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Print

2011-12-04T00:52:00.001+01:00

print brigade -for IF

2011-11-30T20:24:00.001+01:00

my mom. she was an angel

Bugs and bugs and more bugs

2011-10-10T21:26:00.004+02:00

I know is a very long time since my last post ,sorry for that .

Here is another project I made last spring, for Lysholm-skole , the special school where I´m working . I was ready to paint teddies(like last time:)), cats and bunnies and puppies and so on .But no nooo... the kids wanted ( and ordered :))) JUST insects! Period.

Their wish was my command - worked till I drop and untill was no place left on the walls to draw a line:))) !! So, here is the result :

This sweet little princess is one of our little students, Celina, who´s posing here like a real model to my talented colleague, Johnny Grunner

Aren´t they just adorable? I love this picture!

And here comes the bugs collection spring-summer 2011:

sorry for the quality of these pics; my camera is not performant

and the light inside the room was really everything but good.

Walther´s wild whales

2011-05-15T02:15:00.014+02:00

A wild whales safari -where else if not in .....Amsterdam :)))

To my duch friends Arjen,Adrie&Marie,William and not least René: take care:)!!

Amsterdam´s waters abounds with nasty whales, aka ''Amsterdam´s vandals''!

So they are , according to Jan Hilmar, in one of the absolutely best songs for

kids ''Whalter´s wild whales'' ! For the beginners in danish language and not just

for them : turn up the volume for danish at its very best and let´s see just how

quickly you can say:

''Vilde hvaler volder Walther voldsomme kvaler''

Jan Hilmar - ''Walthers vilde hvaler''

Jan Hilmars ''Walthers vilde hvaler'' fra Cd-en ''Fra Hulter til Bulter''

er en af de bedste børnesange jeg har hørt i den sidste periode!

Sangen er her, med Jans tilladelse,så skru op for lyden og nyd den
sammen med dine børn!Denne sjove ordspil kunne godt erstatte den
klassiske dansk tongue twister: ''Rødgrød med fløde''! Så, let´s see,
hvor hurtigt kan du sige:

''Vilde hvalder volder Walther voldsomme kvaler'':)))))??!?

Dragi prieteni,draga lume,ocoliti canalele Amsterdamului zilele astea ,
ca-s pline de balene obraznice care zbiara, rastoarna trecatorii, plesnesc
apa cu cozile lor groase si alte vandalisme d´astea!!!! Cel putin asta
ne spune Jan Hilmar intr-unul dintre cele mai haioase cantece daneze
pentru copii ''Balenele salbatice ale lui Walther''. Jan mi-a permis sa
postez cantecul aici pe blog asa ca luati copiii langa voi, reglati volumul
si bucurati-va de aceasta ...aproape ca as numi-o ''ciuleandra'' daneza :))!

Book

2011-04-30T20:50:00.013+02:00

A ''lesson'' for IF which is in the same time one of the illos left behind
when Karina´s book got published last month. For yes, finally!!
After all possible and impossible kinds of adventures she had,
involving publishers and publishers and even more publishers,
''Stories for smart kids'' ( about which I was talking last year in June,

and the second book the ''artist'' here named had the pleasure

to illustrate:)) is out on the market .I mean... romanian market:))

(The Blog is driving me crazy!! Seems more n more difficult to manage

the pagination--the lines are flying in all directions...huh!)

Yet I didn´t got the chance to see how the final version looks like.
There have been done so many changes so I´m looking forward
to get my hands on it !

Dragi prieteni ,draga lume, dupa aventuri si aventuri,
cu o intarziere de aproape un an, fabulele Karinei au
vazut in sfarsit lumina tiparului (ce-mi place expresia
asta!), nu la Lumen, asta a propos de lumina,ci la o alta
editura. Cartea a trecut printr-o multime de transformari
o parte din ilustratii s-au pierdut pe drum (asta in ciuda
efortului Karinei de a pastra cat mai multe) asa ca abia
astept sa vad produsul final.

Kære venner og familie og alle:) Karina´s bog med fabler
''Historier for kloge børn'' , illustreret af jeres
''yndlingskunstner'', he he,er efter en lang laaaaang
forsinkelse endelig kommet på gaden . Jeg mener
dog... på de rumænske gader:))

God Påske!

2011-04-24T21:29:00.005+02:00

Hristos a Inviat!!

Paste fericit si multa lumina in suflet voua ,tuturor!

Happy Easter!

Toy for IF

2011-03-25T20:58:00.014+01:00

The first part of a little project I made

for the special school I´m working in.

(more to come)

Den første del af et lille projekt jeg lavede for

Lysholm skole-Roskilde(der kommer mere senere:)),

en sted med meeeeget glade og søde børn,

med glade lærere og pædagoger,

alle med hjertet på rette sted

Friskere end frisk

2011-02-28T19:13:00.005+01:00

Elsker du frisk fisk ?

Do you love fresh fish?

story

2011-02-27T12:45:00.008+01:00

A eco - story with two birds .

En øko -eventyr med to fugle .

O eco-poveste cu doua pasari.

Swarm

2011-02-25T19:00:00.011+01:00

Sort of...swarm. And with this comes my first vector try

a propos:

I never been a huge fan of vector-illustration, untill I

saw Mads Berg´s outstanding vintage-vector work;

His one of a kind posters especially left me bouche-bee!

Danish illos at their very best!

Jeg har aldrig været særlig vild med vector-illos ,indtil jeg

har set Mads Bergs fantastiske vintage-vector illustration.

