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

 Hello dear readers, how are you? I'm fine, working hard on some new art projects. Today I'll share a new fashion illustration of mine inspired by a statement black dress ( look #5) from  Johanna Ortiz Spring 2021 Ready to Wear collection.   The dress really caught my eye but it is hardly the only eye-catching dress in this collection. On overall, Johanna's Spring collection is stunning and if you want to see more look it up (that's what the link is for). The medium for this illustration is oil pastels on mixed media paper. The oil pastels are  from art brand Sonet  (not sponsored).  It's been a whole since I used my oil pastels to make a fashion illustration. If I remember correctly it was back in 2019 when I used oil pastels to illustrate one of Valentino's designs . Not many people use oil pastels to make fashion illustrations, but I guess I'm more adventurous  than most. Scroll down to read and see more.  THE ILLUSTRATING PROCESS: Not mu...

Today I'm going to show you 20 ways to style a blue denim skirt. As you might know, shopping one's closet is a great way to do sustainable fashion. This denim skirt is from Amadeus, a Croatian denim brand I love. I've had this denim skirt for years. It's my one of my favourite denim skirts, I wear it in all seasons. I like everything about it really, the colour, the cut, the soft denim itself. I already did 14 ways to wear this skirt , so today I'll show you additional six ways to wear it. Don't worry this post won't be too long. I created collages so you can scroll down more quickly. All the links in this post lead to my older posts (showing you how I wore some clothing item before). #1, #2, #3 , #4 Two of the outfits in this collage (the first two) are new looks I wore fairly recently, the other two are a bit older.  OUTFIT IDEA #1 A CAMEL COAT AND HEELED BOOTS , BURGUNDY BAG AND BLACK LEGGINGS. I wore this outfit last week, I definitely see myself repeat...

 EN Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! Today I'll share with you the making of a new acrylic painting. I've created this painting fairly recently. I know some of you enjoy seeing  these kind of posts, so I prepared some collages to give you an insight into my creative process.  I will also show you what frames I opted for recently. I have had two of my landscape paintings framed recently and I want to show you what kind of frames I selected. If you are a new visitor, this is my living room  all the paintings you can see on the walls are also mine.  HR Pozdrav dragi čitatelji i kolege blogeri! Danas ću s vama podijeliti izradu slike (medij je akril na platnu) koju sam nedavno naslikala. Znam da neki od vas uživaju gledati ovakve objave, pa sam pripremila nekoliko kolaža koji će vam dati uvid u moj kreativni proces. Pokazat ću vam i za koje sam se okvire nedavno odlučila. Nedavno sam uokvirila dvije svoje pejzažne slike i želim vam pokazati kakve sam okv...

 Hi there. Are you in mood for another 'X ways to wear an Y item posts?' I hope you are because that's what we will be doing today and the item in question is my old pair of doctor Martens boots. Combat boots are trending right now. Now, the reason why I haven't picked up a pair  (or felt the need to) is because I already have everything I need in my closet: an old  pair of doc Martens boots. I bought this pair when I was an adolescent so that means....wait a minute and let me do the math. I'm 35 now, so that is twenty years. Why, why, time really flies doesn't it? Ten more years and this pair will be vintage.  Crazy to think that, isn't it? Naturally, in the twenty years I owned this pair, I wore them more than 20 times. However, I don't have all of those outfits photographed. Moreover, I decided to stick just with autumn and winter outfits. Believe it or not, I was also known to wear doc Martens in summer. Why they are perfect choice for summer festiva...