EV100 | Independent Estonia 100

Imekaunist sajandat sünnipäeva, Eesti! 🇪🇪 (Olgu, tegelikult on see homme, aga ikkagi.)

See teos sümboliseerib minu jaoks Eestit. Silm on meie kultuur. Sõnad silmalaul sümboliseerivad meie keelt. Lilled on fragmendid Muhu ja Lihula tikandist. Tammepuu on üks kõige tähtsamaid puid eesti kultuuris ja sümboliseerib mulle tugevust. Sisselogimise aknad ja Skype’i logo sümboliseerivad digitaalset maailma ja e-Eestit. Allpool on Tallinna siluett. Käed ja pliiatsid oli inimesed, sest inimestel on jõud luua (“joonistada”) oma kultuur.

Happy 100th birthday, Estonia! 🇪🇪

Tomorrow is Estonia’s 100th Independence Day. I’m just quickly going to say why this is so important to me and then explain this piece.

Estonian land had been owned by many countries from the 13th century, but Estonians first gained independence in 1918 after the Independence War. After WW2, our independence was lost again. However, in the end of 1980s, Estonians organised the bloodless Singing Revolution, which became a movement for independence. In 1991, Estonia became independent.

One of the reasons why Estonia is so important for me is that we have a very distinguished culture that’s really different from others. Estonia has the second biggest collection of national songs&costumes&stories&myths&music&crafts in the world and I can honestly say that so many of my handmade items are inspired by our national crafts and costumes.

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This piece here symbolizes Estonia for me. The eye is our culture. The words on the eyelid symbolize our language. The flowers are actully fragments from differenenf national embroidery techniques (Lihula and Muhu techniques). The oak tree is one of the most important trees in Estonian culture and myths and it symbolizes strength. The login tabs and Skype logo symbolize the digital world and e-Estonia. The silhouette of Talllinn can be seen below. And the pencils and hands are the people, becaus people have the power to create (“draw”) their own culture.

Aitäh lugemast!/Thanks for reading!

A Bookish Q&A/Küsimused raamatute kohta

Terekest!

See postitus siin on valminud koostööna blogiga The Smoke and Ashes – vaata järele ka nende sait: http://www.thesmokeandashes.blogspot.com Küsisime üksteiselt raamatutega seotud küsimusi. Siin on minu vastused. 🙂

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Hey!

This post here is a collab with the blog The Smoke and Ashes – check out their site http://www.thesmokeandashes.blogspot.com We asked each other bookish questions. Here are my answers. 🙂

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1. What’s your favourite genre?/Mis on sinu lemmikžanr?

Fantasy, YA/teen literature and history books. Those genres are my favorites. Many of the teen&teen fantasy books out there are quite bad, but there are also many remarkable examples. I also enjoy reading classics.

I have to admit that very rarely, but still sometimes I read some cute, fluffy and humorous books. Think “The Princess Diaries” or “Girl Online”. I used to love “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” when I was about 10, which was aimed towards preteen boys. I happened to like it too.

Fantaasia, noortekirjandus ja ajalooraamatud. Need žanrid on mu lemmikud. Paljud noortekad/noorte fantaasiaraamarud on üsna halvad, ent on ka rohkelt märkimisväärseid erandeid. Ka paljud klassikud on minu jaoks huvitavad lugeda.

Pean tunnistama, et vahel, kuigi väga harva, loen ka armsaid, humoorikaid ja ettearvataid raamatuid, ent mitte tihti. Näiteks “Printsessi päevikuid” või “Tüdruk Online”. Umbes 10- aastasena armastasin lugeda “Ühe äpardi päevikut”, mis oli küll suunatud sellises vanuses poistele, ent ka mulle sattus see meeldima.

2. How many books do you think you’ve read in your lifetime?/Kui palju raamatuid oled enda arvates elu jooksul lugenud?

Well, I’ve read 255 full books according to Goodreads, but that doesn’t include all the childrens’ books I’ve read and don’t remember. So the number is probably around 400.

Goodreadsi andmeil olen lugenud 255 raamatut, ent see ei sisalda kõiki neid lasteraamatuid, mida olen lugenud ja mille siis ära unustanud. Seega on number ilmselt 400 kandis.

Veel üks ühest lapsepõlvejoonistusest inspiratsiooni saanud pilt/Another redraw of a childhood drawing of mine.

3. What’s your favourite book of all time?/Mis on sinu kõigi aegade lemmikraamat?

Um, lots of them! “The Hobbit”, “Kevade” (one of the most famous Estonian books, read it if you can), “Lord of the Rings”, “Tumenejad”, the Harry Potter saga (I don’t read it that often any more and I’m not an active fan, but it was my ultimate favorite book for years), “The Paul-Street Boys”. Really liked “Holes” and “The Happy Prince” as well. And many other books too, of course.

