I'M GOING TO VISIT MY FAMILY ON ISLAND HVAR

August 16, 2013

Post update: The photos in the original post are not visible anymore, so I'll add some recent ones. I'll add photographs of my art and paintings that were inspired by island Hvar. I hope you'll enjoy. I'll also add links to my previous posts.

WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE ORIGINAL POST (AND THE NEW LINKS WILL BE AT THE END OF THE POST)

I'm going to visit my family on the island Hvar, I'll be away (and probably without internet) for the next week.

Idem posjetiti obitelj na Hvaru. Biti ću odsutna otprilike tjedan dana i nedostupna na netu.

Ciao, tutti:) Vado a visitare la mia famiglia sull'isola di Hvar. Starò lì (senza internet) per una settimana.

IF CASE YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF MY ART HERE ARE THE LINKS TO OTHER 'TRAVEL WITH MY ART POSTS'

#1 PALERMO ISLAND SICILY (ITALY)

There's a story behind every painting and there's certainly a story behind every art piece posted in this travelling art series.

#2 BAY MALA STINIVA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

This was a nice scene to paint. I'm not sure have I done these gorgeous colours justice with my painting but I tried.

#3 IRKUTSK, SIBERIA (RUSSIA)

This is the only place in my travelling art series that I have painted my haven't actually visited. In my third post, I shared this a watercolour pencil sketch of a place I never visited: a church of Our Lady of Kazan located in Irkutsk, Siberia (Russia).

#4 MATEJUŠKA, SPLIT CITY (CROATIA)

The fourth painting I shared is one of a location in my hometown. This watercolour pencil landscape was inspired by Split city, Croatia. More specifically, it was inspired by one of my favourite sights in Split city and that would be these absolutely gorgeous historical stone houses in immediate vicinity of Matejuška port.

#5 HVAR CITY, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

For my fifth post in this series, I illustrated a historical Franciscan monastery on island Hvar with watercolours. As some of you might remember, I lived on island Hvar. Having had enough time to study this beautiful island, now I feel confident in illustrating it.

#6 ZENTA MARINE, SPLIT CITY (CROATIA)

Every painting is a different memory. For my sixth painting in the series, I illustrated a scene from my hometown and once again it's all about the boats. I distinctly remembering sketching this one.

#7 ZAVALA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

The seventh post in this series was my personal favourite. I love how I captured sea in this post. I still often revisit this painting to admire it. It was also gifted, so it's not available for sale.

#8 SUCURAJ, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

In the eight post in this series, I shared a canvas painting of Sucuraj. As usual, I used one of my own photographs as a reference for this acrylic painting.

#9 MALA STINIVA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

For the the ninth post in the series, I repeated a location. It must be a special location, you might be thinking and you'd be right. I'd already illustrated bay Mala Stiniva on island Hvar once, when I decided to paint it again. Can you blame me for wanting to paint this magnificent bay again?

#10 HVAR TOWN, ISLAND HVAR ( CROATIA)

My tenth painting in the series saw me returning to magical island Hvar. In the centre of this painting there is a 12.5 meters long traditional wooden fishing boat and in the background you can see Hvar town (where we first spotted this boat about a year ago). I invested a lot of time and effort into this painting.

#11 JELSA TOWN, DANCE OF THE SAILS (CROATIA)

In my eleventh post in the series, I returned to Jelsa on island Hvar to paint a nightscape. The medium was acrylic paintings on canvas. This painting was also gifted, so it's not available for sale any more (even if the original post implies it is). This is the second night seascape I made (you can see the first one here).

#12 ZAVALA, ISLAND HVAR, (CROATIA)

For my the twelfth post in my series, I returned to Zavala to paint another acrylic seascape canvas. I typically invest more time into my canvases, as opposed to landscapes painted in my sketchbooks.

#13: SUCURAJ LIGHTING HOUSE, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

The thirteenth painting in the series is more of a sketch. I wasn't completely happy with it and wasn't sure where I went wrong. Maybe it was the number 13 that brought me bad luck.

#14: BAY BRIZENICA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

In the fourteenth painting in the series, I depicted island Hvar again and this time a bay that is not widely known.

#15 BAY LOZNA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA) #16 BAY VEPRINOVA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

In my fifteenth post in the series, I illustrated bay Lozna on island Hvar. Another sketchbook seascape painting that turned out very satisfactory. I worked on this painting for about two days.

#16 BAY VEPRINOVA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

Another attempt at capturing the sea in the small frame with acrylic paints on paper.

