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

Hello! Time for another Friday Fashion Illustration.   Today I'll share with you two pencils drawings I made using a photograph of a beautiful curvy model Ivana Miliošević as a reference. I drew two pencil illustrations of her. One illustration was a pencil portrait practice and the other illustration was a body study. I made these two illustrations just for practice, but I decided to share them because I documented the WIP (work in process) with photographs and I know some of you find it interesting. I used a photograph from a catalogue as a reference (the name of the photographer wasn't listed in the magazine, or at any rate I couldn't find it, perhaps because it was a collage of photographs that was printed on that page in that magazine). Scroll down to read about my art process. On the very bottom of the page you will be able to read an article with some of my thoughts on body positivity (if that sort of thing interests you).  PENCIL SKETCH- THE PROCESS Bellow you can s...

Happy International Women's Day! Isn't it wonderful that there is a special day to celebrate us? I have such fond memories of this day and I always find myself looking forward to it.  When my brother and I were little, we would always find an almond tree and bring a beautiful almond branch full of blossoms to my mother.  I still associate this day with almond blossoms and not with other more conventional floral options. When we were a bit older, we could just buy flowers, but those pre-school days of looking for flowers seem more fun in retrospective. Do you have any fond memories connected with this day? I'm actually in Croatia right now and I will stay here for the next week or so. On my blog, we will celebrate this day with some art sharing. In the past, I also shared  30 READING RECOMMENDATIONS (LADY AUTHORS)  so check that out if you want to celebrate today by reading female authors. Today I'll share a new art update: two paintings that were both inspired by a f...

Hello! Today I'll share with you a commission painting of a boat. I'll also share some photographs taken last summer that I haven't shared before so that you can see what inspires me to keep making boat paintings (and that would be Dalmatia- my native region). If you want to see more of my commission work, you can have a look at this family portrait I did in 2018. When I was first approached for a commission, I remember I was surprised but I didn't really hesitate to accept it. I'm glad I didn't. It's a wonderful feeling being able to bring someone joy with your art. I only had a few commissions so far, but they were all win-win situations where everyone is happy so I'll probably say yes in the future as well. All the commissions I had were from local people and I imagine that will be the case with future ones as well. In comparison with my first commission, this painting was easier to do because I was given a quality reference photograph and I didn...