Artsy Biscuit

1. Nickname?

Somewhat recently my friends started to call me “Chopina” (this is no joke)

2. Gender?

Female

3. Star sign?

Cancer

4. Height?

166 cm

5. Favorite feature?

.......eyes?

6. Hogwarts house?

Probably Hufflepuff

7. Favorite animal?

I think I don’t have one, although I have a thing for cats and baby pandas, they’re so clumsy, I love them

8. Average hours spent sleeping?

7 or 8, sometimes less because I keep losing track of time

9. Dogs or cats?

I love them both...but I just find cats so relaxing to be with

10. Number of blankets you sleep with?

One

11. What’s your dream trip?

Paris (ideally it would also be a trip back in time to the 1830s/40s), Poland, Southern France, Scotland (listening to Mendelssohn’s Hebrides while on a hike through the Highlands), London, Salzburg, Vienna, Prague and a tour around all Italy.

12.  What’s your dream job?

I guess drawing and painting the things I like and getting payed enough to afford a comfortable life with a little indulgence once in a while.

13. When did you make this account?

Early 2015

14. How many followers do you have?

178

15. How many pets do you have?

None, very unfortunately

16. Best places to visit in your town or country?

Sintra, Buçaco, Aveiro, Ilha da Madeira, Serra da Arrábida, the Alfama and Chiado neighbourhoods in Lisbon (in the Chiado area there’s the beautiful São Carlos theatre where Liszt played in 1845 :) )

17. Favorite ice cream flavor?

Chocolate with hazelnut :)

18. How often do you read?

Sometimes a bit before going to sleep

19. Favorite study locations?

My piano room 

20. Favorite book series?

So I wanted to make a portrait of Chopin and so I did these sketches to explore different poses, and then I ended up polishing them up a bit ;_;

Some studies because I like to cry over old masters (and hopefully learn something from them) ;_;

10 pieces I love (it’s so difficult to choose just 10) 

1. Chopin’s Ballade Nº4 in F minor

2. Mendelssohn’s Octet

3. Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor Op.49

4. Dvorak’s New World Symphony

5. Mozart’s Magic Flute opera

6. Chopin’s Prelude Nº1 (played by Sokolov ;_;)

7. Francesco de Layolle’s Lasso la Dolce Vista

8. Thomas Tallis’ motet Spem in Alium

9. Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture

5 Random things about me:

1. Expert Pro Master in Procrastination

2. I like going to the beach in winter because it is a deserted and peaceful place

3. I love playing piano, drawing and painting, although these things make me suffer a lot because I’m insecure as hell

4. I love the golden light of autumn afternoons

Some really quick studies, trying not to focus too much on details and going just for the essential. The amount of things that I start and throw away has been insane the last few days and I’ve been feeling so frustrated and unmotivated and awful with everything that I do; I don’t feel confident at all to start any original piece anytime soon so I just do studies and curse all the way through and ugh

Name: Clarisse

Nickname: I don’t have one

Height: 166 cm

Birthday: July 3rd

Favorite color: Burgundy, lilac, purple, teal and basically any pastel color

10 most played songs (last month): OHBOY Karol Kurpinski’s Dwie Chatki overture, Mozart’s 25th symphony in G minor, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Mendelssohn’s Octet and Piano Trio in D minor Op.49 (the second movement is so damn beautiful!!!), Mozart’s Magic Flute, Chopin’s polonaise Op.53 (i’m learning this one and I love it so much but I can’t get passed the stacatto pianissimo octaves in the left hand and so it’s been really frustrating), Chopin’s Étude Op.25 Nº2 in F minor (which I’m also learning and pulling my hair in the process) and idk what else but there’s definitely more

7 favorite movies: hmm, I really don’t know, but I got to say I love Amadeus by Milos Forman, and I only wished there was a movie about Chopin with that quality level, the ones I’ve watched so far always have a little something that leaves me cringing. And then I guess the Harry Potter movies, especially the 6th.

6 favorite tv shows: GAME OF THRONES (I heard the theme music in my head right away)

4 celebrity crushes: HAH Frédéric Chopin, Fryderyk Chopin, Chopin, and an amazing polish composer and pianist of the romantic era named Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin <3

1 thing that defines you: daydreamer who spends too much time in the clouds and needs to come down to earth more often, who talks to herself a lot too and who constantly thinks that she truly belongs to Paris in the 1800s