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RAINBOW ANIMALS
2023
Pencil and color pencil drawings.
Animals in the forest/ Color pencils/ 42 x 59,4 cm/ 2023.
Animals in the forest II./ Color pencils/ 42 x 59,4 cm/ 2023.
MAY = KVĚTEN; IS DERRIVED FROM THE WORD "KVĚT" = FLOWER.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
CZECH CALENDAR
2022-2023
Czech months illustrated by their etymology...
What etymological significance does each Czech month have?
JANUARY = LEDEN; IS DERRIVED FROM THE WORD "LED" = ICE.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
FEBRUARY="ÚNOR" , IS DERIVED FROM THE VERB "NOŘIT"= "TO DIVE"
THIS IS THE MONTH WHEN "THE THAW" APPEAR, THE ICE BREAKS AND BURIES INTO THE WATER.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
"BŘEZEN"=MARCH HAS SEVERAL EXPLENATIONS.
ONE OF THEM COMES FROM THE WORD "BŘEZÍ"= BEING IN CALF.
ALSO CAN BE DERIVED FROM "BŘÍZA"=BIRCH.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
APRIL = "DUBEN"; IS DERRIVED FROM THE WORD "DUB" = OAK.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
JUNE=ČERVEN.
ORIGINALLY EXISTED SMALL JUNE=ČERVEN AND BIG JUNE=ČERVENEC. BOTH OF THEM HAVE THEIR ORIGIN IN THE WORD "WORM"= BEETLE, FROM WHICH RED DYE WAS MADE TO DYE FOOD OR SUBSTANCES. ANOTHER POSSIBLE ORIGIN IS IN THE WORD "ČERVENÝ"=RED, FROM THE RIPENING FRUIT.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencil.
JULY=ČERVENEC
ORIGINALLY EXISTED SMALL JUNE=ČERVEN AND BIG JUNE=ČERVENEC. BOTH OF THEM HAVE THEIR ORIGIN IN THE WORD "WORM"= BEETLE, FROM WHICH RED DYE WAS MADE TO DYE FOOD OR SUBSTANCES. ANOTHER POSSIBLE ORIGIN IS IN THE WORD "ČERVENÝ"=RED, FROM THE RIPENING FRUIT.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencil.
AUGUST = SRPEN.
HE NAMED THE TIME WHEN THE HARVEST PEAKED, AND SO HIS NAME IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM "SRP""=THE SICKLE, ONCE THE MAIN INSTRUMENT OF HARVEST.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
SEPTEMBER = ZÁŘÍ.
SEPTEMBER (ZÁŘÍ) AND OCTOBER (ŘÍJEN) HAVE THE SAME ORIGIN
. THEY BOTH REFER TO THE SAME NATURAL PHENOMENON AND THAT IS THE HEAT OF THE WILD GAME.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
OCTOBER=ŘÍJEN
SEPTEMBER (ZÁŘÍ) AND OCTOBER (ŘÍJEN) HAVE THE SAME ORIGIN. THEY BOTH REFER TO THE SAME NATURAL PHENOMENON AND THAT IS THE HEAT OF THE WILD GAME.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
NOVEMBER=LISTOPAD
"LISTOPAD" IS DERIVED FROM THE FALL (PÁD) OF LEAVE.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils.
DECEMBER=PROSINEC
THE BASIS OF THE WORD DECEMBER IS "SIN" (PRO-SIN-EC) WHICH MEANS "TO BRIGHTEN".
DURING DECEMBER THE SUN SHINES BETWEEN THE CLOUDS.
22.9 X 30.5 cm/ Color pencils
VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS
2016
Pencil and color pencil drawing.
WITHOUT NAME I./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME II./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME III./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME IV./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME V./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME VI../ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME VII./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME VIII./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
WITHOUT NAME IX./ Graphite and color pencil/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2016
INSECTS
2018
Pencil and colored pencils drawings.
BEETLE I./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
BEETLE II./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
BUTTERFLY I./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/
20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
BUTTERFLY II./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/
20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
BEETLE III./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
BUTTERFLY III./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/
20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
MOTH I./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
MOTH II./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
MOTH III./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 20 x 29.7 cm/ 2018
BUILDING I./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 40 X 40 cm/ 2018
BUILDING II./ Graphite and color pencil on paper/ 40 X 40 cm/ 2018
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