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

pencil and acrylic paints kemijska i akrile boje Summer for me often translates as one thing: colour...abudance of colour. What about you? What do you think about colourful outfits in the summer? For me it is as I've said all about colour. Sure I love the all white look and even all black look ( in the evening naturally for the Mediterranean sun doesn't allow it any other way) but for me summer has always been a time to relax a little and mix and mismatch a lot. One more thing I must stress out when it comes to summer: the jewelry. I love to wear jewelry in the summer even if it is a little impractical sometimes (because of the heat and the sweating) but there are ways to do it and just like with clothes we can find what works best for us. The woman I have depicted is wearing a big red statement necklace and some kind of red vest or kimono (made from silk preferably). The other colours are yellow and blue (which I think look gorgeous together) and I intention...

Urban and natural are words that seem to have the opposite meanings, antonyms really....terms that we usually separate. In doing so we often forget how often nature creeps into our urban dwellings. This blue eyed baby bird reminded me of it. Isn't it beautiful?  For once in the right time in the right place. I was so happy that I had my cam with me that I didn't mind putting down all the heavy grocery bags from the bazaar to take a photo. Urbano i prirodno su riječi za koje se čini da imaju posve različita značenja, antonimi....izrazi koje većinom odvajamo. Čineći to zaboravljamo kako se ponekad priroda uvuče u naša urbana mjesta. Ova mala ptičica plavih očiju me podsjetila na to. Zar nije predivna? Konačno sam se našla u pravo vrijeme na pravom mjestu. Bilo mi je tako drago što imam fotoaparat uz sebe i nije mi bilo nimalo teško spustiti teške vrećice s pazara da bi je uslikala.

ilustracija/ illustration coloured pencils bojice coloured pencils+ water colours and markers Bojice, vodene i kava Another illustration made with colour pencils, markers, water colours and coffee. You might say I use whatever comes handy and you wouldn't be far from the truth. Yesterday I made a lot of illustrations using a pen and acrylic colours and soon enough you'll see those too. I think I will be painting and drawing a lot more now that summer is here. Još jedna ilustracija s bojicama, flomasterima, vodenim bojama i kavom. Moglo bi se reći da se koristim s a svim što mi dođe pod ruku. Jučer sam napravila puno crteža s akrilnim bojama i kemijskom pa ćete uskoro i to vidjeti. Mislim da ću puno više crtati i slikati sada kada je ljeto stiglo. POST UPDATE 2025 IF YOU ENJOY FASHION ILLUSTRATION, YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THE TIMES I ILLUSTRATED D&G:  1. OBVIOUSLY THE D&G FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SPRING 2021  2. FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS...

inspirational collage/ kolaž inspiracije I do love the combo of blue and green. That is my favourite thing about this outfit. The jewelry  that I like so much (the diy necklace and Selena Kuhl bracelet) are actually the same as the in the last outfit because the shots were taken on the same (very busy) day. The wedges are made from cork and are the most comfortable shoes ever! I don't think there will be much outfit posts this month (it's hard for me to organize that but I might as well post this photos since they happened to be taken), so you're much more likely to see more of my illustrations and stuff like that. I hope you have a lovely weekend. Sviđa mi se kombinacija plave i zelene. To mi je najdraža stvar kod ove kombinacije. Nakit koji mi se jako sviđa je zapravo isti kao i onaj iz prošlog posta s odjevnom kombinacijom, a to je zato jer su oba slikana na isti (jako naporni i zauzeti) dan. Cipele su od pluta i tako su udobne! Mislim da neće biti puno o...

*The photographs are from my garden (it's been a while since I had time to go hiking or something like that) * The illustration represent a forest fairy ( I've used colour pencils, water colours and coffee to pain it) I've started writing a story about a forest fairy recently, it's in one of my little nephew's notebooks and I hope to finish it soon. There is also an entire series of stories about a little boy that lives in a circus that I have made up especially for my nephew and that I should really put on paper before I forget them or something (though he seems to remember them quite well) Anyhow, I guess that story is where I got the inspiration for this illustration. The only problem is that I forgot about the painting on the other side of the paper (painted with acrylic paints) so when I applied water colours and coffee above the colour pencils... the stains made their appearance...It's not a big deal as I will p...

For today vintage futuristic look....this illustration reminds me of vintage sf and that sort of things, so I guess there is where inspiration came from. Hope you like it...Once again I've used coffee for colouring in the same way water colours are used. Have a nice day! Za danas vintage futuristički izgled...ova me ilustracije podsjeća na vintage znanstvenu fantastiku i takve stvari pa mi je valjda to i bilo nadahnuće. Nadam se da vam se sviđa...Još jednom sam koristila kavu za bojenje, na isti način na koji se koriste vodene bojice. Ugodan dan želim! finished (coffee and markers) / Završeno: kava i flomasteri (većinom koristila sam malo i bojice) sketch made with a marker skica nacrtana s flomasterom coffee/ kava Finished illustration/ završena ilustracija