Angel

A present for my friend's birthday. Agnieszka has a nickname "Angel" and she also is a part of knighthood. She has short hair but she always wanted to have long wavy strands so I gave them to her. It was a surprise.

The Mermaid

This painting was a part of the Polish Digital Art exhibition held in May 2014 in Warsaw. It was accompanied by the first in the world auction of digital paintings (this painting included)

Cersei Lannister

I am a huge Game of Thrones fan. Cersei Lannister is a character everyone hates more or less and for a good reason. Yet the show wouldn't be the same without her. I think Lena Headley who plays the role of Cersei has the most unique face structure and I always wanted to paint her.

Cersei Lannister, 2015

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey, 2015

Geoffrey Rush

A winning caricature of Geoffrey Rush done for a competition on Sketchivist.com. I recorded the process and it's available for watching.

Geoffrey Rush, 2016

Nick Offerman

Any "Parks and Recreation" fans? I am a huge one. Love the sense of humor and weird mocumentary style. Nick plays Ron Swanson, a character you can't not love (does it even make sense? - hope so!)

Nick Offerman, 2015

Johnny Lee Miller

I don't think Johnny Lee Miller beats Benedict Cumberbatch at being Sherlock but I love "Elementary".

Johnny Lee Miller, 2014

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Caricature, 2015

London self portrait

Another one of my self portraits. The aim was really to paint this scene with a girl but it turns out it's much easier to just pose myself than ask others to do it for me so in the end it became a self portrait. I also like painting myself in a way. There is nothing narcissistic about it - I hope - it has more to do with the fact that I can dress up and try new things on without having to actually do it. Think of all the dresses I could wear if I only wanted to!

Revenge of the Snow White

This is an illustration that I like very much for many reasons. I tried to keep it very painterly and loose but crisp at he same time. I was going for a direct light that would focus on Snow White. My inspiration for the illustration was partially Andrzej Sapkowski books and partially it was just my weird desire to twist things around.

Zino Restaurant Owners commission

This is one my favourite private commissions so far -done for wives of the Zino Restaurant owners. I love how cheerful Giuseppe, Nick and Kevin look, love the Colorado view and the fact that I could add so many interesting props to the painting. If it looks sunny and happy it's because I really enjoyed painting it.
This is also one of very rare paintings when I painted two versions, though my favourite one is the one with all three of the owners.

Zino Restaurant owners, digital, 2015

Zino Restaurant owners version 2 , digital, 2015

Long time no see

Yup, It's been a while. I haven't been posting anything on my blog focused all on my website www.katarzynaoleska.com but I am planning to make up for it. I am going to try to post all that I have worth posting grouped into some logic topics, and after that I will make sure things get uploaded as they go. I'll start with my traditional pencil drawings from a while ago. Many of them were drawn on the basis of existing photos so they really show my style rather than creativity as such but they are a vital part of my style development and I still like them a lot. Hope you will too.

Bronisław Wrocławski - pencil on paper 70x50cm commission on the basis of Cezary Pecold's photo, 2004

Nikifor, pencil on paper, 30x30cm

"Kiss" - pencil on paper A3, 2004

Man in India - pencil on paper, on the basis of Sergey Grey's photo, A3, 2015

Anakin Skywalker - pencil on paper A3

Captain Barbossa - pencil on paper, A3, on the basis of movie poster

Mietek - color pencil on paper, A3, 2004

Roman Polański, pencil on paper, A3, 2004

Sketch of a dragon

A sketch of a dragon. Done for fun (and it rhymes) ;)

Pirate selfportrait

I guess It's time I posted my selfportrait. As you can see I am a pirate. It took me a lot of time and patience to finish it. Right now I am working on a new picture - but this time I am not going to be alone :)

Sketch 3

Oh well - I have no idea where he's taking her and why ;) I guess I needed to practice two people in a bizzare situation :)

Sketches!

Ok. I have decided to use this blog to promote myself. And since I do a lot of sketching - it's a habit of mine - and I do nothing with the results of it, I decided to scan the sketches and show them in this blog :)

First Entry - hurray.

GAME OVER