Sikken magisk hånd han har!

IF - surrender

2011-01-30T11:55:00.008+01:00

All sorrows, pain and sadness are surrendering in the front

of a new life. Here is the hope,the joy,here is the''tomorow''.

And here is the invitation I´ve made for my friends´s little Stefan,

whose baptising will take place on February 26.

Being the first post of this year, I wish you all

a Wonderful 2011!

2010-11-09T15:16:00.004+01:00

is there anybody out there?
without any direct or particular connection to
my little Teddy& his teddybear - I just saw again The Wall
with Waters and the amazing cartoonist Gerald Scarfe
commenting in the background

and Z from Zentropa

2010-10-23T21:46:00.010+02:00

Many are associating the danish film

studio Zentropa exclusively with the

very sonor name of Lars von Trier.

And who can blame them?

I´m a fan of his work too:))

and btw,only in danish for the moment:

(kun på dansk) LvT´s-life,movies&phobias

''Melancholia''

-film editing in work-

Not that many knows that behind the

masterpieces released by the studio

stays a whole army of enormous

dedicated and passionate people and

nevertheless the iron hand in a velvet

glove of Zentropa´s Tzar and most warm

and friendly host ever: Peter Aalbæk .

These are the less known or totally

anonymous heroes; a little line on the

movie´s credits running at the end

across the screen with big speed.

Big enough to return unnoticed back

into the anonimous space it just came from.

Well: Hats off to all these people!

racing for IF

2010-10-23T21:23:00.004+02:00

a veeery heavy-loadet truck

little danish angels

2010-10-23T21:15:00.003+02:00

my beautiful nieces

tre søstre - tre engle ; mine niecer

Hvilken?

2010-09-04T00:10:00.002+02:00

Hvilken skal det være?

Så er det igen tiden for den store/skøre familiefest

med alle sammen fra nær og fjern samlet denne

gang i København. En del af fest-traditionen (foruden

den ''til solopgang'' drikkeri) er auktionen (spændende!)

hvor hver deltager kommer med nogle ting og køber,

selvfølgelig andres; alle pengene går til den næste fest.

Min svigemor spurgte efter nogle tegninger til auktio-

nen...såååå hvilke tegninger bliver det?

Mare party mare cu tot familionul, sau ,in

fine -doar cu ''aripa daneza'',adunata cu mic

cu mare in capitala, de prin toate colturile DK.

3zile-3nopti,ca la nunta!

Traditia cere,printre altele, ca toti participantii

sa contribuie cu oarece Ceva la licitatia care are

loc la un moment dat. Suma stransa e pastrata pt.

urmatoarea petrecere.Eu,cu intentia vadita de a

ma da mai gospodina decat sunt in realitate,am

tras frumos in sticle ceva lichior''home-made'',dar

soacra-mea insista sa pun la bataie niste tablouri,

ca sa repetam succesul de data trecuta,hehehe...

***

Biiig familiy party ahead! A part of the tradition

include a auction with objects brought by all

participants.My mother in low asked for some

paintings in order to repeat the last session´s

succes:))

A hedgehog for a kingdom!

2010-07-01T21:07:00.006+02:00

''A kingdom, a kingdom, (my) hegdehog for a kingdom!''

to make the story (very) short I will just add that The Kingdom

exists between the covers of ''Theodosius the Small'',a novel

by R.Radulescu,the book I was hopelessly searched for ,since 2007

daca ati citit randurile de mai sus,ati inteles care-i treaba:

l-am vanat pe ''Teodosie cel Mic'' ,pan´ce mi-am pierdut

absolut orice speranta ca-l voi putea citi inainte de reeditare

(reeditare care,hm...cine stie cand si daca va avea loc) .

Dar iata ca lumea-i plina de miracole, la o adica,

si mulliganoglu gasi absolut ultimul (sunt convinsa!)

''Teodosie'' intr-o librarie subterana (ce spuneam eu,

miroase a miracol:)!) din Bucuresti! Mai mult decat atat,

neplacandu-i deloc ( da´deloc!!)nici Teodosie,nici bufnita,

nici restul bestiarului radulescian (ok,oarece exceptie,se

pare, facu totusi pisicainele ) a acceptat sa-mi cedeze

''comoara'' . In schimbul unui ''aricel pleoshtit'' . La care

am plusat si cu o bufnita capsunareasa, de teama ca (cine

stie?) poate prinde in cele din urma drag de cartea asta

si huuuh, Doamne-fereste! se razgandeste !!

Later edit : Teodosie si cei Doi Lebadoi au ajuns cu bine

la capatul calatoriei lor spre nord si s-au instalat in varful

unui anumit teanc de carti: acelea dintre paginile carora se

itzesc capetele unor mai mult sau mai putin improvizate

semne de carte; ma uit la ''Teodosie cel Mic'' cu sentimentul

pe care trebuie sa-l fi avut copilul din cantecul acela arhicunoscut,

privind gutuia din fereastra:nu stiu daca-mi va placea sau nu

povestea,dar, pentru moment,asa cum sta acolo,ascunsa in copertele

ei , fara nici un semn de carte intre pagini, e insasi intruchiparea

Promisiunii ! Si parca tot nu-mi vine sa cred ca am pus (in sfarsit!)

mana pe cartea asta : mulliganoglu, multumesc mult inca o data !

