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

My fashion illustration of the day. Medium is watercolour on paper. Today I'm posting a festive outfit. A very romantic purple gown. Have you decided what you will wear tonight (those of you celebrating these days)? Have a blessed Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas! Moja modna ilustracija dana. Medij su vodene boje na papiru. Danas objavljujem nešto blagdanski, jednu romantičnu ljubičastu haljinu. Jeste li odlučili što ćete obući vi koji slavite ovih dana? Na dobro vam došao Badnjak! Sretan Božić! POST UPDATE: I ADDED some OF MY NEWER ILLUSTRATIONS https://modaodaradosti.blogspot.com/2020/02/fashion-illustration-friday-lady-in.html ONE MORE LILAC FASHION ILLUSTRATION https://modaodaradosti.blogspot.com/2018/03/illustrating-catwalk-look-from-stella.html MY ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION IS BELOW If you like this fashion  illustration  and would like to see more, you are welcome to visit my previous Friday Fashion Illustration Posts: -  FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: WATERCOLOUR ...

Before the year ends, there are a few sum ups that I plan to do. One of them has to do with my fashion illustrations. This year I have been posting my fashion illustrations more frequently.  They have become a part of my regular blogging, so I wanted to make a little recap of them. However, because I have so many of them, I have decided to divide them in 2 (perhaps even 3 parts). So, today what we're having on the menu are pencil illustrations ( so illustrations done with ordinary or coloured pencils. If you missed any of these illustrations, now you can catch up. Prije nego što godina završi, htjela bi napraviti još par sažetaka. Jedan od njih odnosi se na moje modne ilustracije. Ove godine sam objavljivala sve više modnih ilustracija. Postale su toliki dio moga bloga da bih željela napraviti neki presjek. No, zar je imam toliko njih, odlučila sam ih podijeliti u dva dijela ( a možda čak i u tri). Danas su nam na jelovniku modne ilustracije s olovkom (pa bile to bojice ili ...

I always loved ethnic prints. I think it might have something to do with my fascination with folklore. There was always something drawing me to cultural studies, there was always this sensation that I could experience something new and wonderful by getting myself familiar with some new culture. There was nothing wrong with this instinct, I would say. It made me more curious and it lead me to some great places. Even as a little girl, I felt the desire to learn more about different cultures and over the years this curiously motivated me undertake personal study projects. It caused a lot of wanderlust in my childhood.  As I grew older, I realized that it is not always necessary to travel to experience new cultures. We can learn about some country without even visiting it. Being physically present doesn't always matter much. Do you know those people that are always on their phone? They might call you to meet up but spend all their time texting. When you say your goodbyes, you don...