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

Hello dear readers and/or fellow bloggers! How's life treating you? Today I'm back with a fashion illustration depicting a brunette in a green dress. The medium for this illustration is watercolour pencils  ( Staedtler brand ) on recycled lasagna packaging (yes, really). Obviously this cardboard isn't ideal for art, but I like a good challenge and I like to recycle. The cardboard used for packaging products these days feels plastic but that's the way it is. I gave it a try and it turned out well. I'm actually thinking of using this fashion illustration as a bookmark. Maybe I should gift it to someone. Now, that is what I would call a successfully upcycled bookmark. I also used played a bit with digital effects to make new versions of this fashion illustration. Scroll down to see more of my art process.  DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH WATERCOLOUR PENCILS- THE PROCESS Bellow you can see two collages I made specifically to show you the process of working with watercolour pe...

Hello readers! Today I'll show you a summer outfit featuring a grey midi dress I made myself. Speaking of summer, do you tend to read more in the summer? If you're looking for a reading recommendation, I have a book review to share: Night and Day by Virginia Woolf.  In addition, I'll show you some shots of Split city. It hasn't been long since my last post about Split city ( here ), but I'm sure you won't mind seeing more of it.  Pozdrav čitatelji! Danas ću vam pokazati ljetnu kombnaciju sa sivom midi haljinom koju sam sama napravila. Kada već govorimo o ljetu, je li više volite čitati ljeti? Ako tražite preporuku za čitanje, imam recenziju i preporuku knjige: Noć i dan, roman koji je napisala Virginia Woolf. Uz to, pokazat ću vam nekoliko fotografija grada Splita. Nije prošlo dugo od moje posljednje objave o gradu Splitu, ali sigurna sam da vam neće smetati ponovo vidjeti Split. DIFFERENT WAYS TO STYLE A GREY MIDI DRESS FOR SUMMER  If you have a good memory, y...

Hello there! I'm back with a book review and an outfit post. The book I will be reviewing & recommending is a novel A River Sutra by an Indian author Gita Mehta. This was my first Gita Mehta book. I will also be sharing a summer outfit with you. The location is Jelsa on island Hvar. You can actually  see some of notable historical sights in the background. HR Zdravo! Vraćam se sa ogledom knjige i odjevnom kombinacijom. Knjiga o kojoj ću pisati i koju ću preporučiti je roman Rijeka Sutra indijske autorice Gite Mehte. Ovo je prvo njezino djelo sa kojim sam se susrela. Također ću sa vama podijeliti ljetnu odjevnu kombinaciju. Lokacija je Jelsa na otoku Hvaru, a možete vidjeti i neke povijesne znamenitosti u pozadini. A RIVER SUTRA, A NOVEL BY GITA MEHTA A River Sutra  was published in 1993 in Toronto by Randon House of Canada.  The copy I have was published in 1944 by Mandarin Paperbacks. It has received much attention and is a critically acclaimed novel. Like many Ang...

Time for another fashion illustration post. This time I'm sharing a mixed print illustration based on one of my recently worn outfits. I finally bought some art supplies: two sketching blocks. As you may remember, I relied mostly on digital art in the past few months. I hardly ever left the island and there aren't that many art supply shops here. However, recently I had to go to Split for medical check ups and picked up the above mentioned blocks. If art is you hobby, it is a good idea to have a sketching block at hand because we're all pressed for time and you have to catch sketching opportunities when you can. Anyhow, I sketched this look with a ballpoint pen during my catamaran ride and I coloured it with watercolour pencils later on. I used Staedtler  Noris aquarell 144 10  watercolour pencils (not sponsored). I've had these watercolour pencils for about a year now and I'm quite happy with them. You can see the first fashion illustration I made with them here ....