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

  On this particular day I was feeling rather melancholic and sad. A feeling that hasn't lasted very long, though when we feel that way it seems like it will last forever. Beautiful things often have the power to improve my mood and indeed my mood was greatly improved not long after these photographs were taken.  This time the beauty that made me feel better was the pearl of the sea i.e. Split city. I shall never grow tired of it. ...to be continued.... Toga dana osjećala sam se poprilično melankonično i tužno. Osjećaj koji nije potrajao dugo, iako nam se uvijek čini da će trajati zauvijek kada se tako osjećamo. Lijepe stvari često imaju tu moć da poprave moje raspoloženje i doista moje raspoloženje se znatno popravilo nedugo nakon što su ove fotografije uslikane. Ovoga puta ljepota koja me oraspoložila je bio biser mora to jest Split. Nikad mi neće dosaditi. ..nastavlja se...

Haljina/ Dress: Mak, sandals/sandale: Peko, other/ostalo: no name, nije markirano I watched the spinning starts, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be. Roger Zelazny, Isle of the Dead Gledao sam zvijezde koje su se vrtjele, zahvalan, tužan i ponosan, kao što može biti samo čovjek koji je proživio svoju sudbinu i shvaća da bi si mogao skovati novu. Roget Zelazny, Otok Mrtvih These photographs were taken in front of my old elementary school. I used to be always late for class, despite the fact that I lived only 100 m away from the school. We were all late- all the little girls from my building because we would always wait for Neta- and she never got anywhere on time. Have you always noticed that in any group of young girls, one of them is always a princess (or perhaps better said a queen)? Fortunately, not very often does this reign results in something negative, as described in the...

oil on canvas/ ulje na platnu This painting ended up as a gift intended to decorate the walls of my friend's studio (because I know that has enough paintings at home). It depicts island Hvar i.e. one spot on the island that is very dear to me. Ova slika je završila kao dar čija će svrha biti ukrašavanje zida prijateljičina studija (jer znam da ima dovoljno slika kod kuće.) Oslikala sam otok Hvar, to jest jedno mjesto na Hvaru koje mi je jako drago.

One thing you will notice in my hometown Split is the amount of graffiti. Many of them are dedicated to soccer club, which I don't mind as long as they're artistic or well done (that's how I feel about graffiti in general).  Jedna stvar koju ćete primjetiti u mome rodnom Splitu je količina grafita. Puno njih je naravno posvećeno Hajduku što mi ne smeta dok god su lijepo nacrtani ili imaju umjetničkog štiha (takvo je i inače moje mišljenje o grafitima).  Dress/ Haljina: Moda in ,  sneakers/ tenisice: Umbro, sunnies/sunčane: DM,   SUSTAINABLE FASHION FILES- HOW I WORE THESE CLOTHING ITEMS BEFORE AND AFTER?  THE RED DRESS (moda in)-  previously worn  here  ,  here ,  here  , here with jeans  , here  and  here . Update from the future-  I'm still wearing this dress in 2025! 1) here  in 2015 I styled it with wedges and a summer striped baker boy hat.  2)   here  in 2015, I again style...

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...