tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23812885733249451552024-03-13T14:05:50.089+11:00The Long Lost Woodsmonika viktoria is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. Her artworks are primarily watercolour and ink drawings on paper, though she has a love for etchings and a curiousity dolls as well.
welcome to her art-blog. To view more examples of the whimsical world she creates, visit www.mayple.deviantart.commonika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.comBlogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-43100922711363421802015-01-27T15:23:00.001+11:002015-01-27T15:23:21.077+11:00Rose Quartz<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The first painting for 2015 - Rose Quartz is a representation of a few of my inspirations right now: crystal formations, spores, dried flowers, pastels and artist-made dolls. </div>
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As opposed to most of my other watercolours here I was able to try out a new product that my art store recommended to me, canvas specifically treated to take watercolours. This opens up greater possibilities for watercolourists wishing to work on a larger scale I feel, it was interesting to work on but I think it is still not quite the same as working on paper (less absorbent, the paint stays on the surface level and cannot "sink" in to bond with the fibres.) I tried some of the "drippy" techniques I was able to learn at the Cherry Hood workshop last year, I don't plan to make it a trend in my work, but I do wish to lean towards a looser handling of paint this year, VS my older rigid works.</div>
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<br />monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-83985246078251819282015-01-27T15:01:00.002+11:002015-01-27T15:12:15.070+11:00Belated Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Oops, a belated Happy New Year to everyone!! </div>
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January is always my favourite month, and it is already almost over! I feel this year will fly by as well, just like last year.</div>
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Unfortunately I am noticing many of my older blog posts are having the images disconnected, and not able to be viewed. I think this is a problem with the varying hosting sites I use, whether it's flickr, facebook or tumblr. Sincerest apologies, I am trying to find a better solution to being able to continue blogging in 2015 - and have my images stay up here for many more years to be enjoyed!!</div>
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monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-25003341080075304772014-08-26T10:18:00.000+10:002014-08-26T10:18:15.843+10:00Cherry Hood Workshop (part two)<br />
...photo continuation from my amazing workshop weekend with Cherry Hood - Australian Archibald winning painter and watercolour portraitist. To see <a href="http://www.thelonglostwoods.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/cherry-hood-workshop-part-one.html">Part One</a><br />
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Finished sisters at the end of the workshop, both 108cm x 75cm</div>
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Full album of photo's from the workshop thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.761794250537349.1073741866.457668320949945&type=1">FourFinger Photo</a></div>
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This last weekend I participated in an intensive portraiture workshop with Australian Archibald prize winner Cherry Hood. An amazing artist I have admired for a very long time, it was a true honour to watch her work and receive artistic guidance from her at her fantastic studio in NSW.</div>
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Over the two day period I created two portraits in her style, working with very watery drippy paints on a far larger scale than I have ever painted. For my subjects I chose my own photographs of two sisters - thus further challenging myself to not only paint a good picture, but achieve a likeness as well. </div>
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It was a highly enjoyable experience, and I can't wait to paint in this scale using my own approach and subjects. Seeing her huge studio has made it imperative for me to find my own place in which I can throw some paint around.</div>
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For more photo's from the workshop, Cherry's studio and the paintings, visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.761794250537349.1073741866.457668320949945&type=1">FourFinger Photo</a></div>
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monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-1393831183065633202014-03-21T07:13:00.000+11:002014-03-21T07:13:16.691+11:00Time to be a Unicorn<br />
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My cute 3-colour illustration "Time to be a Unicorn" is available though the FTAC collective for auction.</div>
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With a super low starting bid of just $15, head over and nab this adorable Unicorn Girl before the auction ends in a few days time!</div>
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<i>ps... she's going to become quite famous soon, as she will be included in a fabulous new art zine... but more on that later... for now, the original is available to one lucky bidder!</i></div>
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<br />monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-91924168578009914942014-03-12T04:19:00.002+11:002014-03-12T04:19:48.110+11:00You're a Gem! Silk ScarfA while ago I began planning on releasing a line of beautiful silk scarves printed with my tender watercolour patterns. Due to our imminent mass cross-continental move looming ahead, the project has been halted for now. <div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/182290392/gemstones-silk-kerchief">You're a Gem! Silk Kerchief</a></div>
