Art, heart & healing (4)

Z domačo nalogo pri Willow nekoliko zamujam – je preveč dela. Zahteva preveč časa. Poleg tega nisem bila prepričana, da lahko sledim njenim navodilom: na platnico nalepi svojo fotko in jo spremeni. Ne maram fotk, na katerih sem tudi jaz, ker s sabo še vedno nosim dodatne kilograme od prve nosečnosti. Če bi nalepila fotko na platnico, ne bi knjige zagotovo nikoli dokončala. Tako sem pri tej lekciji prostodušno preskočila “healing” part in platnico naredila tako, da mi bo še kaj do projekta: naredila sem veliko pozlačeno inicialko, drevo z gugalnico in kletko, iz katere je ptička pobegnila. Na trakec sem namesto taga s citatom obesila majhno fotkico v okvirčku za diase (tako, da jo lahko še zamenjam ali na drugo stran dodam novejšo!), poleg nje pa s trakcev visita še violinski ključ in slonček. V soboto sem šla na tečaj kaligrafije in napis na levi je moj prvi samostojni izdelek. Malo postrani, ker nisem črt risala v svežo barvo … ampak ni sile.

I’m late with week 3 assignments with Willow. I couldn't bring myself to put a large photo of me on the cover and alter it. I hate photos of myself. I've been 20-25 kilos overweight since my first pregnancy and I didn't manage to shed them yet. It's been 13 years. To get rid of them is my main goal until spring, when I turn 40. So. I failed to take the chance to overcome my issue with this exercise. I was well aware of the fact that if I put a photo of myself on the cover, I'd probably never finish the altered book. So I opted for a large gilded initial and instead of making a tag I put a small photo of myself in a slide frame – that one I can either change or put another one on the back! This will have to do for now :) I did manage to use a freshly acquired skill, calligraphy writing, for the title that says: Grow free.

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Tako, pa sem uspela končati še drugi dve strani za domačo nalogo pri Willow. Vsaj za zdaj se mi zdi, da sta končani. Tudi na prvo stran sem še nekaj malenkosti dodala, potem ko sem jo že objavila. Kaj čmo, taki smo. To so torej moje posebnice, domišljijski človečki. Sori zaradi odbleska, to je biserno bela, se sveti, pa če ne vem kaj. Če se ne sveti, potem so pa srebrne snežinke na fotki zlate. Pih.

I managed to finish the 2nd spread for the 2nd week assignment with Willow as well. The words say friendship and responsibility. Sorry for the glare, I used quite a bit of pearl white for the “snow”. If I managed to take a photo where there wasn’t a glare, the silver flakes became golden …

Art, heart & healing (2)

Kakšna lenobna nedelja, še dobro, da sem uspela kosilo skuhat. Saj smo skozi neki brkljali po bajti, samo pokazat ni kaj dosti. Za ven hodit pa tako ali tako ni bilo, brrrr. Tako mi je uspelo narediti prvi del druge domače naloge pri Willow. Transfer fotke male sebe in nekaj želja za vse življenje.

1st part of our 2nd homework with Willow.

Podpisano: Atja, mal drugače. Tako sem se namreč v tistih časih predstavljala, ker nisem znala rečt K. Vedela sem pa, da Atja ni prav, to pa.

The signature says Atja (a bit differently). That's how I used to introduce myself in those days. I wasn't able to pronounce the sound K. So I wasn't Katja, but Atja and I'd always add "a bit differently" because I knew that my pronunciation wasn't correct.

Art, heart & healing (1)

Tako malo časa sem imela teh zadnjih nekaj tednov, da sem bila še takrat, ko sem imela čas za oddih, preveč utrujena, da bi se česa lotila. Vedela sem, da me bo en tečajček na hitrico spravil v stare tirnice. Zato sem pograbila priložnost brezplačnega tečaja pri Willow (bedž v desnem stolpcu) in tu je rezultat prve lekcije. Delala sem jo v Moleskine in je kar dobro prenesel napad akrilov. Tole bi na nek način lahko bila malo mlajša, naivna in vsega naveličana jaz z več kot le kakšno kilo manj. In končno, končno, končno sem uspela narisat in naslikat spodoben nos!! Že zaradi tega je bilo vredno.

I didn’t have even time to make more than a couple art journal pages in the last few weeks. I knew that a class will have me back on track immediately. So I took the opportunity of the free course Willow is offering on her Ning (badge on the right side). This is my result of the 1st class – a journal spread that is supposed to be me … well, a younger, more naive and slightly fed up me with more than just a couple of pounds less. My Moleskine took the acrylics, neocolors, stamps and whatnot quite well, I was pleasantly surprised. The wording says “forward towards my goal” and I put “courage” on the necklace.