Paljud! Näiteks “Kääbik”, “Sõrmuste isand”, “Kevade”, “Tumenejad”, Harry Potteri saaga (ma ei loe seda enam nii tihti ja pole aktiivne fänn, ent see oli aastaid mu ülim lemmikraamat), “Pal-tänava poisid”. Mulle meeldisid samuti väga ka “Augud” ja “Õnnelik prints”. Ja muidugi ka paljud teised raamatuid.

4. What are some books you’vebeen wanting to read for a long time?/Milliseid raamatuid oled juba ammu lugeda tahtnud?

Klassikud – “Jane Eyre”, “Tõde ja õigus” etc. Ma pole paljusid klassikuid veel lugenud ja tahaksin väga.

Classics – “Jane Eyre”, “Tõde ja õigus” etc. Haven’t read that many classics yet and I really want to.

5. How many books are you wanting to read this year?

About 30. Last year I did 45, so maybe I’ll read more than my intended number. We’ll see. 🙂

Umbes 30. Eelmisel aastal lugesin 45, seega võib-olla loen 30-st rohkem. Eks näeme. 🙂

Aitäh lugemast. 🙂 Jäta kommentaarides teada, mis on Sinu lemmikraamatud!

Thanks for reading. 🙂 Comment your favorite books!

How to Stay Creative and Find Ideas/Kuidas jääda loovaks ja leida ideid | CraftingtheTruth #3

Terekest! Täna mõtlesin kirjutada loovusest. Ma pole ammu midagi eriti pikka kirjutanud (ok, tegelikult eelmine postitus oli ka suhteliselt pikk, ent siiski), seega otsustasin vea parandada.

Tõepoolest, loovus ei saa otsa saada. Mida enam sa seda kasutad, seda enam sul seda on.

Ka ideedega on nii. Kui sul on idee ja jagad seda sõbraga, jääb idee nii sulle kui sõbrale. Sellegipoolest on vahel tunne, et pole ühtegi ideed. Seega kirjutasingi mõned viisid, mida teha siis, kui mõtted on otsas.

1. Joonista oma laual olevaid esemeid. Haha, ma kõlan nagu klassikaline kunstiraamat, mis õpetab natüürmorti joonistama. Ent selles on tõetera – me ei pane tähele tohutus koguses asju, mis on tegelikult toredad ja joonistamisväärsed.

2. Tee muster. Ma nägin juba suhteliselt ammu ühte Skillshare’i videot, milles õpetati joonistama mustrit, mis ilma jätkukohtadeta jätkuks. Paneksin lingi, aga ma ei salvestanud endale videot. Ilmselt on see Skillshare’i klass endiselt olemas, nii et võid uurida.

3. Inspireeru taeva värvidest päikeseloojangu- või tõusu ajal või ka keset päeva. Sel teemal on mul tehtud üks joonistus ja alustam varsti teist.

4. Kuula muusikapala (instrumentaalset) ning kasuta seda inspiratsioonina.

5. Loo mõni uus taimeliik ja tee selle botaanilised joonised.

6. Tee läbi mõni vahva väljakutse, näiteks joonista kolme juhuslikult valitud markeriga, kasuta laste kunstitarbeid või alusta joonistamist suvalisest kinnisilmi tehtud sigrimigrist.

7. Ürita viie minutiga joonistada mingist inimesest foto järgi portree, siis kolme ja siis ühe minutiga. Proovi sama mitmete inimestega. See aitab pliiatsitõmbeid/markerijooni oluliselt voolavamaks ja vabamaks teha.

8. Joonista oma tänane riietus.

9. Tee mõnda Internetist leitud igapäevast joonistamise väljakutset. Neid leidub tohutult ja võib-olla leiad ka mõne, mis Sulle sobib.

10. Disaini mõni riideese (boonuspunktid, kui teed selle ka ise valmis!).

Kõik need tegevused aitavad loovust hoida. Aga loovuse hoidmine ei tähenda seda, et tuleks pidavalt mingi tegevusega tegeleda. Loovust hoiavad ka väga väikesed tegevused nagu näiteks muusika kuulamine ja raamatute lugemine.

Loodan, et leidsid mõne idee! Kuidas Sina endale mõtteid kogud? Anna sellest kommentaarides teada! 🦋

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Hey! Today, I’m going to write about creativity. I have’t written anything long in quite a while (well, actually my last post was quite long too, but still), so I decided to do it.

Creativity doesn’t end. The more you use it, the more you have. It’s the same with ideas. If you have an idea and share it with your friends, the idea will be there for both of you. Despite that, people still sometimes feel uninspired. That’s why I wrote up some things to do when you’re out of ideas.

1. Draw the items on your desk. Haha, I sound like an usual art book that teaches you to draw a still life image. But it’s worth learning and doing – we don’t notice lots of everyday items that are nice and worth drawing.

2. Make a pattern. I saw a Skillshare video quite a long time ago that taught you how to draw seamless patterns. I’d add a link, but I didn’t save the video. I’m sure it’ll com up when you Google a bit. The Skillshare class is also probably still available, so you can check it out too if you want to.

3. Be inspired by the colors on sunset/sunrise or even the regular daily sky. I’ve actually done a drawing on this subject and I’ll do another one. Maybe I’ll post it on my blog too.

