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I have always been a huge enthusiast of fairytales since I was a child (actually I am an avid reader of anything fairytales, mythology, horror etc.). So I was very excited when Tamara Laporte started to

(View from behind the cathedral) I have just been spending three days in my mother's little town in the region of Abruzzo, in the center of Italy. Maybe you don't know that, but Città Sant'Angelo, in the

Besides intuitive painting and drawing, collage is one of my other passions. These pages are from an Instagram Summer challenge I did in 2016. __ I am a compulsive collector of magazines and old/vintage

It is still very hot here in Nothern Italy these days, but I am already projected towards my favorite season, Fall. I usually start to long for Fall at the beginning of May, actually. __ So, apart from

HIC SUNT DRACONES (HERE BE DRAGONS) My rendering of the Eye of the Dragon. __ Materials used: Achival Ink (Sakura PIGMA Micron, UniPIN Fine Line and STA Pigment Liner are the best) Colored pencils Thank

One of my friends posted a text about Selkies (shapeshifting "Sea Folks" of Scottish folklore). In one story they are linked to Nawhals (little whales with a long tusk). As I am in the middle

Some years ago I was obsessed with Seahorses (Hippocampus) and Unicorns and used to merge them into a new "mythological" creature, the Hippocorn, with which I used to create wall hangings. Yesterday

One of my favorite goddesses is the Celtic (Welsh) CERRIDWEN. Enchantress, shapeshifter and Goddess of Rebirth, she was the one who gave birth to Taliesin the bard. I started by sketching the face in my

Two years ago I detected three small bulges under the hip skin of my older cat. I thought they were cysts, but it turned out that they were soft tissue sarcomas, sort of subcutaneous tumors. At the time,

In 2012 and 2016 I hosted an art challenge in my old blog. It was called "13 Goddesses in 13 Weeks" and was focused on thirteen weekly prompts, each referred to a different pantheon. Today I

Sometimes when I don't feel like tangling or I'm not inspired, I use to put a pencil on a sheet of paper and let it move casually around. Then I look at it at try to find a shape that has a meaning for

I have been using doodling to make art since I found out about this "technique" called tangling back in 2010. During these eight years I have been improving my drawing and painting skills and

When you find some scrap paper you used for painting and put it at use for some doodling. These are some 4 inches pieces I drew last year. Materials used: Acrylic paint Achival Ink (Sakura PIGMA Micron,

This Summer is way too hot for me. I am more a Fall/Winter person. So, I was glad when one of my hubby's aunts lent us her house in Val di Sole, Trentino Alto Adige (Italy). We stayed only seven days,

©Andrea Bonazzi - "Spheres" Apart from writing and drawing I am also an avid reader. My favorite genres are Horror, Mystery and Thriller. One of my most favorite horror masters is H. P. Lovecraft

Once upon a time there was a girl sitting on the bank of a river at sunset. His mother had sent her there looking for a vision. "Your blood has been spilled," she had told her. "You are

Welcome to the Threshold, travelers. Enter the Place between the Worlds, where you are closer to the heart of the Mother-of-All. It all began when, as a teenager, I began to get excited about magic, Arthurian