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This drawing was a sketch for the mural in Australia.
But due to some recommendations to not use natives aboriginal ID in pablic painting,
because of necessity of getting special permitions from aboriginal comunities,
mural came out a bit different compare to this sketch, with more symbolic image.
Photos of complite mural are coming soon
This latest batch is actually just warm up sketches done in a figure drawing class. Most of what was produces was not worth showing, but I've gone through and grabbed some that came out really well and honestly, for 5 or 10 minute sketches, I'm pretty proud of these.
Our Lady of Lanikai (rendered in colored pencils)
This unique representation of the Blessed Virgin was inspired by a profound personal experience that I had in 2004 involving a tiny pebble. Back then I had a health crisis during which I was undergoing severe abdominal pains for several weeks - my doctor had scheduled medical testing to determine the cause of my pains, and as I awaited the results, I have to admit that I was a bit anxious.
I went to a nearby beach - Lanikai Beach (see the Comments Section of this photo) - with a few friends to relax and pray, but despite my best efforts, I couldn't rid myself completely of my anxiety. I remember silently asking the Lord and the Blessed Mother to help me and that's when I happened to glance up at the sky above the ocean. I was surprised to see a perfectly round cloud with a letter "V" hollowed into the center of it. I quickly drew my friends' attention to the cloud and we watched it for almost a minute as the sky-blue "V" slowly expanded into a clear shape of a Heart, while the cloud itself retained it's circular form.
After a few more minutes the cloud eventually dissipated, leaving all of us deeply impressed. My friends and I discussed the unusual formations and we all concluded that the blue "V" stood for "Virgin Mary" and the Heart was obviously the symbol for Love; taken all together, the whole event was interpreted as a personal sign from the Blessed Mother that she would take care of me... but the matter didn't end there.
I continued to pray, and as I did so, I absent-mindedly picked up clumps of sand and threw them into the ocean. I noticed that a single sand pebble remained sticking to one of my fingers, and when I took a closer look at it, I was amazed by its appearance - the pebble bore an uncanny resemblance to a classic Madonna-and-Child figure, almost like a tiny 1/2 inch statue of the Holy Virgin carrying the infant Jesus (see the Comments Section)! As I pondered this additional grace my heart was further eased and I was filled with immense peace. Needless to say, my test results were favorable as they brought to light a minor intestinal condition that was easily treated with medication.
This drawing depicts the unusual cloud formations that I witnessed on that fateful day in 2004, and in the center, I drew a stylized representation of the Madonna-and-Child image that I believe to be present in the pebble that I found on the beach. Behind the Virgin is beautiful Lanikai Beach with it's blue waters and world-famous famous "twin islands".
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Channel 4, Office
HDA : Hugh Dutton, Façade & Atrium
Client : DPJEV
Architect : Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Date : 1991-1993
See more at : www.hda-paris.com/
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen, Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black
Medium : Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Pencils, Staedler Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils, Daler-Rowney Acrylic Titanium White
Paper : Tracing paper
Technical Drawing for the dress with description
Design: XeniaK (me)
Styling: XeniaK, Mira Kassar, Louise Korner
Model: Mira Kassar
Photos: Random from guests and participants
Location: Aura Mayfair club, London
Original mixed media drawing of the Great Buddha of Kamakura. A bronze statue of Amida Buddha that is located on the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple in Japan.
3.5"x 5.25" inches drawn on Fabriano Medioevalis watercolor paper. I used watercolor and acrylic paints as well as colored pencil, uni-ball ink pens and OTR paint markers.