4. Listen to an instrumental music piece and use it as inspiration.

5. Create a new plant species and draw some botanical sketches of it.

6. Do a fun challenge. For example, the three marker challenge, use children’s art supplies or start your drawing from a random scribble you did while blindfolded.

7. Try to draw a portrait from a photo in five minutes, then in three and then in one. Try this with multiple people. It helps to loosen and free your strokes.

8. Draw your today’s outfit.

9. Do a daily drawing challenge you found on the Internet. There are so many of them and maybe some will suit you.

10. Design a clothing item (bonus points if you actually make it too!).

All of these activities help to keep up your creativity levels. But that doesn’t mean that you can only be creative when you do something like art or crafting. You can also stay creative by, for example, listening to music or reading books.

I hope you found some ideas! How do you find inspiration? Let me know in the comments! 🦋

Oma kunsti harjutamise teel arendamine/Improving Your Art by Practising

Lugesin hiljuti ühte huvitavat lühijuttu, mille sisu oli lühidalt kokku võttes selline.

Võeti kord kaks amatöörist saviseppa (keraamikut) ning anti mõlemale ülesanne. Esimene neist sai kolme kuu jooksul ülesande luua kõige paremini teostatud savipott, mida kohtunikud näinud on. Teine pidi kolme kuu jooksul meisterdama nii palju savipotte, kui ta jõudis ning viimasena valminu samuti kohtunikele tooma.

Kolm kuud möödusid ja savisepad läksid kohtunike juurde. Esimene kandis ühte potti, teisel oli kaasas terve kärutäis, millest ta siis kõige viimasena valminu kohtunikele vaatamiseks tõi. Kõik eeldasid, et esimese savisepa pott on oluliselt parem, kuid ei – teise savisepa pott oli veel korralikum ning kvaliteetsem. Selle ajaga, kui esimene savisepp oli lihvinud oma potti viimase nüansini, oli tema teinud kümnete kaupa savipotte. Esimesed neist olid kehva kvaliteediga ja lopergused, ent aja jooksul need aina paranesid ja paranesid. Lõpuks saavutas ta läbi rohke harjutamise soovitud kvaliteedi.

Recently, I read an interesting short story. I’m going to briefly retell it.

There once were two amateur potters (not named Harry) who were both given tasks to do. The first potter had three months to create the best pot ever seen by the judges. The second one had to make as many pots as he could in the same time period and bring the last one to the judges.

Three months passed and the potters went to see the judges. The first one carried one pot, but the second ceramic had a cart full of pots from which he picked out the most recent one to show the judges. Everyone expected the first ceramic’s pot to be much better, but no – the second ceramic’s pot was even more professional and had a better quality. While the first potter had used all of the time to make that one pot perfect, he’d made tens of pots. The first ones of them were uneven and had a bad quality, but over time they got better and better. Finally, he reached his desired mastery through practice.

See jutt andis mulle palju mõtteainet ja otsustasingi sellest natuke kirjutada. Harjutamine tõesti teeb meistriks ja perfektsus pole harjutamisel nii oluline. Jah, muidugi on igaühel on oma viis õppida. Samamoodi nagu osad inimesed on visuaalsed õppijad ja teised õpivad paremini näiteks lugemise kaudu, sobivad eri inimestele eri harjutamise liigid. Oluline pole harjutamise viis, vaid järjepidevus.

This story gave me lots to think about and I decided to write a bit about it. Practice does make perfect and perfection isn’t that important while you’re just practising. Yeah, of course everyone has their own way to learn. Just as some people are visual learners and others learn better through, for example, reading, some people are more suitable for some types of practising art and some for others. The type of practising is not as important as just practising continously.

Pealegi, kui ühte teost lõpmatuseni viimistleda, ei jää selle valmimise nii hästi tehnikad kätte. Lisaks sellele kaotab selline töötegemine tihti ka igasuguse esialgse innukuse ja motivatsiooni. Võib juhtuda ka see, et teost ei nähta valminuna ning asutakse lisama detaile, mis lõpptulemust tegelikult ei paranda, vaid hoopis kehvemaks muudavad. Selle vastu aitab väga hästi just kõrvale astumine ja pausi tegemine – tunde sama tööga tegeledes oled nii selle sees, et ei märkagi, kas teed vigu või lisad liigselt pisiasju. Seega tasuks panna vastu soovile lihtsalt muudkui edasi töötada ning selle asemel teha lühike paus ning naasta värskena.

Also, when you spend all of your time making one piece perfect, the techniques won’t be remembered that well. This kind of work often loses all kinds of excitement and motivation. It may happen that you won’t see the piece as finished and you’ll continue adding details which will make the end result worse. The best tip for this is to step away and take a break – if you spend hours working on the same drawing, you’ll be so in it you won’t notice if you’re making mistakes or adding too many details. That means that you should resist the urge to keep working and instead, take a short break and return with a fresh mind.

Seega, asu harjutama!

So, start practising!