ART UPDATE: FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS, SKETCHES AND A LANDSCAPE PAINTING

Today I'll share some of my creative pursuits with you. As some of you know, I have quite a few creative hobbies. Landscape painting is one of them but so is fashion illustration. I haven't had the time to pursue these creative interests much as of late, but I somehow I did manage to find some time to sneak in some creative and artistic work. Scroll down to see what I have been into and see a mixture of new art projects and remixes of some of my older art pieces and illustrations.

MUSTARD YELLOW PAIRED WITH DARKER COLOURS INSPO

This  is a casual styling I wore for a stroll around Vrboska and Stari Grad town. I enjoy wearing mustard yellow with darker colours. I think it makes for a great contest. This was also the day when I entangled my braids. It's been a while since I braided my hair like this. The cats were very intrigued by my hairstyle. One of them went so far as to sniff my braids. It shows you how intelligent and perceptive cats are. They even notice little things like hair style change. It's been a while since I braided my hair like this. Braids of various kinds are a big part of ethical Croatian hairstyles. I've actually always enjoyed learning about Croatian culture and folklore so I'm often inspired to braid my hair. When I was a teenager, I would sport a completely different braided hairstyle to school on daily basis. Once when I came with my hair just let down, my colleagues asked me whether I was ok because they were so used to seeing me with elaborate hairstyles.  I always braided my hair by myself, it's something I learned to do just by watching the girls who were folklore dancers who could do it themselves and without a mirror. There weren't tutorials when I was a teen, but somehow we managed. I must have learned to it well because professional folklore dancers assumed I was one of them on a few occasions. Unfortunately, I never learned to dance the Croatian folklore dances. I tried to learn as an adult but it was very hard because they are so elaborate. I would have to start from the beginning and folklore groups are usually formed of people who are already familiar with the dances. Croatian traditional dance culture can boost with hundreds of completely unique and different folklore dances. Anyhow, as much as I love braids in all shapes and forms, there is something you should know about tiny braids. This hairstyle is only suitable for people with thick hair. If you have fair and thin hair, you shouldn't wear it because it can cause hair loss. If you happen to have thin hair and you're wearing tiny braids for some kind of a cultural or a folklore occasion, untangle it when you get back home. When styling braids, you should always consider your hair type. If your hair is strong, thick and healthy, then you can wear any kind of braid style. If it isn't, then you should be more careful. 

I WEAR MY ART: WEARING A T-SHIRT WITH A PRINT OF MY FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS 

Bellow is a very similar outfit as this one, but this time I wore one of my graphic t-shirt. Again, a similar one is available via Redbubble but this one is from a local printer.  

NEW FASHION ILLUSTRATION- THE PUFFED SLEEVE BLOUSE AND SHORTS

This is a simple fashion illustration I drew with a pencil while travelling. The outfit I illustrated consists of a puffed sleeve blouse and shorts. I do enjoy a good statement sleeve! How about you?

BALL POINT PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES 

Bellow you can see some of my new sketches. I made most of these on a ferry ride. 

FIND MY MOST RECENT FASHION FRIDAY ILLUSTRATION POSTS: HERE AND HERE

+MORE OF MY RECENT POST IN THE CATEGORY OF FRIDAY FASHION ILLUSTRATION: FRIDAY FASHION ILLUSTRATION: DIGITAL ART AND NEW SKETCHES,  FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: BLACK DRESS, GREY BLAZER AND BURGUNDY HEELS 

....AND HERE ARE MORE LINKS TO POSTS ABOUT FASHION ILLUSTRATING 

 DIGITAL RETOUCHING WITH PAINT 3D,  LADY IN A LILAC DRESS and BALL PAINT FASHION ILLUSTRATION. 

FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: WATERCOLOUR PENCILS -IVANA'S FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: INSPIRED BY COLOURS OF AUTUMN- A GIRL IN A RED GOWN: FASHION ILLUSTRATION OF THE DAY-CUSTOMIZING A NOTEBOOK WITH A FASHION ILLUSTRATION- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: ILLUSTRATING A BLACK DRESS FROM DOLCE & GABBANA COLLECTION- 10 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR FASHION ILLUSTRATION SKILLS- HOW TO CREATE A 3D FASHION ILLUSTRATION DRESS WITH DRY FLOWERS?- FRIDAY FASHION ILLUSTRATION: HAT OBSESSED -FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY INSPIRED BY SUMMER STYLE- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: SUMMER TO AUTUMN TRANSITION- FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: ILLUSTRATED TOTE BAGS-FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: HAT OBSESSED - FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: NEW AUTUMN INSPIRED ART FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: MY INSPIRATIONS

FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: SKETCHING ON A FERRY

MORE DIGITAL ART EXPERIMENTS- REMIXING MY OLD ILLUSTRATIONS

Bellow you can see some of my art pieces made with digital effects. I sometimes use digital effects to change my illustrations. I don't do full digital art, but I draw digitally on top of my pencil or watercolour illustration.  Most of them are available for purchase in my Redbubble shop. 

NEW ACRYLIC PAINTING OF TORAC (PAINTED OVER AN OLD PAINTING)

Bellow is a relatively new acrylic painting. I painted this one a month or two ago over an older painting of mine. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I painted it in a short span of time (maybe an hour or something like that) because I was just visiting Torac bay and it was getting darker. It was a race against the time sort of thing but it turned out well. As they say, all is well that ends well. 

If you want, you can read about other beautiful bays on island Hvar: 

1. JEDRA, SRHOV DOLAC AND VEPRINOVA

2. SKOZANJE BAY

3. SOCA BAY

4. BAY TORAC

5. BAYS TVRDNI DOLAC AND RAPAK

MORE BEAUTIFUL BAYS ON ISLAND HVAR I HAVE VISITED AND SHARED WITH YOU IN 2019/2020 (Click the links if you want to know more about them):

VISITING BASINA BAY ON ISLAND HVAR

VISITING MILNA NEAR HVAR

VISITING MINA NEAR JELSA

VISITING STARI GRAD BAYS

VISITING BAY MASLINICA NEAR STARI GRAD 

VISITING BAY MALA STINIVA

VISITING PRAPATNA BAY 

VISITING VELA STINIVA

VISITING BEACH SOLINE 

VISITING BEACH KAMENJARA

VISITING BAY LOZNA

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