesnik je pesničarka. A ako ste mislili da je ženski rod imenice starac možda starica, grdno se varate. Odgovor je baba, a može i matora. Tako bar razmišlja moj osmogodišnjak dok radi domaći iz srpskog. :))))

Santa Claus is coming...

2009-11-27T10:33:00.004+01:00

Dok je moj dečak bio još sasvim mali, razmišljala sam da li je negovanje mita o Deda Mrazu laganje ili ne. Nisam želela da lažem svog sina, ali je verovanje u Deda Mraza na neki način sastavni deo današnje kulture i raskrinkati takvu čaroliju činilo mi se gore nego negovati "laž" o njegovom postojanju... A deca tako lako veruju... u Deda Mraza, zeku, vile, teletabise, Tomija i Džerija, raznorazne junake, kako dobro uvek pobedjuje zlo... a onda jednoga dana kada logično razmišljanje prevagne, dodju i kažu: "Mama, znam da ne postoji Deda Mraz, zato što je nemoguće da on za jedan dan podeli poklone baš svoj deci na svetu!" I čarolije nestade. Volim da mislim da čarolija tek tada počinje...

Saturday and Sunday

2009-11-26T11:44:00.003+01:00

"... the novel is dead and buried. A friend of mine who has just arrived from New York was telling me only the other day: Americans are inventing something called television, which will be like the cinema, only at home. There'll be no more need for books, or churches, or anything."
(from The shadow of the wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
I think that this is unfortunately almost true for some people. The television has become a religion. :(

The raindeer with a tree

2009-11-25T11:13:00.005+01:00

One more Christmas card, this time done with colored pencils plus a little help of photoshop.
Moja najnovija novogodišnja čestitka, ovoga puta uradjena drvenim bojicama, uz malu, ali vrednu pomoć fotošopa.

Illustration Friday: Music

2009-11-24T10:02:00.003+01:00

This is something old, but I think it fits in this week topic.

The perfect mug for my earl grey

2009-11-23T11:36:00.006+01:00

I love this Jeffrey Fulvimari mug. Every day I drink my favourite earl grey tea from it. Every evening I drink my tea and draw in my journal. Think that's my favorite time during the day.

Da, jasno mi je. Ne samo da imam strah od praznog prostora (na papiru, naravno), nego me prosto hvata panika! Ali, to je OK. Zadovoljna sam kako je dete u meni popunilo i zašarenilo svaki milimetar papira. :) Zapravo, pokušavam da ne budem previše kritična prema sebi, i to mi polazi za rukom :)

The shadow of the wind

2009-11-20T08:31:00.005+01:00

"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."
from "The shadow of the wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I totally agree with that :)
Senka vetra je knjiga koja totalno zaslužuje da joj posvetite svoje vreme i prepustite se gotovo čulno opipljivoj atmosferi neke davnašnje Barselone... Ja je prosto obožavam :) Nemam trenutno pri ruci primerak srpskog prevoda knjige, ali pretpostavljam da se većina vas sasvim dobro snalazi i sa engleskim, pa uživajte u odlomcima u kojima se ja pronalazim:
"I believe that nothing happens by chance. Deep down, things have their secret plan, even though we don't understand it."
"But the years went by in peace. Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don't stop at your station."

The beautiful autumn

2009-11-19T10:41:00.006+01:00

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."
Zig Ziglar
Lepa vest: Otvorila se nova knjižara u Novom Sadu, u prostorijama Radio Cafea, Miletićeva 45 :)

Petra's dog

2009-11-18T11:16:00.005+01:00

I didn't paint for a while, and I miss it. This picture I painted several months ago, and gave it as a birthday present to my special twelve years old friend.
Nisam slikala neko vreme, pošto sam zauzeta nekim drugim, na svu sreću kreativnim stvarima, i baš mi nedostaje... Ovog kucu sam naslikala pre par meseci, kada sam radila čitavu seriju slika za decu (i pri tom beskrajno uživala) i poklonila ga mojoj specijalnoj dvanaestogodišnjoj drugarici :)