#17 BOL, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA) #18 PLANINICA, (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)

In my seventeenth post, I illustrated island Brač and more precisely to- Bol.

#18 PLANINICA, (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)

Planinica hill in Bosnia and Herzegovina. You might remember this place from my numerous posts about it. Like Goranci, Planinica is only a short drive away from Mostar. If you are lucky, you might even come across semi-wild horses. I've been meaning to paint Planinica for a long time.

#19 SUCURAJ, BOATS AT PORT, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

The nineteenth painting in the series was an ambitious acrylic canvas that was again all about island Hvar. This time I painted boats in a harbour.

#20 BEACH SOLINE,VRBOSKA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

Sometimes nothing beats a quick painting. In the twentieth post in my travelling art series, I shared a quick painting of Soline beach in Vrbovska.

#21 STARI GRAD, VIEW FROM HOTEL ARKADA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

This painting was inspired by photographs taken in April a few years ago near hotel Arkada, Stari Grad city (island Hvar). Like the last painting in my series, this acrylic painting was done on mixed media paper in A4 format is. Therefore, it's neither a large painting nor a very detailed one.

#22 MAKARSKA BOATS (CROATIA)

Another acrylic on paper. This time my inspiration was Makarska town in Dalmatia (Croatia).

#23 ZAVALA BEACH PANORAMA (CROATIA)

I have put so much effort into this painting but I think it paid off.

#24 ŽNJAN BEACH, SPLIT CITY (CROATIA)

This Žnjan painting was painted on plain air which was a fun experience. I remember one lady approached me to talk to me. I painted it on beach Žnjan in Split city, Croatia. I don't do a lot of painting in the open but sometimes I do venture outdoors, for example HERE.

#25 JELSA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

I used one of my own photographs as a reference. The medium was acrylic paints on mixed media paper.

#26 ZAVALA BEACH BAY, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

This was a super quick oil pastel sketch and I liked how it turned out.

#27 MALA STINIVA IN SUMMER, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

This one is a little different because it's more a drawing than a painting.

#28 TRAVEL WITH MY ART, BASINA BAY, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

This watercolour painting can perhaps be categorized as both destination and fashion illustration. It depicts a certain location- Basina bay on island Hvar, so you could call it a landscape or a location painting.

#29 TRAVEL WITH MY ART, BAY TORAC AT SUNSET, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA)

In the twenty- ninth post in this destination art series, I painted bay Torac using acrylic paints on canvas. As far as the making of this painting, it was a pretty standard affair.

#30 TRAVEL WITH MY ART, VALETTA, ISLAND MALTA (MALTA)

In my thirtieth post in my travel and destination art series, I shared an illustration that I made for and gifted to a friend of mine who lives in Malta. The medium is water pastels on paper.

#31 TRAVEL WITH MY ART : CAPE PLANKA (CROATIA)

This was a commission painting. This is a big painting!

#32 TRAVEL WITH MY ART: SQUICK ZAVALA SKETCH (CROATIA)

This super quick painting was another painting inspired by Zavala on island Hvar (Croatia). It is not nearly as elaborative or challenging as the last piece I shared in my destination art series.

#33:TRAVEL WITH MY ART LOZNA COMISSIONED, ISLAND HVAR

This seascape was another commissioned painting of bay Lozna (the second bay next to cape Kabal) on island Hvar. Some of you might remember I have already painted this gorgeous seascape location with acrylics on a A4 mixed media paper.

#34 TRAVEL WITH MY ART BOTA SURF CENTRE, VRBOSKA, ISLAND HVAR, CROATIA

In the thirty-forth post in this series, I painted a beautiful spot in Vrboska. I was really happy with how this one turned out. The medium was acrylic paints on paper.

#35 TRAVEL WITH MY ART : BEACH KAMENJARA, VRBOSKA, ISLAND HVAR (CROATIA ) 2023

Today I'm sharing with you an A4 acrylic seascape inspired by a photograph taken by my husband. It's a typical quick 'Ivana' seascape. Painted pretty quickly, it is not very detailed.

#36 TRAVEL WITH MY ART A COMISSIONED CHAPEL PAINTING MOSTAR 2024

This painting took me about three months to finish for multiple reasons.

#37 A SEAVIEW FROM A PARK (SPLIT, CROATIA)

I used my old photographs as a reference. I took these two photograph last year while I was walking trough this park.

....AND FINALLY A FEW OF MY MOST RECENT ONES....

#38 BUNA CANALS NEAR MOSTAR, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2024