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

What do we have here today? Another painting and this one is mixed media, more precisely make up and coloured pencils on paper. The painting depicts a ballerina (in case you couldn’t tell) and I named it red swan. Is there such a thing as a red swan? Well, we all know of white and black swans, both in animal kingdom and ballet world, where Swan lake has a legendary status. A red swan is yet to be created, both in biological and dance world. Similarly, the red swan never appeared in the famous ballet Swan Lake, but it did show up in my imagination. Who knows? Perhaps someday, there will be a new ballet with this character, a reinterpretation of some sort. In that case the red swan could have a change to dance. Speaking of red swans, in Native American lore there is a lovely story featuring a red swan. Look it up and you'll find it suprisingly similar to the famous ballet. Perhaps not so surprisingly if you know that the balet was inspired by a Russial folk tale. Remember what I tol...

Here it is, my fashion illustration of the day. Medium is coloured pencil on paper. Today I'm presenting a girly and colourful outfit to you. Well, you know how much I love colours, right? The more, the merrier as they say. That would be all for today. I will keep this post short and let you prepare for the weekend:). Happy Friday! Evo moje modne ilustracija dana.  Medij su bojice na papiru. Predstavljam vam djevojačku i šarenu odjevnu kombinaciju. Znate koliko volim boje, zar ne? Što više to bolje, kako kažu. To bi bilo sve za danas. Ova će objava biti kratka jer se sigurno spremate za vikend. Ugodan vikend želim! DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF MY FASHION DRAWINGS?  INSPIRED BY SILVIA NEGRETTI 2025 POST UPDATE 2025- My blog is still going strong, so I added some links and a few collages so you can explore more of my art! If you like this fashion illustration and would like to see more, you have a look these similar posts:  DIGITAL RETOUCHING WITH PAI...

You know I've always loved making things myself. I'm totally a DIY girl, both when it comes to crafts and arts. Moreover, recently I've decided that I want to take it to the new level. I've decided to start my own 365 project that will be all about gifts. Yes, gifts! I've decided to make a gift for someone every day. All the gifts will be hand made and I will try to rely on recycling for most of them. That will be a pretty good challenge for my creativity, won't you say? Naturally, I won't be able to make something 'every single day' but that is not the point. I don't want to turn it into something stressful by expecting myself to produce something extraordinary every day, but I will take it as a healthy challenge. The point of this project is to think about others and what might make them happy. I will share some of my 'gifts' here, but I probably won't post about all of them. What do you think about this project? You knows, maybe...

Hi everyone! How are you? I'm fine, just awfully busy these days. Thank you for all of your lovely comments yesterday. Today I'm showing you two of  my new drawings. These fashion illustrations were inspired by fashion bloggers Tijana from fashionabejita and Lucyna from  irreplaceable-fashion . Check out their blogs to find more fashion inspiration! Scroll down to see the drawings and find the links to outfits that inspired me to draw them. Zdravo svima! Kako ste? Ja sam dobro, samo dosta zauzeta ovih dana. Hvala vam na lijepim komentarima jučer. Danas vam pokazujem svoja dva nova crteža. Ova modne ilustracije su nadahnute modnim blogericama Tijanom i Lucynom sa blogova fashionabejita i irreplaceable-fashion (ispod slika možete naći poveznice na odjevne kombinacije koje su me nadahnule da ih nacrtam). Potražite još modnoga nadahnuća na njihovim blogovima!  coloured pencils on paper/ bojice na papiru Inspired by/nadahnuta s..... http://fashionabejita.blogs...

Today I'm sharing with you three new paintings of made, all of them done in portrait style. As I said, I've been painting with make up often lately and here are some of the results. If you want to read more about painting with make up, you can check out this post of mine. Besides these artworks of mine, I'm also sharing with you an outfit that I wore recently. Thank you for your yesterday's answers and feedback on my last post. Have a lovely day! Danas sa vama dijelim tri nove slike, sve napravljene u portret stilu. Kao što sam rekla, često slikam sa šminkom u zadnje vrijeme pa evo i nekih rezultata. Želite li pročitati više o slikanju sa šminkom, možete pogledati ovu moju objavu. Osim ovih radova, danas sa vama dijelim i jednu odjevnu kombinaciju koju sam nosila nedavno. Hvala vam na jučerašnjih odgovorima i povratnim informacijama na prošloj objavi. Ugodan dan želim! Green haired, painting (make up on paper) Zelenokosa, slika (šminka na papiru) ...

It is time for another Inspired by feature on my blog. This feature consists of my illustrations, paintings or drawings of fashion bloggers. I'm trying to make this feature a daily one, perhaps that is a tad bit too ambitious, but it would be pretty cool if I could orgazine something like that. What do you think about it? How do you like this feature? How often would you like to see it? Every day? Or is a few times a month enough? How about my other fashion illustrations? How often would you like to see them? Would you like to see more of them in one post or only one illustration per post? I know I'm asking a lot of questions today, but I'm looking for some feedback. I'm interested in what my readers think about this little place of my own. So, tell me what do you want to see on this blog in the future? More illustrations or more outfit posts? More travel posts or more DIY stuff? Let's get back to this drawing. As you can see the medium is coloured pencils on pape...

Fairy tales have always fascinated me.I supposed it could be told that both the 'fairy and the 'tale' in fairytale are equally interesting to me because these two aspects fascinate me  a great deal. The first aspect is the 'fairy' part and the second is the 'tale' part. Let's talk about the 'fairy' aspect. By that I mean the mythological or the fantasy aspect of fairy tales. Mythology is somewhat of a hobby of mine, I always loved researching it, for it teaches us not only to understand different cultures and people, but also how to make connections and see how all the nations and people have so much in common. If you spend enough time reading fairy tales, you'll find matching themes in all of them. There are myths that all cultures seem to share, for example the myth about the creation of world. Another aspect of fairy tales that I love has to do with storytelling. That would be the 'tale' in the 'fairy tale'. I always loved...