It's a wonderful day, today

2009-11-17T08:51:00.004+01:00

This is so great:
"When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said 'You mean they forget?' "
Howard Ikemoto
from one of my favorite book: Creative license by Danny Gregory

My latest Christmas card

2009-11-16T09:15:00.003+01:00

This is the latest Christmas card I made. I tryed to keep it as simple as posible.
Ovo je moja najnovija Novogodišnja čestitka. Trudila sam se da bude što jednostavnija.
Prilično sam zadovoljna kako je ispala :) Videćemo kako će biti sa štampanjem, da li ćemo uspeti da postignemo ono što želim.

Journaling :)

2009-11-13T14:31:00.003+01:00

Nisam baš oduševljena ovom stranicom, ali pošto sam rešila da ne budem perfekcionista, zapravo da ne težim perfekcionizmu, sasvim sam zadovoljna, + beskrajno uživam kada se u kasnim večernjim satima posvetim svom journal-u.
P.S. Ona natron kesa, koju sam ukrasila za Andjelu, izgleda mnogo lepše u prirodi

The new Christmas card

2009-11-12T14:16:00.003+01:00

One more design for Christmas card.
Još jedna čestitka je spremna za štampanje :)

Christmas card

2009-11-11T11:58:00.002+01:00

This is something I'm working on...
Ovo je nešto na čemu trenutno radim. Završila sam dizajn za prvu Novogodišnju čestitku, a biće ih još... Uostalom, videćete...

The new page from my journal

2009-11-09T22:18:00.002+01:00

The new page from my journal.
Nova stranica mog ilustrovanog dnevnika.

Little flowerpots

2009-11-06T18:48:00.006+01:00

These are my hand painted little flowerpots.
Ovo su moje ručno oslikane saksijice za cveće. Možda se na slici ne vidi, ali one su vrlo male, zgodne za kaktuse npr.

The new page from my journal

2009-11-04T20:10:00.005+01:00

Click on the picture if you want to see it bigger
Klikni na sliku ako želiš da je vidiš uvećanu

This is the new page from my journal.
Napokon sam se, posle više od godinu dana, odvažila da započnem moj divni bordo journal, koji sam za svoj prošli rodjendan naručila preko DickBlick -a. Čini mi se da mi je neobavezno crtkaranje u mom ilustrovanom dnevniku najlepši deo dana. :)

Little pirate

2009-11-02T22:06:00.004+01:00

For little pirates...
Ne znam da li ste primetili i da li uopšte imate vremena i energije da primećujete takve stvari, ali tržište je naklonjenije devojčicama nego dečacima. Barem se meni tako čini. Garderoba, obuća, školske torbe i pribor, svega ima mnogo više za devojčice. Mame devojčica mogu da uživaju u kupovini, i priušte svojim princezama nešto o čemu su mogle samo da sanjaju dok su i same bile devojčice... a mame dečaka mogu da uzdišu gledajući stvari za devojčice i pokušaju da pronadju nešto za svoje dečake u čemu će izgledati kao deca, a ne kao mali ljudi. Da bih "ispravila" tu nepravdu naslikala sam sliku samo za male, divlje, neobuzdane, bučne, cičeće i vrišteće pirate... doduše ima i devojčica koje bi radije bile gusari nego princeze, i zdušno navijam za njih (u poverenju, poznajem nekoliko takvih, i baš mi milo i drago)

Playing with my camera

2009-10-31T12:02:00.005+01:00

I was playing with my colored pencils and my camera :)
Obožavam boje, moje drvene bojice i da fotkam kada imam vremena...

