Painting with make up ( Red Swan) / Slikanje sa šminkom (Crveni labud)


What do we have here today? Another painting and this one is mixed media, more precisely make up and coloured pencils on paper. The painting depicts a ballerina (in case you couldn’t tell) and I named it red swan. Is there such a thing as a red swan? Well, we all know of white and black swans, both in animal kingdom and ballet world, where Swan lake has a legendary status. A red swan is yet to be created, both in biological and dance world. Similarly, the red swan never appeared in the famous ballet Swan Lake, but it did show up in my imagination. Who knows? Perhaps someday, there will be a new ballet with this character, a reinterpretation of some sort. In that case the red swan could have a change to dance. Speaking of red swans, in Native American lore there is a lovely story featuring a red swan. Look it up and you'll find it suprisingly similar to the famous ballet. Perhaps not so surprisingly if you know that the balet was inspired by a Russial folk tale. Remember what I told you about mythology? If you study it for long enough, you will find many similarities. You can read this Native American fairy tale here

Što je danas na rasporedu? Još jedna slika i za ovu sam se koristila s više medija, šminkom i bojicama da budem posve precizna. Ovdje sam naslikala balerinu ( u slučaju da niste primijetili), a nazvala sam je crveni labud. Postoji li crveni labud?  Svi znamo za bijele i crne labude, u životinjskom carstvu i svijetu baleta, gdje labuđe jezero ima legendarni status. Crveni labud još nije izmišljen, ni u biološkom ni plesnom svijetu. Tako da se crveni labud nije nikada pojavio u poznatom baletu Labuđe jezero, ali eto ga u mojoj mašti. Tko zna? Možda jednoga dana dođe do potrebe za ovim likom i neke nove interpretacije. U tom slučaju će crveni labud imati priliku zaplesati. Kad smo već kod teme crvenih labuda, u usmenoj tradiciji Američkih indijanaca naći ćete divnu priču u kojoj se pojavljuje crveni labud. Potražite ju i iznenaditi će vas koliko je slična poznatom baletu. No, zapravo nas to ne treba čuditi pogotovo ako znamo da je balet utemeljen na ruskim narodnim pričama. Možete pročitati ovu bajku iz usmene tradicije američkih indijanaca ovdje ( na engleskom).






I greately respect professional dancers. Dancers are often not given the credit they deserve for being artists. For many of them are  great artists. Dance as an art form is very demanding. Nevertheless, today I won't talk about dance as art but rather about dance as a part of life. You know what I come to believe? If everyone would take five minutes every day to dance, this world be a happier place. Not a profoundly better place for such a change it would take a lot more work, but I’m sure there would be more merriment. There is something liberating about free style dancing, about taking a few minutes to just jump around and move to our favourite rhythm. It is so liberating that I’m not surprised that dance is sometimes used as a form of therapy. While I’m no expert in this field, I would recommend everyone to use their daily break to dance a bit. Dance can be as therapeutic as a sincere smile. For many of us, it is such a simple and easy way to unwind. It is very rewarding yet it takes so little effort and time. Why do we often forget about those simple joys of life?

Jako poštujem profesionalne plesače. Plesače se često ne cijeni dovoljno kao umjetnike, a puno njih su doista veliki umjetnici. Ples kao vid umjetnosti je strašno zahtjevan. Ipak danas neću govoriti o plesnoj umjetnosti već o plesu kao dijelu života. Znate što sam počela vjerovati? Kada bi svatko uzeo pet minuta dnevno za ples, ovaj svijet bi bio sretnije mjesto. Ne istinski bolje mjesto jer za takvu promjenu treba puno rada, ali bio bi svakako veselije mjesto. Nešto ima oslobađajuće u slobodnom plesnom stilu, u tome da uzmemo nekoliko minuta i samo skačemo uokolo ili se mičemo u našem omiljenom ritmu. To je tako oslobađajuće da me ne ćudi što se ples koristi kao oblik terapije. Nisam neki stručnjak na tom polju, ali bi svakome preporučila iskoristiti dnevnu pauzu za ples. Ples može biti jednako dobar za nas kao i iskren osmijeh. Za većinu nas, to je tako jednostavan i lagan način za opuštanje. Zahtjeva tako malo vremena i truda, a ima puno prednosti. Zašto tako često zaboravimo mala zadovoljstva u životu?





Look at children. They turn everything into a game. They don’t dance to lose weight, they don’t dance to compete or to impress others, they dance for dance’s sake. For merriment, for joy of the movements, for a celebration of life. They dance just for fun of it. Children seize every opportunity for play. They are wise. Our heart needs merriment to balance the life’s tragedies. We can learn a great deal just by observing children and their natural instict to live in the present moment. It is true that children aren't troubled by the past, but who says we must be? We have the choice to let go. To let go of our fears and neurosis. To feel natural is to feel free. Life isn’t terribly just and perhaps we can’t make it so, but we can shape ourselves. We can bring more joy into our life by being grateful for those blessings we have and by taking the opportunity to create more blessings in other people’s life. Because if don’t love others, if you don’t treat them as human beings, if you don’t think of them, you have no right expect the same. A lot of people complain about being lonely, but they forget that it always takes two to tango. We can't expect the world to be revolve around us.

