.

seems that i'll have to spend most of my

next two weeks with some

serious, serious studying.

art history, that is... again.

alongside work at the studio.

as for blogging,

i got quite a lot of stuff lined up for posting,

so i dearly hope that i'll also be able to

keep up with the demands of blogging.

we'll just see, because posting takes a whole lot of time, too.

but would i disappear

for a while, you just don't get scared

because i'll be back very soon,

and you can always browse the

by now vast archives that sometimes

surprise even me. :P

xoxo

agnes

:)

pic by satoru kikuchi for hills life magazine,

via excellent male model.

heck

just talking to myself:

but what if i don't want this new type of picture gallery in blogger?

i wanna see things up close.

sheesh.

okay, i know i can still right-click and

open in new window to get the orginal size, but still...

okay, in the meantime i even realized that

i can also click on the link

in the lower left corner and that gets me

to the pic with it's individual url...

but still...

okay, i don't really know what would be better...

but still...

well, okay, i know i'll eventually
get (and gotta get) used to it.
but i'm getting old
and many a time i don't
like change.

so why didn't the warn me? :P

all paintings by kazimir malevich, googled.

i'm back!

friends, i'm baaack! :) :)

thanks for all your nice comments

and kind wishes on the previous post!

we've had a great and relaxing time!

here's some photos i took.

:)

.

just wanted to tell you,

that i'm off to croatia

in the next few days

for a little getaway.

hopefully i'll return safe and sound

because i got so many good stuff to share with you

after i'm back. see you soon.

hugs,

agnes

:)

(pic from modelsown)

a little tile show from sicily

casa talía is a b&b in modica, sicily,

created and run by milanese architects couple

viviana haddad and marco giunta,

and it's all about slow living.

i love all those tiles!

all pics scanned by me from

elle decor italia july-august 2011.

photos by andrea ferrari.

i also found some more pics

and an interview here on dezeen.

click pics for a closer look.

(side note: yes, i'm doing my daily drawing challenges.

i quite liked it yesterday, but the previous three days

they felt more of a drudgery.

i feel totally untalented, of course,

 but i'm going to get thru this, i know.

i also decided to break out

betty edwards'

drawing on the right side of the brain,

that is really a love-and-hate book for me.

it's smart. very smart.

but if you take a look at the cover, you instantly know that

it has nothing whatsoever to do with art.

you know, to be a great artist, you don't

necessarily have to be able to be a good draftsman...

take cézanne or van gogh.

on the other hand, it has everything to do with

seeing... that kind of seeing that is my goal

in this 30-day challenge, so i feel

that i might benefit from reading it and maybe

doing some of her excercises...

of course i never did those excercises before...

i'm lazy, you know...) 

.

off to visit my parents for a few days,

but i'll try to keep posting.

side note: i did today's challenge.

the ikea molger soap dish

(of which i suppose every hungarian

household owns at least one)

turned out to be a difficult subject.

the drawing took me forty minutes,

and i still couldn't get it right.

but it made me think.

(image from good nite irene)

omg

this is a millais.

i would never have guessed.

okay, maybe the red hair...

why did he paint all that cheesy crap

if he could paint like this?

okay, i'm too harsh on him.

i love his ophelia and blind girl and isabella and stuff...

but i find this to be so much better.

it might be just me.

to be honest, i don't really like the pillars,

but look at the embroidery!

and the blue-yellow contrast.

and the orange and red.

no kidding, my heart really skipped a beat

when i spotted this.

okay i'll stop.

i'm only posting this to let you in on a plan i got.

i plan to transform the way i see things.

i'd like to tranform it by drawing everyday.

just a little, not much.

of course it has to be after life, not doodling.

ten minutes at the least.

(suppose if you can transform your body

by working out ten minutes a day, than maybe

you can transform your seeing

by drawing ten minutes.)

starting (ummm) today (ummm).

okay, let's say i'll make this

a 30 day challenge.

(i posted this little ted speech some time ago

that i really loved, so now i'll give it a shot.)

i'm a bit scared of course, because i'm not

very good at keeping promises,

but now that you got my word,

maybe i'll be more able to stick to this.

whaddaya think?

i'll keep you posted.

you're welcome to play along,

if you want to.

hugs,

agnes

:)

(image found at patsyfox)