Dear everybody

2010-06-19T12:49:00.010+02:00

IF-'paisley',couldn´t fit better! If you will scroll down a bit, you´ll

see that all my swallows got one on their back:)! So,as you can see,

soon will come a new children´s book in town: ''Stories for smart

kids'' (however,it is just for romanian kids,he,he) with lyrics by

Karina Muresanu Vlad,who kindly invited the ''Artist''

here named to illustrate it:))

Lume,lume! Cum ziceam si mai sus,la un moment dat (intr-una

din zilele acestei veri ,speram noi) povestile cu rima (si morala)

ale Karinei, ilustrate de artistul de fata ,moi, vor vedea lumina

tiparului. ''Lumina tiparului'' la propriu,pentru ca intamplator

sau nu (Karina stie ce si cum),editura se numeste atat de frumos :

''Lumen'':)). Mai multe nu spun, pentru ca nu vreau ca anuntul/

postarea de fata sa se transforme in reclama, chit ca ma aflu cu

cesti-tacamuri-ingrediente -oaspeti in bookataria proprie:))

Inferno - ripplesketches

2010-06-11T23:39:00.010+02:00

SOLD to Linda Harbord -New Zealand

Thanks for your generous help in sustaining the

efforts of Ripple´s action,dear Linda! Monday, the

little one is flying to you:sorry it took a whole week!

Just please,let me know(with a short note here or on

Kelly´s blog) that the parcel arrived 'safe and sound'

in your hands!

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill desaster

IF Ripple - joined the project

''It´s hard to make ripples in oil soaked water.

But throw enough stones and you will

It´s not about the politics or the corporation.

It´s about the animals.It´s about feeling helpless

in the face of an overwhelming disaster(...)''

Kelly Light

(read more about on her blog:

www.ripplesketches.blogspot.com)

Garden cat -if

2010-06-06T11:32:00.007+02:00

Summer´s t(r)ail with garden cat & leaves of grass

Så har vi havens katte :)) Daca tot veni vorba de pisici,vara si iarba,

si daca tot astept ''Centrifuga'' lui T.O.Bobe,

pun si eu o bucatica de rima pt. P.d.s.

(chiar daca-i duminica)

''(...) Si m-as face templu

Nu ma lasa iarba

M-as preface-n mine,

Cu genunchii goi

Si legandu-mi fruntea

ca la baba-oarba

M-as lua de mana

Si-as fugi-napoi (...)''

Prin anii ´90 aparusera intr-o brosurica,poeziile

unei adolescente: Iulia Dora Marinescu .Din ea am

recitat,din memorie( cat de exact am facut-o,nu stiu).

Ce s-a intamplat cu ea ? Cu Iulia?

A mai scris? Mai scrie?

(nica´ pe google,nici macar o alta ,cu acelasi nume )

PAS PÅ MIG I TRAFIKKEN !!!!!!

2010-05-23T10:50:00.004+02:00

For pokker, f***, h*** og Søren da ! Mange pindsvin bliver

nemlig dræbt i trafikken (50.000-80.000, hvert år kun

i DK !).Hvis en pindsvinemor dør,så er hendes unger også

fortabte...

Jeg er bange for,at snart vil stakkels pindsvinet blive udslettet..

One more dead hedgehog if I see,I´ll also die of sorrow!

With 50-80.000 killed in traffic every year just in DK

I´m surprised this species(btw:what is in english

the singular of ''species'?no one seem to know exactly)

is not yet exterminated.

Inca un arici mort sa mai vad si mor si eu de inima rea!

Cum vine primavara si ies din hibernare, cum incepe carnagiul!

La cat de multi zac de-a lungul soselelor ma mir ca specia nu a

fost inca exterminata...dar,ne vom ocupa noi si de asta,nu?

Ca doar ne sta in obicei sa ducem treaba la bun sfarsit...

early for IF

2010-05-23T09:32:00.006+02:00

well,someone is actually getting up earlier than me...''getting up''

is a way of saying´cause in this period of nights-without night is

difficult to sleep,to begin with(and I´m not living that far in the

north to get real ''white nights'';here they are rather...grey:))) .

Even if we have this special curtains,so is dark inside the house,

my internal clock refuse to get fooled by a minor detail like this,

and continue to adjust itself after what´s happening behind the

curtains,outside.So,I´m going around like a zombie,worse than

Al Pacino in Insomnia, avoiding to watch the watch-my body

knows anyway that is almost morning...that´s why I don´t see

why I´m sooo damn surprised when I start to hear the

blackbirds & their sisters singing:

What the...is so late? No...is so early

... at least if I could find a productive way of using my

insomnia,reading books,finishing the drawings and

other dead-lines,doing SOMETHING.But I´m sooo

tired and my brain refuse to cooperate:))) maybe

it´s time to start getting pills

blogareala...

2010-05-09T17:24:00.008+02:00

2 years and some days...

since i started (and periodically abandonated) this blog.

I was not such a good ''mother'':)): I didn´t manage to

make a 2years birthday post(shame!!)

Happy Mother´s day for all mothers,everywhere !!

Der er allerede 2 år (og nogle dage) siden jeg har started

og ( periodisk forladt ) denne blog

Moonwash /Månevask

2010-04-24T19:31:00.007+02:00

La spalat de luna

de unde si originea expresiei ''curat-luna'',he,he:))))

Vi har haft en skyfri himmel sidste nat med en stærk lysende måne,ikke?

Nu ved i hvorfor:))!!!

Full speed ahead ,washing the moon,cause it is away too much

ash from the Icelandic volcano in the air! But you had a clear sky

last night and a bright beautiful moon,right? Well,now you know why:)

Detective for IF

2010-04-16T23:59:00.007+02:00

II. with few more details

I
my very first try with Wacom Fun Pen& Touch

lumina lina

2010-04-03T21:49:00.003+02:00

Hristos a Inviat!

