Author Archives: kiseg

Scared girl – black and white portrait drawing artwork

Scared, pencil drawing on paper, 27×37, 2010.
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Meet my new stuffed doll – Mashenka

Today I put to my Box With Pretty Things my new stuffed doll with lovely Russian name Mashenka. Originally I had an idea to make a doll for a cartoon movie “Mashenka and three bears”. Unfortunately for some reasons we can not transform this idea into the life, but Mashenka was created. She is young, [...]
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The boat from my dream

Every night I have a dreams, normally good and colorful dreams. One night I have a wonderful dream, where I was walking underwater and sea bottom was covered with corals and old boats ans ships. In the morning I decided to paint my dream, before I forget it. The Boat From the Dream, acrylic on [...]
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New Teddy Bear with funny name Ushlepysh

Today I will put in my Box With Pretty Things my new teddy bear with funny and unusual name Ushlepysh. The name does not have any meaning, it just sounds fun. So, here is my new friend: Feel free to download the pattern. There are special marks that can help to sew it in right [...]
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How to make Teddy Bear – free online sewing patterns. Free Tutorial.

Today I will show how to sew teddy bear. Using my free tutorials and patterns you can easy build you own custom teddy bear toys. For sewing teddy bear doll you will need to prepare fabric (it can be mohair or cotton or wool, whatever you prefer), scissors, treads and needles, pair of buttons for [...]
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Holiday baking recipe, Part 2: sugar-free cookies

Healthy recipe for easy cookies: For 250 g of baked cookies you will need: 1 cup all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon of soda 45 g of margarine or butter one teaspoon of salt 30 g of cheese (I put edam) – No eggs – No Sugar Mix flour and soda. Make soft the butter and [...]
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Holiday baking recipes, Part 1: sugar cookies

I decided to bake a holiday cookies and could not decide what of the cookies I would like to bake today: sugar cookies or sugar-free cookies. As a result, I made both of them. Easy to make cookies with sugar and raisin Simple sugar-free cookies with salt (great healthy snack for everyone,) All of this [...]
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Winter feeling, chinese ink on paper

Winter feeling, Chinese ink on paper, 27×37, 2010.
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On Ko Phangan island we have our favorite spot, small and cozy fisherman beach, where we spent sunsets from time to time. There is old fisherman boat on the beach, and it looks like nobody care about it. One day we saw a wonderful sunset and the boat transforms into magical colors. I made the [...]
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April Teddy Bear

Today was a last day of April month, pretty good month for me and Dima. I like April month, there is something special about it, but it always something special. Today I made Teddy Bear by my hand and gave him a name, meet April! Because I`m still learning how to do a teddy bears, [...]
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Romantic lamp

I always loved to do something by my own hands. Since I was a girl I loved sewing, doing applique and creating somethings with all stuff I found around. I`m older now, but still can not stop creating new hand made things. Here is I creating the Box with Pretty Things. The first pretty thing [...]
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Stitched illustrations and the art of stitching

Paula Sanz Caballero works as an illustrator, but without using pencils, brushes and computer. She stitching her illustrations. Paula shows special interest in the human figure, a key component in much of her work. She is highly concerned with anatomy, which she has studied in depth, movement of the body and its way of expressing [...]
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Water Fairy and Crazy Rabbit – illustrator Kim Yong Hee

I failed in love for Mong-yi and crazy rabbit at a first sign the characters was created by Korean artist and illustrator Kim, Yong Hee. Her art is so naive and illustration is so beautiful, that I could not stay away and not to post about her. It feels, that this wonderful creatures came from [...]
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How to surprise yourself – make an asparagus for a dinner.

I never liked asparagus, maybe because the Russian name sounds not so pretty. I tried it only once in one Laos restaurant and like the taste. Yesterday doing shopping I saw this vegetable and can not walk away. I had no idea how to cook it, and prepare it by my own. I was surprised [...]
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wanna walk…

Attractive woman staring at me. I can`t see her eyes clear, what she is trying to say?. Maybe she asking me would I walk her somewhere, or not… Wanna walk, Illustration watercolor pencil on paper, 27×37 sm, 2010.
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The boat, Ko Phangan sunset

Yesterday was beautiful sunset on Ko Phangan.
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Delicious oatmeal cookies

I was thinking about to make a cookies for a few days, but every time something disturb me from baking. Yesterday I baked them for a first time (I never baked the cookies before) and I still admire how easy it was and how testy the cookies are! The most important thing for me was [...]
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A man in shadow

A man in shadow, charcoal on paper, 27×37, 2010.
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Sweet corn vendor

Sweet corn vendor, acrylic on paper, 20×25, 2010
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On the Road in Tibet

On the Road in Tibet, acrylic color on paper, 20×25, 2010
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In Trust

In Trust, acrylic color on canvas, 50×60, 2010
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Fall and falling

Fall and falling, acrylic color on canvas, 20×20, 2010
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Curly face

Curly face, acrylic on canvas, 40×30, 2010
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Abstract composition N6

Abstract composition N6, acrylic color on canvas, 30×40, 2010
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Orchids

Orchids, acrylic color on paper, 20×25, 2008
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Abstract composition N3

Abstract composition N3, mixed media (acrylic color, rice paper, applique) 20×25, 2008
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On Tibet

Tibetan lady, watercolor pencils on paper, 20×25, 2010.
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Abstract flowers

Flowers in vase. Oil pastel on paper, 27×37, 2010
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