Chess players in the park

Yesterday I came to Shevchenko park to sketch chess players. They come to this park every weekend to play chess for years and years. Almost all of them are pensioners and chess is there hobby.
Some of them bring there grandchildren and teaches them to play.
During years ago they played on the park benches, but now, after reconstruction, there are special chess tables in that corner of the park.
Very interesting people.
Hope to sketch them more some day.

Sleeping hare

I decide to repaint some of my illustrations into watercolor paintings for children room.
My first "Sleeping hare" I gave as present for my little niece.
With that frame it looks nice, isn't it? ;-)

Spring

Next pages of an endless book

Illustraion about Nina

Since I've finished "Mathematics for kids", I'm working on my children illustrator portfolio.

I found an amazing Ukrainian children poet, who lived in the middle of  XX.

His poems are funny and edifying.

Here is one about one disorderly girl named Nina.

She wanted to sew something, but lost her needle.

But when she found her needle, she sow that now she lost her thread.

I think this poem is about me :-)

I draw two version of illustration. And don't know what is better.

An endless book

In beginning of the year I've start a new project.

Here is site of the project http://endless-book.floaty.de/

And Flickr community http://www.flickr.com/groups/endless_book/pool/with/12498409325/

During whole year every week I will draw one page of an endless book.

The main condition is that first page flows into the next.

And after one year I will have 52 pages of Japanese horizontal emakimono book.

Here is pages 1 and 2

 

Tragedy

I can't show pictures and write positive messages.
There are horrible doings in my country, Ukraine.
That thing begins like a peaceful protest now grows into the real street war between protesters and police. Three people dies. Two of them was shot. Shot by police.
Hundreds are injured.
I just can't believe this happens in my country, in my city...

You can read about Ukraine here
http://ukrainianweek.com/News/99591
http://maidan.in.ua/