april plan with me 🌻 ukrainian folk art / petrykivka theme

Описание: my theme for April was a specific style of Ukrainian folk art known as Petrykivka. I learned so much about different techniques and styles, and I hope you enjoy this theme. If you would like to learn more or see ways to help, keep reading below.

I love using my bujo as both a site for planning, and a sort of artistic portfolio to learn new styles and learn about other traditions. It's also a way for me to put something good into helping, rather than just sitting with the helplessness. Researching and learning about these pieces of art has been really rewarding, but also really sobering. So many of the museums and works of art and artisans and people engaged in preservation- we just have no idea if they are still alive, still standing. The poem I chose for the cover page is by a Ukrainian poet, Ilya Kaminsky: "We Lived Happily During the War", and I chose it because it reflects this intense "I should be doing more" feeling, and the "watching the world fall apart" feeling, of existing right now. The quote on the last page is from a poem "as the sun sets and hills grow dark" by an older Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko, who was persecuted and exiled for much of his life. If you are able, please consider giving to one of the charities/aid resources below.

sources and templates used in this videos:
Blog with templates used for much of this theme: http://petrykivka.blogspot.com/p/less...

Tetiana Pata (early artisan): http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/...

Wedding planning spread art piece (from Authentic Ukraine site): https://f.authenticukraine.com.ua/pho...

general resources to learn more about petrykivka painting:

Site with lots of information about different aspects of Ukrainian cultural heritage, including petrykivka: https://authenticukraine.com.ua/en/bl...

click around this website (you will need to right click and translate to english first) and there is tons of information on motifs and the history of the art form, ways different artisans have introduced new techniques or motifs, and how the art form has changed over time. This is compiled by the same person who put together the blog post with the lessons that I refer to through my video!: http://www.ukrfolkart.narod.ru/petr_r...

ways to help:
To help with supplies for Ukrainians: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/

To help with humanitarian efforts: https://help.gov.ua/

poems used in this video:
We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...

the sun sets and the mountains darken by Taras Shevchenko: https://taras-shevchenko.storinka.org...

products
Mellow Days Reverie watercolor journal: https://mymellowdays.com/collections/...
basic pen: Pentel Energel 0.5
Prismacolor colored pencils
Mildliners
washi tape: Michaels
flower washi tape: Choosing Keeping stationery shop

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