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

Today I'll show you two new landscape paintings I sketched while lounging on a beach in Jelsa (island Hvar, Croatia) and finished when I got back home. One of these paintings is more detailed while the other is a  more a sketch. When I finished the first one, my husband asked me why I don't do something with less details so I did another one. The view on these paintings is slightly different. They both depict the same place, but the perspective is different. On the first painting only Brac island is visible in the distance (i.e. background) while on the other you can also see mountain Biokovo and Croatian coastline in the distance. That is because my perspective was different while I was sketching. That is what I love about Croatia. You can move just twenty  meters and you'll get a  totally different perspective and panorama. Isn't that amazing? The medium for both of these seascapes is watercolour pencil on mixed art media paper (same brands that were linked in my rece...

It's Friday and that means it's time for Fashion Illustration . Today I'm back with a watercolour illustration that is more portrait fashion illustration than a classical fashion illustration, meaning it depicts the upper part of the body, not the whole look. Sometimes it is good to focus more on the face and the details. The medium is watercolour pencils on A4 mixed media paper. The watercolour pencils I used are by Steadler brand and the mixed media paper (250g/m2) is by Royal talens  (the links are neither sponsored nor affiliated, just trying to be helpful). I'm not focused on selling originals of my art right now, but if someone is really interested and wants to offer a fair price, you can always drop me an email. As for prints of my art, they are available for sale on Redbubble and Arthaus . Scroll down to see the making of process and well as photo references I used for this post.  Making of this fashion illustration wasn't a terribly difficult process. It wa...

 Hello there! Today I'll take you to not one but three charming villages in vicinity of Hvar town, Croatia. Zaraće, Gornje Grablje and Brusje are beautiful villages that are only a short drive away from Hvar and  Stari grad town. You may not have heard of these picturesque villages, but let me assure you there are more than worth a visit.  I often blog about lovely villages, towns and places on island Hvar, but there is always more to discover. I'm so happy that I will share these lovely places with you. Time to hit the road and breathe in the fields of lavender this island is famous for. Scroll down to see more. ZARAĆE- A CHARMING VILLAGE THAT IS A MIX OF THE OLD AND THE NEW First we will visit Zaraće, a small village in immediate vicinity of Hvar town. This village consists of two parts: the older and the newer one. The new part is more touristy but I'm more interested in history so we went for the old part. There aren't any imposing structures here, but I absolutely ...