Fixing an old suitcase

My little DIY project. This old suitcase needed a new liner. I used a USSR era wallpaper that I found in my grandma's storage room. I think it fit the style of the suitcase pretty well.

 

 

Our little puppy was making sure that I did everything right.

 

I used PVA glue, also know as wood glue, white glue, or carpenter's glue. First I covered the sides and corners, then I used one longer piece of paper for the rest.

 

And now it's almost like new! Later I will change the handle too. Then it will look even beter :)

 

Overalli IV web-films festival

I've been participating in Overalli IV web-films festival with my short animated movie "Spring", even though I didn't get any good place it was great experience for me.

If you're interested to see the winners and other participants you can see them here --> Overalli IV

(Translation: esikolmik - top 3, auhinnalised - award-winning, kõik filmid - all movies)

Thank you everybody who supported me!!!

Body art

I’m always open for something new and interesting, so this time I tried myself in body art. I spent this weekend (25-26 September) on Motoshow and HTG Custom Show 2010 – the biggest auto show in Estonia, doing body and face paintings. It was great experience for me!

I was painting mainly on children, so I had to paint very quickly, cause they can’t sit still for long time… It was quite intense work, but fun :))

When it was possible, I let children choose the colors and details for their paintings, so they were able to participate in creating process.



It was so nice to see, that all these little paintings I did, made people little bit happier :))

Last photo - peacock feather painting on my hand :)

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What else am I doing?

I'm working on my projects, new paintings and couple comissions, also have an interesting ideas in my head for the future.

One of the projects is a calendar for the next year, there will be very positive and cute illustrations... hopefully :) 

Tartu Sketch Grupp :)

UPDATE: Gruppi tegevus on peatatud määramata ajaks.

Mis võib olla parem kui joonistamine?

Joonistamine toredas seltskonnas, muidugi, koos teiste kunsti fännidega :)

Mõtlesin luua Tartu Sketch Gruppi, mis koguneks kord nädalas, ning koosneks inimestest kellele meeldib joonistada.

Milleks on seda vaja?

- Võimalus huvitavalt aega veeta :)

- Võimalus suhelda inimestega sarnase huviga, näidata üks-teisele oma töid, kuulda teiste arvamust

- Võimalus õppida üks-teiselt midagi

- Ning kõige tähtsam - võimalus joonistada koos ja lõbusalt aega veetes tõsta oma joonistamis oskuse taset.

Iga kord võib valida mingi teema joonistamiseks või teha visandeid inimestest ümberringi, või lausa üks-teisest. Vahel võiks isegi väikseid joonistusvõistlusi teha.

Kõik on see mõeldud selleks, et motiveerida inimesi joonistama, saavutama uut ja kõrgemat taset joonistamises, ning säilitada armastust ja kirge kunsti vastu.

Oodatud on kõik: alustades nendest, kes alles avastasid endas huvi joonistamise vastu ja lõpetades nendega, kes isegi magavad pliiats või pintsel käes.

Kus ja kuna see toimub?

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Soovitatav on ka hea tuju :)

Loodan teid näha kolmapäeval :)

Kui tekkib küsimusi või on ettepanekuid, saatke mulle meil aadressile ilona.sula(ät)gmail.com

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Inspireeritud leheküljega Sketchoholic.com

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This message is for people who live in Estonia, in Tartu, so I wont translate all of this.

Briefly: I will start the sketch group in Tartu. We will meet and draw together :)

Inspired by Sketchoholic.com

Inspiration

What can inspire me? Hmm... everything? Even dirty corner can give me new ideas, like it was recently... I know it's crazy o_O

What can you see here? Are you inspired? Probably not...

But I can see a little dog there :) And this made me to draw an army of different dogs. Here is only few of them... just sketches :) 

Bookmarks for sell

They are printed out and are for sale now!
6 bookmarks for 5$ (4 euro), free shipping.

General info:
Bookmarks will be sold as a package of 6.
1 Set includes: Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, Little Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty bookmarks.

215 gsm glossy
measurement: 6,8x17,5 cm

How to order?
Send note to me on ilona.sula@gmail.com with the title “Bookmarks order”, add in note your name and address.

Payment:
-Paypal. Please leave your name on the Paypal payment.
-Estonia: bank-transfer

Sets left: 45

Geisha for scrapbooking

Geisha is painted by me, scrapbooking made by my mum.

Great start of 2010

My year started with victories!

I won in a little Christmas/New Year card competition with my cocker painting and I will get a very nice and beautiful price – Christmas tree decoration with original painting on it :) I’ll take a photo and show you when I get it :)

Yesterday was amazing day! At the national dog show in Tartu my dog - Bonny was the Best of Breed and second in the Group competition! One more trophy will stand on my bookshelf :) I know, this news isn’t about art, but I’m so happy and proud of my dog and our teamwork with her! I can’t just find words to describe you how good she is in the rings, she has a real winners temperament! She is my little treasure and muse :)

At the moment I don’t have any good photos from the show, but if I’ll find something from other people I’ll post it here. But I have one funny picture from yesterday…Me and Bonny slept before the ring in yoga pose and our friend took a picture of us ^__^

So, I am very happy with the beginning of this year, I think it will be a great year! I have many ideas, plans and things to do… I will work hard and achieve my goals :)

Yes, I am very optimistic ^__^

I wish everyone a VERY HAPPY Holidays and amazing, creative 2010 year!

Ho, ho, ho... :)

Postcards

Yay! I got the postcards with my snowmen, it's so exciting for me :))

Quality is really good and I'm very happy.

They were printed on 300 gram paper and size is A6 (148-105mm).

3 steps of my work + Derwent pencils

I decided to show you 3 steps of work on my "Home for little elves" drawing. I think it might be pretty interesting.

I use for my drawings Derwent Inktense pencils. It is very interesting to work with them. They have a lot of possibilities (you can use them even for silk paintings).

So, shortly about how I work:

My 1. step is cleaning the sketch.

 

2. step - colouring. This is a very important step. I need to choose colours very carefully, because they change their tones later. For combining colours I am using colour chart what I made for myself.

Sometimes you can finish your work on this step, if you don’t want to use water and you like how your drawing looks (for example my “Pea fairy” ).

3. step - applying water and adding details. As you can see the tones of colours have changed after applying water.

So, this is it :)