A WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATION OF A HORSE + A HIKING OUTFIT

 Hello! Today I'll take you hiking. I will show you an outfit I wore for hiking on Planinica hill (one of the hills overlooking Mostar city). The views from this hills are nothing short of spectacular.  As readers of my blog will know, I used to visit this place pretty often. I plan to visit it more in the following months. If you want to know more about Planinica, you're welcome to visit my own posts (links here and here). While we were hiking, we came across some horses. We didn't take any photographs. It's been a while since our last visit, so I think some of these horses forgot our faces  (or weren't born yet) and anyway I didn't want to disturb them by taking photographs. I actually have a lot of local horse photographs in my blog archives ( here and here). 

For this visit, I wore a comfortable spring styling. A jacket was a must because it can get windy there but I also wore a straw hat to protect myself from the sun. My outfit consisted from a burgundy jacket I picked up at Mana, a floral dress I wore more than thirty times, a pair of leggings, no brand sneakers and a no brand white straw hat I picked up in a supermarket.  This proved ideal for our hike. Moreover, today I'll share an illustration of a horse with you. It seems appropriate since I was inspired by local horses I have meet in these mountains (some tamed, some semi-wild or wild) so far. 

Now, when it comes to this watercolour illustration, I was also partly inspired by works of Croatian painter from Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Vlašić. If you see this old post of mine, you can see some of his works in an exhibition. I didn't really use a painting of his as a reference nor did I paint in the same style, but I was  inspired by his art. What inspired me the most was that I could recognize all the hoses on his paintings (those from this area). He really captured them well! Seeing that I have a lot of my own photographs, I will probably use them as a reference if I try to paint horses in a similar realistic way. 

My horse illustration was made with watercolour pencils. I added water halfway through but worked on the grass some more with watercolour pencils. I finally added a bit more water and that was that. I'm pretty happy with the result. This horse illustration didn't take much time. I might do a more elaborated version in the future. I didn't even name it yet, not sure will I. If you have a suggestion for a name, let me know. 

This illustration of mine makes me think of Goranci  more than Planinica. Goranci is a village in vicinity. The horse there are not wild, though. I blogged about those hoses many times in the past. Bellow is a collage with some photographs from Goranci and I will also leave you some links bellow.

MY PREVIOUS VISITS TO GORANCI VILLAGE (NEAR MOSTAR) HERE 

Interested in learning more about Goranci? Why, you're welcomed to check out these posts.

1. Nature Park Goranci
2. Sights to see, places to visit (Goranci )
3. Goranci (photography post)
4. A day in the country (Goranci)
5. Cropped chic outfit in Goranci

THE STORY OF AN OUTFIT- All of these items are from my closet. The straw hat is a recent additions, all of the other items are old. Bellow are some links if you want more ideas on styling these items. See how I wore this straw hat before here. BURGUNDY JACKET  (worn here and here and  here.)  See 21 ways to wear this floral mini dress here. See how I wore the printed sneakers here and here. 

As always, thank you for visiting this little place to call by own. Take care!