God Påske! Happy Easter!

so...came bunny again:))

2010-03-28T23:44:00.005+02:00

Påsken er lige rundt om hjornet!!

The Easter is just around the corner!

Expired for IF

2010-03-21T22:30:00.005+01:00

--- cu intarziere:

even if 8th of March is expired, every day is Women´s day,isn´t it?

Luuume,lumeee!!

2010-03-16T22:46:00.013+01:00

Invitationer på vej til Gina og Florins bryllup:))

Daca nu stiati deja,aflati acum:

ei bine,da!Gina si Florin se casatoresc!

Cum care?Nu-i recunoasteti?

My good friends,Gina & Florin will get married and I was truly

happy and honored to be the one who made their wedding invitation:)

Long looong winter

2010-03-15T20:47:00.009+01:00

''cantina sociala'' deschisa pe acoperis
(nu exista clienti mai fideli ca pescarusii :))parol!!)

min ''folkekøkkenet'' er åben hele vinteren op på taget

med mågerne som stam kunder :)))

my ''social cantina''open all winter long on the roof

(the seagulls are the most faithful clients,but are,as well,veeeery shy)

Perspective IF

2010-02-28T13:58:00.006+01:00

...have in my thoughts beautiful,talented and sensible Bella

and her precious tribute for this

so very special lady:Renne...the rest is silence...

a home without a cat is just a house

2010-02-27T16:59:00.006+01:00

Et hjem uden en kat er kun et hus. Ikke?

Asa.Daca nu ma credeti,aruncati un ochi aici

(ca-i valabil si pt.casa de vacanta:))

www.bradut-florescu.blogspot.com

sådan!

2010-02-19T22:16:00.003+01:00

Propagating this idea for IF :Lucky to have the best parents in low in the whole world! Ingen tvivl,jeg har de bedste svigeforældre i hele verden!

Anna´s konfirmation

2010-02-15T21:43:00.005+01:00

Anna,en sød-sportlige pige,der elsker fodbold,skal konfirmeres i april.Hun er slet ikke til pusse-nusse ting!Anna ønskede en invitation i blå og turkis(hendes favorite farver),som spejler hende på en eller anden måde og hendes attitude:ingen kjole eller lyserød farve:)))).I stedet,fik den lille fodbold-bold til bordkort lov til at have en nederdel på:)))!Kære Anna,jeg håber at du vil have en fantastisk konfirmationsfest!

Here is Anna, a very boyish girl,who wish to have a special invitation in blue and turkis(her favorites colors) to her confirmation in april,a invitation to mirror her attitude toward life:neither dresses nor pink or other girlish stuff(I can really see myself in her,I used to be the same boyish-girl at her age,with plenty of blue marks on my skin:))).Well,just the little football ball for the table cards got ''permission'' to weare a''ballet-tutu'' and red sox.

Muddy flowers-IF

2010-02-07T00:26:00.005+01:00

(sold/solgt)

...og Godt Nytår!

2009-12-28T22:38:00.004+01:00

...si un An Nou-2010 plin de bucurii!

...and a Happy New Year!

Craciun fericit! Glædelig Jul!

2009-12-28T21:49:00.010+01:00

-typically danish Christmas at my parents-in-low

Christmas is such a beautiful and peaceful celebration!At least for a night the world is full of magic,the tree full of lights,all the presents packed with care and we,all-kids again. Sound maybe silly,but,especially now, when we moved so close to a Christmas-tree plantage and saw from my window the trees cut down to half number,I really feel for thouse green little trees,annual victims of our traditions.
A late,but from the heart Merry Christmas to all of you!!

Hollow

2009-07-12T22:47:00.001+02:00

Lise Szymanski´s incredible work

2009-07-12T22:07:00.009+02:00

Da jeg startede mit frivillige arbejde for Røde Kors,i marts, var jeg utrolig heldig at møde og arbejde sammen med en absolut fantastisk person:Lise Szymanski! Altid smilende, altid i godt humør ,altid parat med en godt råd, hun er bare en fantastisk lady og endnu mere en utrooooolig dygtig kunstner og forfatter ,med rigtige ’’magiske hænder’’(faktisk har jeg aldrig før mødt en person hvor dette udtryk var mere rigtigt!)

Se bare her, hendes sidste patchwork bog (den sidste af 4 udgivende) smuk og inspirerende,som hun var så sød til at give mig som gave til min fødselsdag; altså denne romantiske og søde make-up pung,som man kan se i bogen på siden 29. Man kunne godt forestille sig at en symaskine helt sikkert har været involveret i processen, men nej,det er altsammen 100%’’hand-made’’(hvad sagde jeg:magic-hands har hun !!)!!! Kære Lise,tror du at jeg vover at bruge en så special gave til min make up ?? Neeeej, det kan jeg simpelthen ikke!Denne lille søde pung er lavet for at blive beundret,ikke brugt!Jeg føler mig så heldig for at ha´ lært dig at kende! Tusind tak for alt, kære Lise!

I feel so lucky to meet and work together for Red Cros with this

absolutely great person,artist and author:Lise Szymanski!

Just take a look at the wonderful work she have done:

here is her last book (out of 4 she published,for danish and german

market)she was so sweet to offer me as a very special present for my

birthday,as well as this sweet and romantik make up case,which can

be seen in the book and which I don´t dare to use it,so beautiful it is!

