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Description: While we were staying in Rotorua we visited Te Puia where, besides beautiful geothermal pools and geysers, you can also visit the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, established in the 1920s to keep traditional māori arts and crafts alive and teach them to future generations. As part of the evening tour you also get to see a māori performance, which includes dance, songs and storytelling. One of the most famous dances performed which inspired this drawing is the haka, which inspired this design. The haka is a ceremonial dance or challenge in Māori culture. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements, stamping of the feet and facial contortions with rhythmically shouted accompaniment.
Description: Last November two friends and I went to New Zealand. One day while on the road looking for somewhere to eat, we ended up in the small town of Tirau. The first thing we noticed about this place was all the corrugated iron artworks around; there were signs, figures, sculptures, even whole buildings in the shape of a dog and sheep made of this material you would normally see only used in roofing. One of the figures that stood out to me the most was this fancy lady pukeko perched on top of a jewelry and clothes shop, so I had to draw her!
Description: Another digital painting of a landscape in Lanzarote. This time is a view from the winery El Grifo at La Geria. For more regular updates, follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/nelidazubia/ For commissions, contact me at: [email protected]
Description: Lanzarote coast digital painting. I just love the contrast between the volcanic land and the blue hues of the sea and the sky. Hope you like it! :) For more regular updates, follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/nelidazubia/ For commissions, contact me at: [email protected]
Description: Design created using the traditional method of Japanese woodblock printing, known as mokuhanga. In order to do this print I carved three separate woodblocks which combined make up the four colours you see in the final print. For this version I used watercolour for the black and gouache for the light green and pink. That light green and the black, when combined in layers during printing are what make up the darker green colour, I think it’s quite a cool effect. This design is based on the beautiful lotus flowers that bloom during summer in the Shinobazu pond in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Description: A santera in Cuba. Regla de Ocha, also known as the Lucumí religion or Santería, is an Afro-Cuban religion, which merges Yoruba traditions from West Africa with Roman Catholicism. It’s an example of religious syncretism, where different religious belief systems are blended into a new religion. An iyalosha or babalosha, also known as santera, or santero, is a priest or priestess of Santería. The colourful beaded necklaces are called elekes, each orisha is represented a necklace of specific colours and designs.
Description: In Cuba you can find some of the most gorgeous colour palettes ever. There’s just beautiful pastel and bright colours everywhere! I took so many pictures of houses, cute doors and windows like these ones, I’m sure I will be drawing some more houses soon! 💕 This particular house is in Havana, but in other cities such as Trinidad or Cienfuegos you can also find lovely architecture.
Description: Woman playing maracas at a bar in Havana, Cuba. Solo performers, duets, bands; I was really surprised at how much live music there is everywhere in Cuba. Most play classics like “Guantanamera”, “Chan Chan”, “Dos gardenias”, but this band in particular also played newer songs like “Despacito”, and of course the crowd went crazy!
Description: A design featuring one of the many wild (but friendly) deer that roam the island of Miyajima in Japan. Miyajima, which means "shrine island", is actually an informal name of the island of Itsukushima: "Deer are thought of as sacred in the native Shinto religion because they are considered messengers of the gods. They walk the streets of the city, not afraid of the tourists."