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Perfect for any fan of sparkles and gorgeous gems, for jewellery lovers, gemmologists.....</div>
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monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-29780840230073418592014-03-08T08:30:00.001+11:002014-03-08T08:30:30.612+11:00Buy 2 get 1 Free Print OfferHello dearies! As some of you know, my lovely partner and I are currently living in London, but we are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel and straining our ears for the songs of Australian birds filtering through....<br />
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In preparation for our eventual big move to Australia in a few months, I will have to sell AS MUCH of my current art as possible (read: ALL OF IT!) We need to raise all the funds we can, and this means the chance to not only help us out immensely, but to do so by buying a beautiful painting at a great price. </div>
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To start things off I am hosting a fab fab fab print offer on all canvas prints in my store: buy two, get a third print of your choice free! This lasts only so long as I have current stock available, as no new prints will be manufactured before our move.</div>
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Simply message me the print you wish to receive at checkout and all three will be posted to you together.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FemmeThouArtCollective">Femme Thou Art Collective</a> hosted a Q & A with me regarding my art, open to followers to pose any question they wished. I'm sharing the "mini interview" here, for anyone that missed it on FB.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) When did you first know that art was your thing?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) I was 6 years old, and at parent-teacher interview my teacher apparently told my mum I was "a good drawer". I guess the sheer pride and bursting joy I felt at being praised so by my favourite teacher was enough to secure a life-long devotion for drawing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) What is your greatest source of inspiration? </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #e06666;"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">A) Oooh, hard to pinpoint, but I would say Romance and "the forest"... Hopeless romantics, florals, roses, moss... these are my basics. For different series I will find specific inspirations.. anatomy, bones, ghosts, Day of the Dead... etc...</span><br data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$1:0" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;" /><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$2:0" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">I collect images that inspire me on my blog to view whenever I need a reminder, all can be viewed on: <a href="http://www.thelonglostwoods.tumblr.com/">www.thelonglostwoods.tumblr.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) Do you watch or listen to anything while you create? </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) I sit at a desk un-inspired and brittle unless I have my music playing... songs that take me to another place in my mind... the haunting sounds of Ane Brun, Lykke Li, Coco Rosie, Lana Del Rey, Florence and the Machine.... I have a long playlist!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) Why are you drawn to paint the female face and form? </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) Such a difficult question to answer.... because I find beauty in it. I struggle to answer why ONLY the female form, as I very rarely depict boys.... to me, there is something mystical and mysterious about women.. Something tender and brutal, something soft and strong, something confusing and intangible. I paint the girls I know, that I call my friends... I find worlds of inspirations in them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) What's your favorite color?</b></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) Unwaveringly... green. I am obsessed with the colour green, yet funnily enough don't use too much of it in my paintings.... as if it is too perfect a colour for me to depict... nature has done far too good a job. I use a lot of pinks and pastels in my work, shades of the petals of flowers. Pinks are my favourite colour to paint.</span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q)Why is green your favourite colour??</b></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) As a girl I played one particular video game that shaped my inspirations and obsessions... in the Legend of Zelda there is a small elven boy who is dressed in green - the colour of the fields and forests. I fell in love with the idea of a magical forest, filled with otherworldly beings and beautiful lost civilizations. It is an elusive "place" that I try to touch in many of my artworks... I always imagine the girls I paint are isolated inhabitants of this mythical forest - the long lost woods.... the namesake of my art blog!!</span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) Where would you like to see you and your art in five years? </b></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) I would love to be BACK in Australia, living in the Blue Mountains, illustrating Books (and have had a few published by then already!)</span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span>
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q)What are you future goals when it comes to your art? </b></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$4:0">A) I would love</span></span><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"> to get to the stage where I am either having Solo shows as part of a Gallery, or be part of an agency wit regular, paid illustration work.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span>