Everything she have done is 100% hand-made,no mashine was

involved(even if one can be tempted to believe is was,when seeing

the perfect cutand lines)´cause Lise is the lucky owner of 2

magic-hands,by all means!

Thanks Lise!

Den lille Katiushka

2009-06-12T21:41:00.007+02:00

Drifting back to a time of innocence

trying acrylics

I modified a bit the image in PS ,because the board was too big

to get inside a ''home scanner'';down here is the original painting

30x40cm acrylic on board

(sold)

The memories unfold

2009-06-12T21:03:00.008+02:00

''(...) If we are- or we not-or we have been good kids

Older getting today,badly parents we miss (...) ''

craving

2009-06-05T20:16:00.003+02:00

my good old shoes

2009-06-04T19:01:00.005+02:00

mine favorit sko..var de. Men nu,er det slut!

this used to be one(two?) of my favorite shoes...

the unique ''custom-made''shoes I ever had.Well,honestly,if it

would have been 100% on my taste, would have actually been

boots with long heels:but I chose at least the material,size and

(more or less) the model.And they faithfully served me on my long

trips!But now,that´s it! Our long term love is over,as they refuse to

cooperate with my feet.I thought I will offer them to someone else...but

(daaamn!), I´m a nostalgic person,I just can´t ''let them go'':))and as they

are so nice,quiet and useless,probably.... I´ll frame them. What else?

Contagious for IF

2009-05-15T16:06:00.008+02:00

explanations are not necessary

Maternity

2009-05-09T20:04:00.006+02:00

because tomorow is a special day

for mothers allover the world: Happy Mother´s Day!!

Glædelig Mors Dag!

Parade for IF

2009-05-08T15:53:00.003+02:00

a little shy& lost city-bird, in her parade costume

so,so cold...

2009-05-08T09:23:00.003+02:00

this week was so cold and windy...

Black cat

2009-05-03T22:20:00.003+02:00

number one rated in superstitions hierarchy

(hierarchy for IF)

Smilla

2009-05-03T22:16:00.000+02:00

Maia

2009-04-30T16:28:00.001+02:00

2009-04-30T16:10:00.002+02:00

thanks Valerie,you too!:))

...as well as all the wonderful

people ''from the right''(side of this page)!

Oua incondeiate

2009-04-19T18:04:00.005+02:00

Romanian traditional eggs decoration

Hristos a Inviat!

2009-04-19T17:46:00.006+02:00

Ortodox Church celebrate Easter today. Eggs decoration using bee-wax and natural pigments is a very old romanian Easter tradition.Is transmited unchanged from generation to generation and require a very sure hand,dedication and nevertheless a mountain of patience.

en lille kolibri med stor hjerte

2009-04-18T13:21:00.006+02:00

impossibility fot IF

Fleeting snow

2009-04-10T16:37:00.001+02:00

God Påske! Happy Easter!

2009-04-10T13:15:00.003+02:00

talisman for IF

2009-04-06T11:24:00.001+02:00

Søstrene Grenes Kunstprisudstilling 2009

2009-04-06T11:16:00.004+02:00

was a nice surprise in January

Tusind tak til den berømte danske

kunstner Bo Bendixen som har valgt mig!!!

Resolve

2009-01-05T19:00:00.003+01:00

Can one ''resolve'' the perpetual fight with own inner demons?

New Year in Denmark

2009-01-05T16:25:00.011+01:00

This was the (final version )New Year´s postcard I´ve made for the language school I attend.Below you can see also the start point drawing.

It pass through many transformations in order to give the right feel and message(thanks once again to my friend and classmate,Monalisa,for her precious help!).I don´t exagerate if I say it was a really great and fun experience and a chance to learn,big time!

Like,just for example,the fact that an official greeting card, involve more formalities and nuances than I thought about before. But I agree with what Margot Hansen,institution´s headmaster annotate and this is the reason why,the girl from the original draw get a more neutral-androgine character as well as the original message:'' Merry Christmas'',wrote in many different languages inside the danish flag-like wrapped-heart,became ''Happy New Year''. We are there,a mega- mixture of nations,races,social-statute and religions(this international atmosphere is something I´ll really miss later).The New Year rather than Christmas is something more meaningful,neutral or better said''available'' for everybody regardless religion or culture.So this was:))

Jeg har lavet dette postkort for Sprogcenteret i Slagelse. Det var ikke nemt men det var sjovt og (all in all) en god oplevelse,hvori jeg har puttet megen følelse.Kortet er trykt i 60 eksemplar og sendt til forskelige samarbejdene institutioner som NytÅrs hilsen.Hvis de har fået ét,håber jeg de kunne lide kortet:))

Happy New Year 2009!!

2009-01-01T12:20:00.007+01:00

The very First Day of the year,come with 2 more ''clandestine presents''

hidden under the courtain!

Godt Nytår!

(Heavily influenced by Agi Keszeg´s sharp pencil)

W from White and Winter

2008-12-31T20:09:00.016+01:00

Happy New Year!!!!

''White,like a scandinavian gift!!''-I love the local silver and white

decoration style!All white lamps and candels,silver Herstal´s series

and''Karen Blixen´s Jul'' from Rosendahl,''troldpilen''-with its branches

defying any botanical rule or symmetry,all so popular here,just to

give some examples.Aparently I can´t get enough''white''-feel.That´s

why,everything I touched(with decorative intentions) ended up

looking like forgoted in Chlorine!Green and red were deported

this winter!Maybe I start to suffer a rare form of ''chromato-phobi''

or a ''color-allergy'':))))?Or is,maybe, just the lack of snow:)))

Wish you all the best for 2009,

may it be a year full of succeses!!

