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

Here I am with a new drawing. It depicts a girl wearing an off shoulder blouse. It is appropriate for Spring, I would say. I will have to take a break from drawing with pencil for a while. My right hand is swollen and sore. There is only as much work as our hands can take. I think I will stick with painting for a while.  I should probably give that a rest too. Anyhow, that's all for today. Once again I have included a few 'before' photographs, so that you can see the drawing process. Evo me s novim crtežom. Prikazuje djevojku koja nosi bluzu golih ramena. Prikladno za proljeće, rekla bi. Morat ću uzeti mali odmor od crtanja olovkom. Desna ruka mi je otekla i boli me. Postoji neka granica do koje naše ruke mogu ići. Mislim da ću se neko vrijeme držati slikanja. Mada bilo bi pametnije da se i toga ostavim na neko vrijeme.  Uglavnom, to je sve za danas. Dodala sam nekoliko "prije" fotografija, tako da možete vidjeti sam proces crtanja. MORE LINKS TO POST...

Remember that DIY project I have recently blogged about here ? Well, those boots aren't the only thing I decided to paint with Bleu di Prussia (Prussian blue) acrylic colour. In fact, I also painted one pair of high heels. This pair had a snake print that I decided to keep. So, what I did was to apply only one layer of acrylic paint. In this way, I managed to preserve the original print, I just made it less fleshy and obvious. Before you scroll down to see the photographs of today's outfit, let me just inform you about the location of this outfit post. It is Rodoc, a place that could be described as suburbs of Mostar city. A lovely place. There is one restaurant there I like but I will talk about that some other time. Sjećate se onoga DIY projekta o kojem sam nedavno pisala ovdje ? Te čizme nisu bile jednina stvar koju sam odlučila obojati s prusko plavom akrilnom bojom. Zapravo, obojala sam i još jedan par visokih peta. Taj je par imao zmijski uzorak koji sam odlučila za...

Today I'm sharing two pencil drawings with you. For the first one I used a photograph from Matija Vuica's Instagram account (you can see it here ) as a refrence. Matija Vuica is one of my favourite  Croatian fashion designers. If I had to explain why in one sentence, I would say because her designs are unique, dramatic, feminine and theatrical. The second drawing is a fashion illustration of one Croatian singer wearing one of Vuica's creations. That one I did in typical fashion illustration style, so for that one I didn't use a specific photo for a reference. I looked at photographs from that old campaign and I picked one dress I wanted to illustrate. That would be all for today. Have a lovely Sunday! Danas sa vama dijelim dva crteža olovkom. Za prvi sam kao referencu koristila fotografiju s Instagram profila Matije Vuice (koju možete vidjeti ovdje ). Matija Vuica mi je jedna od najdražih hrvatskih kreatorica. Kada bi morala objasniti zašto u jednoj rečenici, rek...

I'm not sure how I feel about this drawing.  I kind of like it, but to be honest I don't really see the resemblance with the person I tried to illustrate.  It is hard to find that balance between 'personal style' and 'realistic' style of drawing, especially when it comes to portraits. Although, I'm not quite sure I'm actually attempting portraits yet.  Maybe I should. Who dares wines:). I think I'll give this one another try, see how that works out. Nisam sigurna kakvo je moje mišljenje o ovome crtežu. Nekako mi se sviđa, ali ne vidim pravu sličnost s osobom koju sam ilustrirala. Teško je pronaći tu ravnotežu između osobnoga stila i realnoga načina crtanja, pogotovo kada su portreti u pitanju. Iako, nisam sigurna da zapravo pokušavam raditi potrete još. Možda bi trebala. Tko ne riskira, ne profitira. :) Mislim da ću ovu pokušati ponovo pa vidjeti što će ispasti. Over the years, I have worked on my drawing skills. Tijekom godina, radila sam...

I love how this painting turned out. The medium is acrylic on cardboard. Speaking of acrylic, I have done quite a few DIY projects using this kind of paints recently. In this post, you'll see one of those projects.  I painted over a pair of old boots with a dark blue acrylic paints. The same paint I used to paint the hair on this illustration. Long story short, my old boots are now dark blue. DIY projects are always fun. For me they are often more about practicing our creativity then about the end result. Was it really sensible to use acrylic paints on low quality shoewear? No, it wasn't. In some cases (albeit not in this one, these boots were sadly overpaid ) the paints themselves cost more than the shoes. However, the fun element has its value and so does the opportunity to practice our creativity. Sometimes that is what we need. As Tijana said, sometimes we can learn from baby pandas (you can see what she meant by there  here ). Sviđa mi se kako je ova slika ispala....

Two Spring outfits. Both of them drawn with a pencil. One is depicting a girl wearing an off shoulder midi dress and the other one shows a girl wearing skinny jeans and a blouse with bell sleeves (ruffled bell sleeves to be more precise). What both of them have in common are ruffles. Do you like ruffles? Do you plan to wear this trend? I'm a big fan of the ruffle trend. Perhaps it is because deep inside I'm a hopeless romantic. Dvije proljetne odjevne kombinacije. Obje nacrtane olovke. Jedna prikazuje djevojku koja nosi midi haljinu golih ramena, a druga djevojku koja nosi uske traperice i bluzu s širokim rukavima (zvonastim rukavima na volane da budem precizna). Ono što obje imaju zajedničko su volani. Volite li vi volane? Planirate li nositi ovaj trend? Veliki sam obožavatelj trenda volana. Možda zato što sam duboko u sebi veliki romantik.  There's also some illustration done with coloured pencils.  Ima i ilustracija s bojicama.  ...