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<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) You use a fairly soft and subtle colour pallet, why does that appeal to you? </b></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) I paint in very subtle tones, almost ghost-like. I gave myself the challenge a few years ago to see if I could paint "all-white" paintings, and began working on a series of ghostly reflections. I like the idea of a vision half-glimpsed through fog.</span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Q) Do your travels inspire your artwork?</b></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_520438:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_520470:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".ez.1:3:1:$replies220101244855507_521696:0.1:2:$comment220101244855507_521709:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$4:0" style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="color: #e06666;">A) I have been travelling Europe for the past 3 years, but they do not directly appear in my paintings - the figures I paint are not part of this world. What my travels do inspire are pages and pages of notes and diaries, collecting the amazing things I see and experience as fodder for a children's fantasy novel I would like to write and illustrate.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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I have updated my Etsy shop with <b>all</b> the original paintings I currently have available - these are beautiful gallery-worthy pieces, some measuring A1 in size, some tiny little postcard-sized. Some are framed with elaborate Baroque frames, some are on loose professional watercolour paper with affordable shipping fee's.</div>
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Head to the shop for a browse.... grab a glass of wine and it's like a digital gallery opening ;-)</div>
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Hello dear one's! It's time for my annual attempt at being one of the selected artists for the YEN Young Female Australian Art awards. I've not made it before, but they say third time's a charm... right?! </div>
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What I need YOU to do is to please click this link and VOTE for People's Choice - it would be unbelievable if I got close! You don't need to sign up to anything, leave your email address, nothing, just hit the button!!</div>
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It's that time again! The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FemmeThouArtCollective">Femme Thou Art Collective</a> is hosting it's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.176217655910533.1073741869.105484202983879&type=1">monthly original art auction</a> again, where you have a week-long chance at bidding on some gorgeous artworks by a small group of talented female artists. Each month a given theme is reflected upon by the group in their own style - this month it was birthstone's, and the resulting artworks will be compiled into a 2014 calendar available to purchase later.</div>
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I was paired with June - Pearl. I was instantly inspired by recollections of swimming in the sea and snorkelling trips to the Great Barrier Reef and Turkey, as well as the beautiful natural South Sea pearls I used to admire at Victoria Buckley Jewellery.</div>
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The original watercolour is available to bid on till the 25th of November</div>
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Thanks for Looking!! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.176217655910533.1073741869.105484202983879&type=1">Happy bidding</a>....</div>
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Here is my piece, "The Secret" </div>
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Exhibited at Strychnin Gallery Berlin</div>
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For inquiries and to purchase please contact <a href="http://www.strychnin.com/">the gallery</a></div>
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"From Dust" is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/151839461/from-dust-a1-print-preorder?ref=shop_home_feat">still available</a> for those interested in ordering her as an A1 sized poster-print. </div>
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From now on all my images can be made available on this size as special canvas prints - a great new development for shows and exhibitions internationally, as they can be rolled up and posted in a tube, then unrolled on location.</div>
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For artists interested in ordering their own prints, my other-half is now able to produce large-scale prints in our printing studio, so inquiries and orders are welcome.</div>
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<br />monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-64811511961153339542013-06-18T05:35:00.001+10:002013-06-18T05:35:48.856+10:00Femme Thou Art CollectiveI've been asked to be one of the members of a highly feminine Art Collective called "Femme Thou Art".<br />
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Check out my profile on the <a href="http://www.femmethouartcollective.com/2013/05/monika-viktoria.html">Artists Page</a></div>
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There is a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FemmeThouArtCollective?fref=ts">facebook page</a> where the collective will be hosting monthly Art Auctions, as well as featuring the works of the members. Follow for a regular feed of beautiful artworks!</div>