Glædelig Jul!!

2008-12-24T13:38:00.002+01:00

Merry Christmas, everybody!!

Sarbatori fericite si LA MULTI ANI!!!

Voices

2008-12-20T18:35:00.004+01:00

the autumnal cry of dying leafage

(playing with contrasts and lights)

Rambunctious-II

2008-12-12T23:55:00.003+01:00

The Time

2008-12-12T21:10:00.007+01:00

Illo for a winter story:

''The girl who ask for Time''

''-You pretend you know me?asked Time the litlle girl.You are too young to know what The TIME means!''

I wanted actually to use this illo for IFs ''pretend''.I must say I´m not sure I get right the meaning of being ''rambunctious'' as my dictionary present a less active image, in definition:))

Let it snow!(II)

2008-12-10T23:17:00.001+01:00

Similar steps

2008-12-06T16:45:00.008+01:00

So many roads,so similar steps.

Aceeasi pasi,alte drumuri

Ens skridt mange veje

Let it snow !

2008-12-03T23:46:00.002+01:00

Opinion

2008-11-25T21:25:00.007+01:00

A heart...a winter...and a danish flag

Some sketches for ''something'' (shall I call this ''something''-

''a commision''?)I´ll do it for the language school I attend,here in

Denmark.The image is quite blurred but I hope the final one will

look better.I started with the one above,end up with the one below.

Mening.Om DK.

En sketch for noget jeg vil lave for min Sprogcenter.

Og jeg glæder mig meget

this award for me?THANKS BELLA!!

2008-07-29T22:25:00.005+02:00

Thanks a lot to a very gifted artist,Bella Sinclair http://bellasinclair.blogspot.com/for nominateing me on her favorites list,I´m so,so honoured !!!

What a big surprise you made me this evening ,I´m speechless!

So sorry and appologies again for my so late answer to your message!

I saw you had hard time writing a ''7''shortlist,will be the same with me

there are so many artists I admire and I get inspired by their work!!

The rules of accepting are as follows:-
1) Put the logo on your blog.

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4) Add links to those blogs on yours.

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

The list I have in my heart is bigger than the one below,

many of the artists I admire had already received this award

..I forgot how to make a link,unfortunatelly,

so I´ll display the list in this primitive way:

Claudia Degliuomini http://degliuomini.blogspot.com/

Agnes Keszeg http://keszegagnes.blogspot.com/

Rene http://painting-pleinair.blogspot.com/

Matias Perez http://matiasperez.blogspot.com/

Irisz Agocz http://artistamuvek.blogspot.com/

Raquel Aparicio http://raquelaparicio.blogspot.com/

Lisa Evans http://www.firefluff.blogspot.com/

Claire Pettifor http://www.madaunt.blogspot.com/

I feel,I should actually write here,again,the whole list with links I already displayed

on this blog and add also new names,because all this so gifted artists deserve

to be awarded:I must tell a big THANKS to all 100 of you

for the inspiration, joy,admiration you fill my heart with!!

WIIINNER!!!!!

2008-07-29T21:45:00.006+02:00

Hello everybody!!I´m back for a short time cause I´ll be out again next week.Just pass to say ''Hi!!''and thanks for your nice messages!

I had a great surprise this month to see my ''Sleep'' elected as a second winner for June,on ''Søstrene Grenes''(Danes knows what I´m saying:))!)art competition,

as you can(almost not)see in the image above:)).For those of you who want to have a clear picture,this is the site:

http://www.grenes.dk/01_kunstnerklub.aspx

(press ''vindere'')

To have my work elected by them,was more than touching for me,being a big fan of their institution,of the modern-nostalgic and all in all special atmosphere they created on their shops!
I don´t have big hopes,but with a little luck,maybe I´ll have the chance,at the end of this year,to see this watercolor printed on their shelfs:well,honestly...will be actually to beautiful to be true:))

but one can only hope:))

Have all the best wishes and great-great vacantion!!

on the road /ferie/vacanta

2008-06-20T00:07:00.013+02:00

just because IF theme go a bit with this one,I would say that love,friendship,helpfulness are the most precious hoard

En rigtig god ferie til alle
mine dansker venner!!

Sa aveti cu totii o vacanta frumoasa
si relaxanta!Ne vedem in iulie!!

The summer holiday just started,
so I´ll be ''out on the road'' for a while:))
Thanks for all nice messages,inspiration and encouraging words I received from you since I started this blog!
Such a nice experience!
Wish you all a good and relaxing summer holiday!

