a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! How's life been treating you? I'm currently in Croatia. Today I'll share with you some new watercolour sketches I made while visiting bay Torac on island Hvar. My Fridays are usually about fashion illustrations but today I'll share some landscape photography with you as well. I made all of these watercolour pencil sketches while babysitting and/or chilling with my relatives in bay Torac on island Hvar. Watercolour pencils are great for travelling, plus they can also be great if you're babysitting or spending time with the little ones because kids typically find working with watercolour pencils fun. Why not work alongside the little ones? If you want kids to stay away from the screen, you need to lead with example. Many complain that their children do not want to do anything not screen related, but have you tried getting them involved in some traditional art or crafts making? Just a thought! We all spend too much time behind th...

 Hello there! Today I'll share with you a repainted oil painting inspired by a souvenir I picked up in Assisi , Italy (also here ). I visited Assisi, a hometown of Saint Francis back in 2013. It took me only a day to paint the original painting in 2014 (see the post here)  but it took me four days to repaint it this August- including one afternoon spent crying because I was exhausted by the effort.  I'm still not sure I'm 100 % finished. Sometimes I  miss the days before I started taking art classes because I was much less critical of my work back then and seemed to enjoy the process more.  Not that I'm complaining. I'm very grateful that I have the means to pursue art more seriously and learn more about different mediums. That certainly wasn't always the case. While it is true that it feels like more work nowadays, I can also see the progress and that's obviously rewarding. I'm happy that it is possible for me to create paintings, especially these kind ...

Today we're going to talk about Catherine Zeta-Jones' style . Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress. Born in 1969,  Catherine is today best known for her acting work, as she managed to break out of the pretty girl stereotype some time ago and went to work on more ambitious acting jobs. You might know, I'm not too keen on celebrity culture. Most of the time, I find general public's interest in famous people unnatural and crazy, but I do think many celebs are a great fashion inspiration source because they have access to the good stuff and often work with very creative people. Catherine definitely has some nice style tricks up her sleeve that are worth talking about, so that's what we will be doing today. We'll look into her style secrets and see what lessons we can learn from her. When magazines talk about famous people style, they tend to focus more on younger stars or younger version of known starts because that is what sells and ageism is often a thing in ou...