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<br />monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-43399456903894557982013-04-29T01:34:00.002+10:002013-04-29T01:34:53.760+10:00Studio Clearance Print Sale<br />
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Happening over at my <a href="http://www.monikaviktoria.etsy.com/">etsy shop</a> right now!</div>
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monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-16502381698910971772013-04-19T04:26:00.000+10:002013-04-19T04:26:24.571+10:00Crazy Cat Lady at 26<br />
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A new illustration for a written rant my good friend Sasanki wrote about deciding to become a crazy cat lady at 26. Her piece is in the process of being published for a way awesome magazine - if all goes well my picture will be accompanying her writing. </div>
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Stay tuned for my screaming glee if we are published together. Fingers crossed!</div>
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A couple of the touched-up illustrations for the fashion and product sections of my new <a href="http://www.monikadiak.com/">illustration portfolio</a>...</div>
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With the new illustration-site up, I tried to collect the few decent scans I had from the extensive illustration project I worked on last year (60+ paintings illustrating the folktales of Hungary and Transylvania). Sadly, the photographs I took to document each new piece were terrible quality, and without the originals physically with me I had to cull almost all of the works as inferior quality to showcase on the website. </div>
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We did manage to save a few, and my adventure-man did his best with photoshop to get them looking clean and professional. Here is one example - and the link to the portfolio: <a href="http://www.monikadiak.com/book.htm">book illustration</a></div>
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<br />monika viktoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941925643080723293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381288573324945155.post-34234050985398580202013-04-15T01:07:00.002+10:002013-04-15T01:07:44.077+10:00Illustration Website Launch<br />
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I am very proud to be able to present the first version of my new illustration-portfolio!</div>
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It's very basic, but we made the entire site ourselves (A HUGE shout-out to my <a href="http://www.fourfingerphoto.co.uk/">adventure-man</a>, without his immense help this site would be nothing more than a pile of sketches scattered around my studio.) We hope that it is simple and straightforward to navigate, giving a brief overview of how amazing the site could be with heaps more commissions, collaborations and awesome illustration projects to showcase - so please, take a look, give us your tips and feedback - and PASS IT ON!!</div>
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without further ado (drumroll....) I present...<br />
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My adventure-man and I put together a short stop-motion clip of a small portrait I painted in watercolours for the "about" page on my new illustration portfolio. </div>
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It's the first time we've made something like this, and we'd love to get some feedback. We've had a couple of tips already, (like placing the camera on my left side) which we'll have to do a bit of studio re-arranging to accommodate, but all good ideas! (we won't be able to do a birds-eye-view one because as you'll see in the clip, I practically lie all over my drawing as I work, so a continuous stream of the back of my head might not be so interesting! hehe)</div>
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Later we made a "zoomed-in" version too, with different music (perhaps in some countries the old video cannot be played because of the track chosen to accompany it)<br />
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A mosaic I put together of some of the illustrations I created for Victoria Buckley Jewellery as displays for her poetic poesy rings and gorgeous precious jewellery - see her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/pocketfullofpoesy">Pocket full of Poesy</a> Etsy shop for more.</div>
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I'm working on an online web-portfolio specifically to present my illustrative work, both book illustration and commercial product and fashion illustration. I think the first preview (with a fair few "coming soon" pages) should be able to go live fairly soon!</div>
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A series of bright jewels and gems I painted for the incredible <a href="http://alimilesjewellery.com/">Ali Miles Fine Jewellery</a> - based in Sydney, Australia. Her new website has just launched, and it was my pleasure to be a part of it, creating this original watercolour painting of "Siren" wearing her gorgeous Silver and Gold Mermaid rings, crusted in tiny Sapphires and Diamonds. </div>
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I encourage you to visit her <a href="http://alimilesjewellery.com/">website</a> for a peek at some beautiful, hand-crafted treasures. Keep your eye out for the project section, featuring my series of paintings <a href="http://alimilesjewellery.com/develop/projects/project-2/">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The beautiful Gold and Silver Mermaid rings that were the inspiration for "Siren" </span></div>
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It was my utmost pleasure to work on this exciting and wonderful project with Ali miles Fine Jewellery. For queries about commissions and collaborations, please drop me an email:</div>
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