High Hopes

2008-06-19T13:15:00.019+02:00

IF´´Balloon``(sorry for coming with this old one,I didn´t had time for something new)
just some info i could get and post, like Jennifer suggested,for thouse of you,bighearted people who find and try to save baby birds fallen from the nest-when you can´t find a veterinary or
a specialized help in good time. Better to repeat also the things I found,talking with an old romanian doctor
From his experience:
1.if the nest is found and you put the bird back,supervise it in first24hour to see if the parents are not rejecting the baby
2.if you can´t find a specialized help,never feed the bird before you know which species it is:the diet can be different from one to another( fresh insects all can take):with less food-you have a hungry baby;with too much food-you can have a dead one;
3.the baby -bird should be placed in a warm place,as similar as possible with his nest:in a dark box or half covered one:most of them are photophobic and stressed in an open place,if they never left the nest.If they are big enough an open space is indicated so they can practice the fly.I´ve heared there are some special electric-warm boxes for kitten which can be used as well to keep the bird warm enough.
The food should be hashed in very little pieces or made a paste,the water or this paste can be gived by serynge.There are some birds who can not toleratte the seeds the thrush is well known for it.The same for blackbird,she can take though canary food.Big atention with the earthworm(angleleworm):this one can transfer a lethal parasit,better to get red worm or others worms( head off and paste made) which can be found on fisher shops. Never use ants .
Other things blackbirds,thrush,nightingale(and other from the same family ) can eat:
instant piure for babies(Milupa,for ex),boiled egg especially the yolk,cow cheese(but is a special one in Romania...not sure is the same caw cheese everywhere),little pieces of cow heart,fruits and vegetable a big list(f.ex:apple,chery,banana,
carrot,winegrapes without seeds etc.),cow meat made
almost like a paste. You can aplly this menu also to spparows, rocklet, raven,including seeds.Also if you give them bread,neved give fresh one.Feed them 3 times a day-not in the night,unless is a night-bird.Don´t bring too many people and activity around .The ''stress'' factor is also a deadly one for little wild birds.

exist also a birds book by Doris Quinten (I don´t know the title)where she give some info about how the wild baby birds

can be treated.

I hope this informations can help...

appologies for my awfully english :(

Rescue

2008-06-17T21:31:00.007+02:00

or another (but the same one:)))

.....

2008-06-09T15:59:00.003+02:00

I didn´t wanted to write this but I feel I owe you this information: is hard to say the little blackbird died yesterday after a short agony.I´m so devastated that I hardly can contain myself...That´s why was necessary to delete the pics i posted before,because I simply can´t see them,hope you´ll understand me..Thanks a lot,to all of you for your kind messages and advises:I don´t know what I´ve done wrong and I can´t help thinking is me the one who killed him,not the cat.I saved along the time so many sparrows,or crows in worse conditions,with borken wings,broken legs,or half paralised:a miracle they survive!

To save this little one, lets say ''in one piece'' without broken wings or legs,without any visible damages and next day have him gone,is something unbearable:I knew blackbirds are more sensible,that´s why I asked for help.They have a diferent diet-can´t take seeds f.ex,so when I found the info,I gave him as was said shredded carrot,boiled yolk of egg and strawbery(the last one he really like it a lot)and planned to find other things later.No people around, box with plastic sheeds covered with paper and cotton just to be sure is warm enough.I didn´t searched for the nest,because many times the parrents reject the baby if is touched by humans,but now,I think maybe I should have done it.In the evening something was not that good,he started to have a bad balance,but even in the morning at 6AM when I fed him ,was not that bad,he took the food,few hours later when I was back he was almost gone...Was imposible to find a vet,I was ringing at many offices:no answer or mashine answered.I ended up calling my mom in Bucharest for an advise,but was away to late.

To not repeat this sad experience again,I´m now in search for informations and see what can I do here,in Denmark,for this situations.I´m affraid here are not shelters for special help,like I saw(with admiration)there are in USA,or UK.

If someone else from DK is reading this lines,please,let me know what is the procedure here?Most of danish people are bighearted and animals lover,so for sure,must be somewhere at least a 24 hours vet service for emergency situations. For the moment everybody told me just about the usual appointments they have with vetenerian for their pets,but I launched the SOS,so maybe tomorow I´ll have more info.

Susan,Jennifer,Bella,need to tell you again thanks...

I can´t forgive myself for what was happening with this little one...

Forgotten for IF

2008-06-06T22:01:00.003+02:00

and he was so prepared for....

Bratescu-Voinesti va spune ceva?

Lady Night

2008-06-05T16:15:00.004+02:00

Noaptea trage perdeaua de intuneric asupra lumii

The Night pull above the world the darkness courtain

Love me tender...

2008-06-03T23:21:00.004+02:00

Night serenade under the balcony...

Sub balcon eu ti-am cantat o serenada...

Birds

2008-06-02T16:36:00.004+02:00

leaving the nest...

Microsoft Paint-my scanner replacement,
for the moment
Fara scanner e cam greu...

Baby-fish

2008-06-01T01:29:00.002+02:00

Worry II

2008-05-27T19:56:00.005+02:00

''Have you read my diary?

Now you have a reason to worry!'':)

Being an aspirant illustrator,I must confess I´m worried

that sometime in search for originality and expressivity

I can forget that I actually make illustrations for kids.

I have some illustrated books at home which have terrorized

my childhood:).A bit grotesque collages,very metaphoric,

with silouhetes and characters mixing each other.

Now I look at them with admiration!Are really great!

But is also true now I´m an adult.Must be a dilema,isn´t it?

To whom should an illustrator think about first?To his artistic

needs-to kids pleasure-to parents pleasure(in the cases where

is impossible to have all satisfied)? Well,is a prety much retoric

question,because I´m sure it dosen´t exist a general rule

to follow,but I keep wondering

Inca ma intreb la ce principii ar trebui sa faca apel

o buna ilustrare a cartilor pentru copii.Pastrez inca

ceva carti ilustrate care mi-au terorizat copilaria:)

Acum,privindu-le imi par incredibil de originale si

de bine lucrate. Dar acum sunt adult:)).Dilema,nu?

Worry

2008-05-25T17:16:00.005+02:00

I´m worried.

I´m worried when I see majestic animals like elephants,or

other ones,treated just like decorative anexes of their owners

I´m worried when I see people who still consider

amusing and artistic the animals torture for circus spectacles.