The journal

2009-10-29T21:25:00.007+01:00

I started my illustrated journal inspired by Danny Gregory's marvelous book "The creative license" and this is its first page. The book ("The creative license" of course) is absolutely gorgeous, I LOVE IT! "Creativity is not a battle or a competition but a gentle flow forward. Peaceful, benign, organic." I totally agree with Danny. :)
Pre nekog vremena (zapravo, pre dosta vremena)sam kupila divnu, šarenu, podsticajnu, prelepo ilustrovanu... knjigu "The creative licence" u podnaslovu giving yourself permission to be the artist you truly are, Denija Gregorija, i odmah se zaljubila u nju. Knjiga vas na nekih dvestotinak stranica (moram da ponovim prelepih, u punom koloru) na sve moguće načine, "nagovara" da počnete da vodite ilustrovani dnevnik svog života, što je naročito zanimljivo nama koji i inače volimo da crtamo. Uspeo je mene Deni da nagovori još na samom početku knjige, ali sam nekako odugovlačila, odugovlačila, odugovlačiiila... i tako danima, i mesecima... ali sam onda ipak počela... Ovo je baš prva stranica mog ilustrovanog dnevnika radjena rapidografom (koliko mi je samo lakše da crtam olovkom, nisam ni znala)i drvenim bojicama. (mojim omiljenim "polychromos" Faber-Castel, i o njima bih mogla čitav post...) Ja nisam ni upola (ma ni četvrt) tako dobra u ubedjivanju kao što je to Deni, a moram da priznam ni upola (ma ni četvrt) voljna da ubedjujem (jer se time prilično bezuspešno bavim po čitav dan kao majka osmogodišnjaka koji prosto OBOŽAVA da se ubedjuje. Ceo dan. Svaki dan.) ali eto, probajte, zabavno je. A sada odoh da nacrtam nešto u mom dnevniku :)

My hair clips

2009-10-25T21:45:00.004+01:00

I've just finished these ceramic hair clips! My hubby helped me screen printing the decals. :)
Upravo sam završila ove keramičke šnale za kosu, uz veliku pomoć mog dragog, koji je štampao nalepnice. (sito štampom) Nalepnice se štampaju specijalnim bojama za keramiku. Zapravo, proces pravljenja ovih šnala je prilično dugotrajan, i komplikovan. Ako nekoga zanima kako se prave, probaću ukratko da objasnim. Prvo se šnale izvade iz kalupa (a pre toga se naravno naprave gipsani kalupi), zatim se pažljivo suše, kako bi imale odgovarajuću zakrivljenost. Kada se osuše, sledi brisanje sundjerom da bi imale lepu, glatku površinu. Sledeća faza je pečenje biskvita, a zatim glaziranje. Posle glaziranja na njih se lepe nalepnice (predhodno dizajnirane i odštampane), pa se na kraju lepe patenti, i onda si srećan što su šnale KONAČNO gotove! Eto, mi smo prošli sve te faze, i prilično smo zadovoljni rezultatom. :)
Ako vam se i vama dopadaju, a stanujete ili prolazite ili boravite u Novom Sadu, možete ih pronaći na našoj tezgi koja se nalazi u prizemlju Spensa.

I'm busy...

2009-10-14T22:45:00.004+02:00

This is something I'm working on...
Ovo je nešto na čemu trenutno radim... Dizajn za keramičke šnale za kosu, koje smo moj dragi i ja radili pre nekih desetak godina... Štampali su nam tada nalepnice (za keramiku) u Kečkemetu, a sada ćemo mi sami (u medjuvremenu smo usavršili sito štampu, zapravo ja je baš i nisam usavršila zato što uglavnom samo statiram i uživam kako moj dizajn konačno dobija život). Prodavaćemo ih na našoj tezgi na Spensu u Novom Sadu.

A frog (but cute...)

2009-09-10T17:39:00.003+02:00

Čak su i žabe slatke kada su male, zar ne?

Several months ago I did a series of painting for babies and kids. This little frog is one of them...

Something old...

2009-09-02T14:01:00.004+02:00

I did this several months ago, for my sweet 10 year old Andjela. Those are the front and the back cover of a notebook I made for her birthday.

