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

 Hello there! This post is going to be super short because I'm feeling depressed and tired, probably because of all the art projects I'm currently working on. I'm probably spending too much time drawing these days for I cannot see another reason why my energy levels are so low. Anyhow, today I'll just show you a couple of illustration I did (in different versions). So, let's start the one I'm most satisfied with. Bellow you can see how I illustrated a girl sitting on her balcony in an urban setting. After I finished the original illustration, I painted it digitally in Paint 3D in two main ways: one was colouring and working with the original colours and the other was by turning it black and white and then colouring it from the beginning. I ended up with five or six different version and I really cannot pick a favourite, they are all interesting in their own way. I also love that this illustration just came straight out of my head, without any planning or thought...

Time for another art update. Lately, my life has been pretty much revolving around art. I'm very focused on improving my art skills right now. I have been working hard on making new art and illustrations. Sometimes it seems that it is all I do. When I'm not working on my art, I'm either studying new art techniques or researching the market. My efforts were not without result, though. Today I'll share with you six new watercolour portraits.  The medium for all of them is watercolour pencils on mixed media paper (from one of my sketchbooks). These portraits are mostly a product of my imagination. I did use some of my own photographs as references just so that I can challenge myself to paint a face from different angles but none of them are actual self-portraits (or at least not intended as such).  Most of these watercolour portraits are already in my redbubble shop and those that aren't there yet, will be added asap. Today's post is only in English, sorry. I feel ...

 EN This hairstyle was inspired by traditional Croatian folklore hairstyles. I found a really cute hairstyle picture on Pinterest and wanted to replicate it but had no idea how to do it. I'm from Croatia, but there are so many different Croatian traditional hairstyle depending on the region. I'm from region known as Dalmatia and I know how to braid my hair in a Dalmatian way but the hairstyle I wanted to is from another region, so I was clueless about how to go about it. In the end, I just improvised. You probably wouldn't believe me when I tell you how many traditional hairstyles exist within Croatian folklore  and other European nations have amazing and unique folklore hairstyles as well. If we expect our point of view globally, there there is no end to diversity in traditional and ethnic hair styles. I always say that folklore is definitely a great place to look for inspiration! What do you think?  IT La mia ispirazione per questa acconciatura sono state le tradiziona...

 It took me approximately +20  hours spanned over the course of three days to finish this painting of mountain church of saint Elias. Yes, I didn't get much sleep in the last three days and I'm not feeling so great as a consequence but that's fine, I rarely enjoy the painting process itself and I've been suffering from insomnia anyway. The original painting was made and gifted but art prints (and prints on various products) are available in my redbubble shop ( link ). THE STORY OF THE PAINTING- THE MOUNTAIN CHURCH OF SAINT ELIAS- I sure didn't enjoy painting this one. I wanted to make the painting more realistic and lifelike so I opted for a fine brush and many many strokes on the details. It took me good eight hours just to finish the road leading to the church and the stone house in the foreground. I felt like curling into a ball and crying later that evening. Yes, painting isn't always enjoyable. It is more the finished product that I'm after. I paint be...