I´m worried we still use cages and find pleasure in keeping

another living creature in captivity just for fun.Worried...

Book

2008-05-25T14:59:00.012+02:00

I had the chance to illustrate this book,published in 2007.

How sad,at that time I was ''running'' with full speed between2 jobs, in a

special school and in a foundation.I made all 9 illos agains time,with

the tools I found near my hand on that moment:a mixute of watercolor,

rest of oil color,pencils and so on,not even a good linner for details:(

I followed the author´s wish for cover(well,I wanted another one:)).

The stories are trully beautifull.She couln´t publish them before

Revolution,in 1990,because of the missing contain of subjects

like tractors,agriculure,working people,pioniers, etc,and

other ''cult-icons'' of that period.The manuscript get dust in shelf

for more than 50 years.I hear now,the book is a succes:)!!

Not every time the things are comming on the right moment

in your life,but it´s good to know you´ve done the best for...

Am avut sansa sa ilustrez cartea de povesti,a scriitoarei Georgetta Florentza Marincu

(pentru connaisseuri,este autoarea monografiei ''Cioburi de istorie'',

pt. care a primit premiul ''Ion Neculce'')

Ce pacat ca,la momentul respectiv nu am avut nici suficient timp,lucrand

contra cronometru cu doua joburi,nici unelte cat de cat potrivite.

Povetile sunt tare frumoase,au stat intr-un sertar mai bine de 50 de ani

( se poate observa lucrul acesta dupa felul in care sunt ortografiate unele

cuvinte:)).Pentru cei care gasesc interesanta informatia:cartea a fost

publicatain 2007,la Editura Autograf MJM.

Morning shadows

2008-05-24T23:55:00.008+02:00

This morning brought so much light and this beautiful shadows...

Sometime simple things like this can ''light'' the whole day:))

Unfortunatelly I couldn´t get with my mobile the real,whole beauty.

But as much as I captured I share with you:))

Have a good week-end!

In dimineata asta,muuuulta lumina si cateva umbre atat de frumoase!!

Nu am reusit sa surprind 100% frumustetea reala a momentului,

dar atat cat am surprins impartasesc,cu drag, cu voi:))

Sa aveti un sfarsit de saptamana frumos!!

I´ll try to post from time to time captures of this simple things beauty

Til lille søde Marie

2008-05-23T14:30:00.005+02:00

''For little sweet Marie'',my niece

a litttle card I made for the day she was baptised.

The broken ''info-papers''are comming from an old eastern

(..and not just eastern) tradition

for good faith:the ''black faith''will get lost in information

let´s say:)and will abandonate the search for her.Don´t ask me

how the good one will find her,is assumed that she had acces

to the whole information through the new born´s familiy

Pentru micuta-dulcea Marie,nepotica mea,

un desen facut iute in ziua in care a fost botezata.
Hartiile rupte(la noi e turta rupta:))reprezinta un

talisman,impotriva ursitoarei rele,care desigur

neavand informatia completa,se va pierde pe drum si

va abandona cautarea:)).Nu intrebati ce se intampla

cu ursitoarea buna:in principiu ea are acces la info intreaga:))

Aspirant illustrator

2008-05-18T13:53:00.004+02:00

Morna´s comment made me think...

Even if (by pure coincidence) I illustrated a book for kids in 2007,

I still can´t call myself an illustrator:I´ll doit for sure when I´ll feel

that I reached a certain level in drawing and a more clear style.

For the moment I´m still ''aspirant'' in status,in search for my own style and

''admirer'' of many incredible artists I just discovered, seeing their work online:)

I must say I´m very grateful for all the encourageing comments I received from all of you,

since I started posting here!

Thanks a lot and have a great week !

Electricity

2008-05-14T17:16:00.004+02:00

Drakespeare

One of the advantages in being a dragon is that you

dont´t have to worry about electric bill:)

After doodleing a while with dragons,I end up combining the 2 themes from

IF and Monday Artday(electricity and monsters) and this is,

a new member in dragon´s family:

''Drakespeare'',a voracious books devorator

well,I actually just find out that someone else invented this name before,

so maybe I should re-baptise him:))

I´m out of paper

I used instead some math pages

Sleep

2008-05-12T18:22:00.007+02:00

under the wide blankett of dreams and nightmares...

a sketch for ' 'sleep'' idea

oops...

2008-05-10T16:24:00.002+02:00

I found out,experimentateing, the answer about this ''tools icons''appearing and disappearing in a mysterious way ...disregard the message bellow.Speaking about my tehnicall skills:is clear,I´m still in stone age:))!

Help!

2008-05-10T12:07:00.008+02:00

This use to be a picture for 1 May (''Working class heroes''´s day:)),but I fail to make it until the date and now I fail again(this time to be a ''working class hero''),he,he,because I can´t find a way to get out the tools images posted all the way on the right side of the page!!I know it sound silly but can someone tell me please,what shall I do?I´m really lost in translation(technically speaking) in making this blog..my page is still a total mess:((...Thanks a lot..

Seed

2008-05-06T22:34:00.003+02:00

my very first try for IF :''Seed''
-this one in medical emergency-
A little seed with a BIG existential problem:))))))):
''to be or not to be'' ...a seed ,to germinate or not;
hard decision... :)

Skal jeg spire?

...

2008-05-05T20:25:00.001+02:00

Hi everyone!I´m not a rabbit,I´m just a colour test!

...and,eeh,I can see I´m not looking that good:((
Promise I´ll be back with better shape and color:)