Upravo sam nešto kao sredjivala fajlove u mom računaru i naletela na ove ilustracije na koje sam potpuno zaboravila. To su prednja i zadnja korica sveske koju sam napravila za Andjelin deseti rodjendan. Andjela je inače jedna vrlo posebna osoba u mom životu, i ovim poklonom sam želela da joj to na neki način i pokažem...
Da, Andjela uči da svira gitaru. Ali ne plavu...

Dreaming....

2009-08-24T09:59:00.006+02:00

Verovatno ću ovako nekako izgledati sledećih dana, i nedelja, prisećajući se svih onih božanstvenih osećaja sa proteklog letovanja, kao što je kupanje u kristalno bistroj vodi Kraljičine plaže, tumaranje razrušenim, opustelim srednjevekovnim gradićem, fotkanje uskih uličica prepunih širom otvorenih belih ili plavičasto-zelenih šalukatri u Herceg Novom, Kotoru, i Budvi, slatkog, dečačkog glasa mog sina i njegovog neumornog pitanja: " Jel neko za remi?".... Da, letovanje na crnogorskom primorju može biti jedno veoma prijatno iskustvo, pogotovo kad ispadne bolje od očekivanog.... :)))

P.S. dezen devojčicine majce (ili možda haljine?) sam malko pozajmila sa prelepog čajnika i šolje (napravljenih od onog najfinijeg i najbeljeg porcelana), koji su deo mog jutarnjeg rituala, uz Earl Grey of course...

Mathematics for girls

2009-07-13T17:38:00.004+02:00

And, this is for girls! Especially for those who love mathematics.

Evo i devojačke sveske za matematiku. Devojčica je ipak malo sladja, zar ne? Ili je samo malo manje zbunjena... možda za nju matematika i nije bauk... ili ipak jeste...?

Mathematics for boys

2009-07-09T12:11:00.004+02:00

I hope this will be the cover of a spiral bound notebook for boys (for mathematics). I also finished the girl's version, and will show it next time...
Nadam se da će ovo biti naslovna strana momačke sveske za matematiku... Napravila sam i devojačku verziju iste (koja je mislim za nijansu sladja), pokazaću je sledeći put...

Happy bear

2009-06-24T10:53:00.004+02:00

This baby bear has just got up, and he's already happy. How is it wonderful to wake up with a smile on your face?
Upravo sam pročitala "Čudo u brzim motorima" Aleksandra Mekol Smita ( to je 9. knjiga iz serijala o Prvoj damskoj detektivskoj agenciji), knjigu u kojoj sam beskrajno uživala, jer je nekako meditativna, opisuje život baš onakvog kakav bi i trebalo da bude. Jednostavan. Sveden samo na one suštinski bitne stvari. A tu je i neodoljiv humor, brilijantni likovi, zanimljiva razmišljanja, zahvalnost...
I za kraj, poslednja rečenica ove neodoljive knjige:
"Ali čovek mora da pripazi, podsetila je sebe Mma Ramocve: ne bi trebalo da zahteva previše od života, pogotovo kad već ima tako mnogo."

One more pig...

2009-06-22T12:19:00.005+02:00

You must be thinking that I'm obsessed with pigs. Well, It may be true. I like drawing and painting them and pigs are some of my favorite characters, like Peppa pig, Babe and Olivia (by Ian Falconer)...

Ne znam zašto me toliko privlači da crtam i slikam prasice i prasiće... ali izgleda da nisam jedina, jer postoji toliko neodoljivih prasećih likova, kao što su Peppa pig(trenutno se prikazuje na Ultri), Babe ili Olivia (izvanredan lik kreiran od strane Iana Falconera)...

Isn't she cute?

2009-06-18T08:38:00.003+02:00

I like her little raincoat. And her smile... Think she'd be a great, cheerful companion in a baby girl's room.

Svidja mi se njen maleni kišni kaput. I njen osmeh. Mislim da bi lepo pristajala u nekoj dečjoj sobi, blizu krevetića, da osmeh bude prvo što beba vidi kada se probudi...