Pogledajte djecu. Ona sve pretvore u igru. Ne plešu da bi smršavili, ne plešu da bi se natjecali sa drugima ili ih pokušali impresionirati, ona plešu zbog plesa samoga. Za veselje, za radost pokreta i za proslavu života. Ona su mudra. Naša srca trebaju veselje koje će izbalansirati tragedije života. Možemo puno naučiti samo promatrajući djecu i njihov prirodni instinkt za život sada, u ovom trenutku. Istina je da djecu ne muči prošlost, ali tko kaže da nas mora mučiti? Imamo izbor puštanja. Otpuštanja naših strahova i neuroza.  Osjećati se prirodno znači osjećati se slobodno. Život baš i nije pošten i možda ga ne možemo učiti takvih, ali možemo oblikovati sebe. Možemo donijeti više blagoslova u svoj život time što ćemo biti zahvalni za one blagoslove koje imamo i time što ćemo stvarati blagoslov u životima drugih ljudi. Jer ako ne volimo druge, ako ih ne tretiramo kao ljudska bića, ako ne mislimo o njima, onda i ne možemo očekivati isto od njih. Puno se ljudi žali da su usamljeni, ali zaboravljaju da je za tango potrebno dvoje. Ne smijemo očekivati da se svijet vrti oko nas.






There is nothing wrong in working hard, but it is equally important to learn how to celebrate life. How to treat food with respect, how to eat our meals in gratitude. How to pray, not necessarily in the religious sense but in a sense that we accept there is something greater than us and searching for it, both in our inside and outside world. How to dance, as freely and innocently as a child. How to live without forgetting what is dearest to us, how not to life deceive us into thinking we need to give up on all those things that are so hard to explain, too precious and rare to be properly expressed with words. If we have forgot how to do these things, we need to learn them. Eat. Pray. Dance. Live. Love.

Nema ništa loše u napornom radu, ali je jednako važno znati kako slaviti život. Kako se odnositi prema hrani s poštovanjem, kako jesti s osjećajem zahvalnosti. Kako se moliti, ne nužno u religioznom smislu riječi nego u smislu prihvaćanja postojanja nečega većega od nas samih i traganja za tim, u izvanjskom i unutarnjem svijetu. Kako plesati, nevino i slobodno kao dijete. Kako živjeti bez zaboravljanja onoga što nam je najbitnije, kako ne dopustiti životu da nas prevari i uvjeri da se moramo odreći svega ono što je nekad tako teško opisati, ono što je previše dragocjeno i rijetko da se izrazi riječima. Ako smo zaboravili ove stvari, moramo ih ponovo naučiti. Jesti. Moliti se. Plesati. Živjeti. Voljeti.



Comments

  1. Beautiful, Ivana. I love ballet. I have yet to see Swan lake but you captured the mood pretty good. Hope you're having a great weekend, my dear.
    hugs
    Lenya
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    1. I haven't seen it life either, only saw various performances on youtube:)

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  2. Спасибо за пост в блоге! Он классный ))

    http://evgenijamir.blogspot.com/

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  3. Wow...it look super amazing...thx for sharing honey...:-)

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  4. Wow, i can feel the dynamic of the Ballet! Amazing Work!

    kisses

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  5. Love your work!
    Dora www.BangsBang.com

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  6. Dancing is definitely a form of art. I admire dancers too and love watching classical ballet performances. But, you're right, we should also dance more just for the fun of it. Gorgeous picture! Once again, love that it's done with makeup.
    Christina ♥ https://caliope-couture.com

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  7. Ovo je predivno, jako mi se dopadaju tvoji radovi sa šminkom <3

    Vildana from Living Like V & Stalia Is BAE

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  8. Ovo mi je jedan od tvojih najdražih crteža u zadnje vrijeme, sviđa mi se kako je uhvaćen pokret u haljini, divna je ta lepršavost! Nadam se da ti je lijep vikend :)

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  9. Love that you utilised makeup for this illustration <3 it's pretty Ivana :)

    Serene | I Am Serene L

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  10. Love that you utilised makeup for this illustration <3 it's pretty Ivana :)

    Serene | I Am Serene L

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  11. Amazing post! Have a lovely new week. :)

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  12. Great publication !!
    I loved the text, you are conveying a very nice message.
    I liked the ballerina painting .
    With reading your blog I have learned a little more.
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  13. This is great idea! I only tried it with eyliner and mascara when I decided to draw a portrait , but I didn't quit worked out ;P

    xx

    d'star

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  14. It's so cool that you painted with makeup, love it! X Minale
    http://minaleme.blogspot.be/

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  15. Sei davvero molto creativa cara! Non mi sarebbe mai passato per la testa di disegnare con il makeup! ^-^
    Un bacione :*
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  16. Dance does seem to be a particularly demanding art and I would agree that most dancers do not get enough credit especially for all the discipline and hard work they have to put in ahead of each performance. Another wonderful illustration!

