Coming back soon!

Hi my dears, as you have probably noticed, I wasn't posting anything on the blog for a couple of weeks - the reason is very simple - Christmas was coming, my little exams were on, I was so busy! And also, I didn't want to post crap just to post anything. But, I am planning on writing a nice new post about how we spent the Christmas here in Poland this year, with lots of photos and my comments, I hope you will enjoy it!

Stay tuned,

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WINTER COLD

Is it THAT cold at your place too?

Recently, Poland had a real Winter Apocalypse - snow, cold, ice, cold, snow, cold, ice. That was terrible! -8 oC was the average outside temperature, as shown on my home thermometer. YIKES!

today, I went for a short trip to take some photos of the decorated city, here you have it:

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Light-fountain next to the most beautiful hotel in Warsaw (in my opinion), the Bristol Hotel




Santa and his reindeers next to a Mexican restaurant on Nowy Świat, Warsaw




The display of CEPELIA, which sells some traditional & folk things, lovely & expensive but me luvs it.




Krakowskie Przedmieście - every tree that can bear the lights is welcome to be decorated.




Krakowskie Przedmieście - streetlamps decorated, xmas tree is raping your eyes for kilometres before you get to see it, with those zillion Watts power lights, what more would you possibly like to have? I ADORE IT!

smoke gets in your eyes

Ok, you probably gonna throw rocks at me right now, but well...


yes, smoking.





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Princess Margaret of the UK




Queen Paola of Belgium




Anni-Frid 'Frida' Lyngstad of ABBA




Lady Gaga




Ava Gardner




Gong Li




Debbie Harry of Blondie




Marlene Dietrich




Monica Bellucci




Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA (with fellow ABBA member, Frida - here, surprisingly, not smoking)




Hugh Laurie




Sean Connery




Gregory Peck




Robert Johnson





Frank Sinatra




Ike Turner (+ Tina, not smoking)




Lauren Bacall




Talullah Bankhead




Marilyn Monroe




Sonia Braga




Zarah Leander




Tsarn Nicholas II of Russia




Rita Moreno




Johnny Depp




Shah Rukh Khan




Whoopi Goldberg




Al Pacino




Amy Winehouse





Bill Cosby




Amitabh Bachchan




Ray Charles




Elvis Presley





Grand Dukes Pavel Alexandrovich and Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.




Josephine Baker




Marjane Satrapi




Tsar Nicholas II of Russia




Jack Nicholson




Michelle Pfeiffer

Dita von Teese




you probably say 'NAY', hmmm?

'everybody lies', the House M.D. obsession!

Well, I never imagined one day this would happen - I am CRAZY about the tv series, House! I always thought it's overrated, I mean - everybody was watching House, people 'suddenly' become more ironic and sarcastic (ekhm) and it become so fashionable to hit everyone around with a great dose of verbal, sophisticated torture, just like House treats his co-workers. At that time, I thought - another tv series, people are crazy now, but it will end soon... and one day, it hit me! I was browsing a polish page with demotivators, and I found one that had a photo of a woman (I had no idea that was Cuddy from House), and the words below were kind of 'Dr. House. 5 seasons, and he hasn't banged me yet'.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLL.
but still, I didn't like the language they used... I just lol to the whole situation between House and Cuddy.

Anyway, my first impressions were:
1) who the hell she is, she's so pretty!
2) why she's doing a faceplam gesture in this photo (she actually was doing a MEGA facepalm):

told you. Btw, it's the original demotivator, I guess... (btw.x2 - nice nails, Lisa Edelstein!)

3) Maybe I should watch HOUSE???




and I did, oh I did! and I fell in love with it, I mean, three things:

1) Finally, the series about doctors, who aren't OH SO PERFECT! They're humans, like all the real doctors, right?
2) It had some REALLY interesting cases, and I was waiting impatiently for each case to be solved! Medical research done very well, dear screenwriters!
3) As I started with season 7 (the first one I found online), the first episode I watched was season 7 episode 1, and...




...f*ck, I am a House/Cuddy shipper now !!!!!!




but then again, I am annoyed, because the next episode of season 7 is going to premiere in January, if I checked right... Ok, I still have seasons 1-4 and half of the 5th and half of the 6th one to watch, but still! Why we gotta wait for so long?

and, as I said, I am obsessed:

took me a whole day to finish.

In the words of a fellow dA artist, 'Welcome to insanity!'.

With pleasure!

Get on the Carousel's ART INTERVIEWS - Siham

Get on the Carousel's ART INTERVIEWS - Siham

Today I am proud to present you our second interviewed artist, my fellow colourist, Siham! She's from France and I absolutely adore everything that pops up on her deviantart - seriously, this girl knows how to put some magic in her works!

name: Siham

where you can see her artworks: www.xsixty-3ight.deviantart.com

Get on the Carousel's QUESTIONNAIRE:

Get on the Carousel: What is your main artistic domain?

Siham: I mostly colour pictures, be it old black and white pictures or re-colouring some which were originally coloured.

GotC: What made you start creating art? When did you start it?
S: It was in 2007 when I registered on a discussion forum about the Romanovs. And I was seeing all these beautifully coloured pictures of OTMAA mostly, and I could not help admiring their work. I think I started a bit later though, especially after seeing so many beautiful colourings by Ally and Justine. They were the one who made me want to try.

GotC: And, the music that inspires you?
S: It may be any kind of songs, from rock to classical. But I do have a weak spot for oriental music (Arabic and Indian music) - it's the most inspiring to me.

GotC: What do you use to make your art?
S: I use Photoshop CS1. And it's perfect for colouring pictures, you do not need more.

GotC: Are you an autodidact, or you had a teacher (e.g. you were in the art schools etc.)?
S: No teacher. I tried to master Photoshop on my own (it was a bit complicated at first), of course, several tutorials helped me. Once you find how to do what you want to do with PS, it's so great.

GotC: What do you want to achieve by your art?

S: I only want to enjoy myself by colouring pictures the way I want to see them. It's just a pleasure for myself, if people think of them as beautiful colourings, then I'm even happier. Because it's a great feeling to know that you still showed something lovely to other people. I love sharing.

GotC: What do you feel when you create something?
S: I don't have any particular feeling - except enjoying myself. I don't even have the impression of "creating" something, I think I rather give pictures a new look.

GotC: Show us your 3 best works:
S: I don't know if they are my best ones but those are three ones that I really like.

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British actress Romola Garai as Jane Austen's Emma Woodhouse.

Old-school Indian actress Madhubala

Indian actress Madhuri Dixit as Chandramukhi in Devdas

GotC: What would you say to the beginners, who just started their adventure with art?
S: Do not expect to be satisfied with your pictures, they will be bad at the beginning, but know you only need practice. I think the best advice not to be disappointed is COLOUR FOR YOUR OWN PLEASURE. And then you will be able to enjoy very much your improvment.


Well, well, some nice answers, right? Show Siham some love, she deserves it, and visit her at www.xsixty-3ight.deviantart.com