Summer Gift Party

Hello! forget the silent period, it's 'cause I moved to a new apartment 4 week ago, slownly me and my child are calling it home. You know, the move is always a sort of emotional thing. You're trilled, you're happy for the new breathing clean airy house and also sad and worried about all the things you need to throw away from the old one.

In the meaning time I signed up for a nice gift swap party held by two lovely creative mind: Lisa of Piccole cose handmade and Antonella of Blogacavolo.it.

Participant had to create something on Picnic Theme. I was delighted to partecipate and to also meet so many talented handmaders!

Here is the illustration I created for the swap, and I am going to sent it out tomorrow my partner: (sorry! I am a bit late, the due was on friday 10, but it was also the last school day and my child got the end of school party so, i couldn't find the time to go to the post office that morning, so I will put a little extra gift in the package to be forgiven).

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look at all the creations using the ashtag #summergiftparty on Istangram.

 

Frida Kahlo

In the past I've read a lot about Frida Kahlo: articles, books, and I admired her self-portraits. I have admired its strong personality, despite the misfortunes, she has been able to live with courage and boldness. There are two international journals which I subscribed for a few years. One is Uppercase and the other is Flow. Well, the last issue of Flow, in addition to the beautiful illustrated cover, inside there is a very nice article about Frida.

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Inspired by the article, I took a pencil and began to draw a portrait of the beautiful Kahlo. The day after I reworked and adjusted the portrait and I adapted for art print ready for framing.

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For the print I used a French sketchbook paper of excellent quality, with an optimum weight and are satisfied with what I got. Prints are available for purchase in my  A Little Market shop.