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  17. The effect you get with the makeup is truly magical. Now what about Lynn Swan? When do we get to see him? :)P

    All Things Bright and Lovely

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  18. Prosto savršen post! Prekrasna balerina nazvana Crveni Labud očarava. Tekst je toliko inspirativan i pozitivan, bas sam uživala čitajući ga. Ja često zaplesem, zapevam i nekako se bas osetim rasterećeno od briga i nekako sam poletnija. Zaista treba uživati u malim stvarima :-)

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  19. Amazing job ! This illustration is very pretty :)

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  20. Bajku sam otvorila i ostavljam je za kasnije uz popodnevnu kaficu ;) Hvala ti na preporuci, znaš da volim takve stvari.
    Slika je toliko divna i puna života, da nemam reči. Savršeno si dočarala pokret i pozu. Deluje da će svakog časa zaigrati.
    Potpuno se slažem sa svime navedenim. Verujem da bi svet zaista bio bolje mesto kad bi svi dali sebi takvu vrstu oduška. Možda ne bi promenilo planetu, ali kao što se kaže, svaka promena mora da počne od nas samih. Ja sam dok sam bila dete išla na ples godinama i jako mi je žao što sam prestala. Mislim da nema lepše fizičke aktivnosti, nešto što spaja umetnost i sport i igru na jedan divan način. Ne moramo svi biti profesionalci, ali svako može makar u svoja 4 ćoška da pusti muziku koju voli i da joj se prepusti na taj iskonski način i da probudi to dete u sebi koje svi i dalje imamo u sebi. Svi mi imamo svoje probleme, nešto što nas muči iz prošlosti, brige o budućnosti i svašta nešto što deluje zastrašujuće, ali isto tako imamo toliko toga na čemu treba da budemo zahvalni, a što uzimamo zdravo za gotovo. Pa sama činjenica da smo se probudili i danas je već blagoslov sam po sebi, pravo čudo kad se bolje zamislimo.
    Ovo su tako divne teme, meni si zaista ulepšala dan svojom pozitivnošću i energijom koji ceo ovaj post prenosi :) <3

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  21. This is amazing as usual! Loved everything: your mixed tools, trying to use something completely innovative (the make up), the red color which is always associated with power and fierce and the storytelling behind the drawing: didn't know about the red swan but now I know something more ;) So happy to find this kind of curiousities in your site, Ivana :D

    Pablo
    Fungi Express blog

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  22. I love this, off to read the fairy tale ;-)

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  23. Beautiful ballerina, Ivana! I think I missed this post while commenting on your lastest. Love this, dear! xoxo

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  24. Divan post, Ivanice! Moja dječica su definitivno mOj najveći blagoslov i dar od Boga. Kada njih vidim, ne mogu ne vJerovati da On postoji. Oni su mi neizmjerna inspiracija i to baš u pogledu u kojemu si pisala. Ta čistoća srca, naivnost, znatiželja, pogled na svijet. Moj stariji ide u vrtić sa dvoje malenih mulata. Često se i igra s Haruom i nikada me nije pitao ili rekao da je taj dječak na bilo koji način drugačiji od njega. Ne vidi drugačiju boju kože ili teksturu kose ili neobično ime... ništa od toga! Blagoslov je zadržati do dijete u sebi i to u smislu čistog uma i srca. Treba odrasti i prihvatiti odgovornosti, ali treba i zadržati srce djeteta. Naravno, zahvalnost treba biti uvijek prisutna. Što god imali, trebamo znati da možemo ostati bez toga. <3

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    1. djeca su stvarno veliko bogatstvo i od njih možemo puno naučiti. Odrastati ne mora značiti odricanje od ideala, može se biti i ozbiljan i zaigran, a zapravo se i treba znati prilagoditi situaciji, a ne kako nas uči moderno društvo, očekivati da se svijet vrti oko nas i tražiti od drugih da se uvijek prilagode nama.

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  25. I love your painting "Red Swan" very much!! It is so graceful! Great work, Ivana!

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  26. i have so much respect for all of these ballet dancers around the world. i LOVE ballet a lot and i thank you for this very cool post! of course i know the movie black swan, but i dont like it. i like ballet movies like center stage, but dokus about a ballet class i like much more.

    i like your red ballerina and all the details you painted - like her red pointe shoes - so cute!

    Jennifer

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