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

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! I'm not sure will I share my paintings online anymore, but I will probably continue to share my fashion sketches. Speaking of that, I do have a new fashion illustration to share with you. Today it's  Friday Fashion Illustration  so the timing is perfect. Fashion illustration is such a big part of this blog. I hope it will stay that way.   I drew this quick sketch with watercolour pencils on A4 paper from some random sketchbook. In fact, I'm not even sure the paper is suitable for watercolours. Anyhow, I had fun drawing this one. I used my own photograph as a reference. Scroll down to see more. This illustration was inspired by one of my recent 'stay at home' looks. Sometimes I like to get all dressed up for no reason. Another reason why I used one of my own photographs as a reference is because I wanted to draw a sitting illustration. Using a reference helped me to do it quickly!   SHOULD YOU USE A REFERENCE WHEN PRAC...

Hello there! Today I'm back with a review of yet another short story by Robert A. Heinlein: 'Logic of Empire'.  You may read  'Logic of Empire'  here.   Among his shorter prose, this story remains one of my favourite ones. First p ublished in 1941 in Astonishing Science Fiction ,   'Logic of Empire' is a realistic  depiction of future slavery.  It is a story set in future,  a chilling tale of two men who are sold to slavery on Venus.   Today I'll seek to explain why I hold this story in such high esteem.  I think  one of the reason why 'Logic of Empire' has had such an impact of me was the timing. I read it at the same time as several recounts of real slavery such as Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer.   Moreover, as someone who has a degree in language and literature, I've naturally read a great deal about slavery. Once I did more research  on the subject, I was horrified to learn that the number of slaves...

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! Today I'm back with another reading recommendations. The Door into Summer is a science fiction novel by Robert A.Heinlein. Originally published in 1956 in a serialized form in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , it was first published as a novel in its hardcover form in 1957. The plot of this fascinating novel focuses on an engineer who decides that freezing himself (as a method of time travel) is a great idea. This novel is a wonderful mix of action and philosophy. The story is filled with both action and meditations. Most importantly, this novel features one of the coolest cat characters in the history of literature. Yes, this novel was inspired by a cat! Heinlein himself was a self-confessed cat lover. This is what he had to say about this novel : " When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat—I'm a cat man—wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he wouldn't leave. Just kept o...