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

oil paints/ uljane boje  sketch/ skica Now it needs only finishing touches/ još je potrebno samo malo dovršiti Another painting I'm working on right now.  Još jedna od slika na kojima trenutno radim.

  While the flowers on the shirt are hand painted (by me) with textile paints, the (pink) colour of the shirt is actually a result of laundry mistake. ( The shirt was actually a part of my WindJet uniform many years ago and I've kept it because it's good quality cotton.)  Not only can mistakes teach us a lot in life, sometimes mistakes can turn out not to mistakes at all... I like the soft pink of the shirt and together with green socks it adds a bit of colour to this outfit. Dok sam cvjetove na košulji sama nacrtala sa tekstilnim bojama, roza boja košulje je zapravo rezultat pogrješke u pranju. ( Košulja je zapravo bila dio moje WindJet uniforme prije puno puno godina, a zadržala sam je zato što je napravljena od kvalitetnog pamuka)  Ne samo da nas pogrješke u životu mogu puno naučiti, nego ponekad pogješke se na kraju pokažu kao dobra stvar....Mislim da nježno roza košulja lijepo izgleda, a sa zelenim čarapicama dodaje malo boje u ovu odjevnu ...

Alexandra from svetusvet.  (acrylic paints and pen/ akrilne boje i kemijska) svetusvet watercolours and pencil/ vodene boje i olovka Tijana from http://fashionabejita.blogspot.com/ watercolours and pencil/ vodene boje i olovka sketches/ skice mmfashionbites.blogspot.gr Lera from http://lerablogs.blogspot.com/ watercolours and pen/ vodene bojice i olovka  Nekoliko skica na brzinu. Ove odjevne kombinacije su mi se svidjele i željela sam iz zabilježiti. Nisu to potreti, samo skice i više su usredotočeni na odjeću tj. odjevne kombinacije nego na postizanje sličnosti sa stvarnom osobom ( za što bi mi stvarno trebalo više vremena). Kad budem imala vremena, nastojati ću napraviti detaljnije (i bolje) verzije istih. U međuvremenu...što vam se čini? A few sketches done in a rush, but I liked these outfits and wanted to take a  mental note of them.  They're only sketches, not portraits and they are more focu...

Today I'm presenting another one of my creations, this time a statement necklace. This floral dress you saw plenty of times on this little blog of  mine. Depending on accessories this dress can be both formal and casual. This time I went for the latter option and wore it with a denim vest that I have embroidered myself (I'm kind of proud of my skills with the needle in the embroidery department) and an old pair of mules. The yellow bag seeemed the perfect choice for this girly look (that or I'm too lazy to move stuff out of my bag so I end up wearing the same one for an entire  week). Danas vam predstavljam još jednu od svojih kreacija, ovaj put upečatljivu ogrlicu. Ovu haljinu cvjetnog uzorka vidjeli ste puno puta na blogu. Ovisno o modnim dodacima ova haljina može biti ležerna ili formalna. Ovaj put ležernost je prevladala pa sam je iskombinirala sa traper prslukom kojeg sama sama izvezla (pomalo sam ponosna na svoje vještine s iglom) i s...

'Shoes are boring, wear sneakers', instructs the ad for converse sneakers. Point taken. I've worn sneakers quite often this summer and I plan to continue doing so. I've never actually bough a pair of converse sneakers but I've had plenty lookalikes over the years. I guess I just don't feel like spending more than 5 euros on a pair of sneakers made from denim. Sorry. ( I'd much rather buy a few more books to add to my home library.) Anyhow, wearing sneakers only makes sense. Not only are they comfortable but they have been fashionable for a while now (as you all undoubtedly know). In the summer they're very suited for those long walks and as it is still summer in Croatia and it will be until the end of this month (minus a few rainy days now and then) I say yes to sneakers!  This outfit  was granny approved. You see my grandmother said I should wear short dresses and skirts more often...and when they say old people are old-fashi...

oil on canvas ulje na platnu The background is inspired by an actual landscape but only partly. The face, the eyes, the skin colour... It turned out exactly the way I wanted it to be. Rusalka 2 ( There is also a Rusalka 3 and if you want, I'll post that one as well).  The only problem is finding a proper place for it in my house... It's a sort of painting that draws attention to  itself. I just find it hard to find what is the right place for her. Any suggestions? If you scroll down, you'll find a collage on which you can see how the painting looked after I had worked on it for the first time. As you can see, it was pretty much finished. I only added another layer of colour and some finishing touches. In general, it's how I work with oil paints. However, to paint one old church in Starigrad, it took about ten attempts and I'm not even sure I'm sadisfied with it. Sometimes a painting is finished in a few days, sometimes it takes a few weeks... or e...