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Travel With My Art #55, Mertojak, Split

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Hello, I'm back with another travel illustration for the 'Travel with My Art series', a regular feature on my blog where (as the name would imply) I share my travel art.  Today I'm sharing an illustration of a little park in Mertojak neighbourhood in Split (Croatia ).  This is not really a proper city park, although there is a proper park in this neighbourhood bearing the same name as the neighbourhood and only a couple of meters from this place. This spot is more of a little green space between the buildings (or a mini park) than a real park. However, I really enjoyed sitting on a bench there, and just hanging out, so I sketched the view. It basically shows a lawn with a little bush, plus some trees and buildings in the background. I made this sketch sometime this Summer, and obviously I was staying in Split when I made it. Basically, I took my sketchbook with me that day, and I just sketched whatever I saw. If you recall, I wrote about how I worked on my drawing skil...

Travel with My Art #54: Maslinica bay, island Hvar Croatia

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Hello dear readers and welcome to my 54th Travel art post! In this post, I'll share another seascape painting created for my 'Travel With My Art' series (one of the most fun series on my blog if I may say so myself). This time I'll take you to Maslinica bay in Stari Grad (island Hvar, Croatia).  The medium for this painting is acrylics paints on canvas. I used one of my own videos as a reference.   I have been working on this Maslinica seascape for six months if not more. Yes, it really took me that long! The reasons why this painting took such a long time to finish are numerous.  First of all, I was working with different art supplies than I'm used to.  So, I spent a lot of time trying to get the feel of these different paints and canvases. I tend to do all my art shopping in Michelangelo gallery in Mostar, so this was a change for sure, and I had to wing many things.  There isn't a really specialized art supplies shop on island Hvar (at least that I know...