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

Inspired by  is one of favourite features on this blog. I had to give it up while I was sick (just like everything else), but I hope I will be able to return to it next year. This year I have illustrated a lot of lovely bloggers. Therefore, I decided to do a little recap, and I hope that you'll enjoy it. I  have worked hard on my illustrating skills this year, I've tried some new mediums and generally speaking I've spent a lot of time trying to make art. This also reflected on my blog, and posting art became a regular thing (apart from the time I was in hospital & recovering, but then I obviously wasn't posting anything at all). I've divided illustrations into groups based on the medium that I used because I think it looks more neat that way (and some of you might want to know more about mediums employed).  3 WATERCOLOUR 'INSPIRED BY' ILLUSTRATIONS (PAOLA, NICOLETA, LERA) Working with watercolour is always lovely, but I do still...

Hello dear readers! In this post, I'll show you how to get creative with fashion illustration by decorating it with scraps you can find at your home, such as golden fold from candy or chocolate wraps. The fashion illustration that I'm sharing today was inspired was a runaway look. I can't, for the life of me, remember the runaway look that was the inspiration behind this fashion illustration of mine. I admit, I forgot it.  Often I draw from imagination (i.e just use my head to get ideas), but I'm pretty sure this one was inspired by a particular runaway gown, I just can't remember what that look was.  If I manage to remember it, I will let you know. The medium is watercolour (and pencil) on paper. I made it on the same day I made most of the illustrations I've been posting lately, for example those shown in this post  or this one . My energy levels must have been pretty decent that day.  Later on, I did play a bit with this illustration and experimented wit...

In this post, I'll share my new watercolour fashion illustrations. I'll focus on two of my fashion illustrations, but I'll also show you some I had already shared as well as my work station (aka kitchen desk). In addition, I'll talk about what making art is really like! We like keep it real on this little place to call my own. Nothing is easy. Just about anything worthwhile doing takes time and effort if you want to get it right.  Even something as seemingly simple as a fashion illustration. If you feel like you can do something better if you only push yourself harder, then why not push yourself harder? In the end, we should be the ones who know ourselves best.  We should learn when it is time to push ourselves harder and when it is time to take it easy. One thing that I’m certain of is that you can’t improve your skills unless you work on them.  NO PAIN, NO GAIN STILL APPLIES TO MAKING ART BUT DON'T TAKE IT LITERALLY,  LEARN TO TAKE BREAKS TO AVOID INJURIN...