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

 Selecting a frame and a varnish for a canvas can feel like adding finishing touches. It's like choosing accessories to an outfit, something that can make it look even better and/or more polished. Today I'll show you the varnishing and framing done on a seascape painting I already shared with you (more details HERE ). This canvas depicting Zavala on island Hvar has found a new home and is no longer with me. It was hard saying goodbye to it, because I invested so much time, energy and love into making it. Before gifting it away, I had it framed. I usually have my paintings framed in Michelangelo gallery in Mostar.  This is an outfit I wore to take this painting to the gallery. VARNISHING THE CANVAS- Varnishing serves to protect the colour and the painting itself from the harmful influences of light, dirt and so on. I'm still too new to varnishing to offer any definite advice. All I can give is general advice: make sure the painting is clean before applying the varnish, make ...

 Today I'll show you an outfit I wore for a ferry ride from Sucuraj (island Hvar)  to Drvenik. If you read my last post, you'll know that I painted this charming little port village (and more than once, I'll link my art up later).  Anyhow, today we're talking summer travel style. I already covered this topic in detail in this post  from 2019, so I'll just share a few thoughts. Comfort is often a relative term when it comes to clothes.  It's not a matter of simply dividing clothing items into casual or formal. Some people feel best in gym clothes, other in suits or fancy dresses. There really are no rules. We define comfort differently.  However, there are some practical concerns. No matter what your personal style might be, you'll want breathable and light clothing for travelling in summer. Protection against the sun is also a concern when travelling in summer and this can typically be addressed with a wide brim hat and sunglasses. I often wear pencil skirt...

Welcome September! Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers.  How are you doing? I hope you are well and that your September is up to a good start. Today I will share a new painting of mine with you. This post will be the nineteenth post in the category TRAVEL WITH MY ART . What does that mean? It means that once again I used my art to take you somewhere. A few months ago I had this idea of creating an art feature that would be dedicated to travelling i.e. illustrating different places and location. What can you expected to see here? So far, I have mostly painted and illustrated places I have visited myself, but sometimes I also painted places I would love to visit. The star of this feature has definitely been island Hvar. I have painted this magical island many times and truth be told, I'm pretty sure I'll continue doing so, because this island means so much to me. As long as island Hvar continues to inspire me, I will continue painting it.  BOATS IN SUCURAJ- ACRYLIC ON CANVAS ...

 Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! How are you doing? Today I'm happy to share with you another book review and this time I'll be reviewing a famous classic: Bel- Ami, a novel by Guy de Maupassant.  Some of you might remember that I hold this French writer in high esteem.  Considered the father of the modern short story, Guy de Maupassant is possibly best known for his shorter prose works (he wrote about 300 short stories and is considered a master of the form). However, Maupassant also wrote three novels. I personally enjoyed both his stories and novels. If you remember, I devoted a post to his novel Mont-Oriol.  I've read an awful lot of Maupassant  (several collections of his short stories and the above mentioned novel) and I was always left wanting more. Classics do tend to make my soul sing, but some authors are still dearer to me than others and that is the case with Maupassant. Seeing that I've always enjoyed his writing immensely, I was looking fo...

 Hello readers and fellow bloggers. Another day, another book review. Today I'll be reviewing a book I finished yesterday: Ill Wind by Nevada Barr. I don't remember when exactly I started it (without making much progress) but it was a while ago, maybe at the start of this summer. I forgot all about it until the cover grabbed my attention yesterday when I picked it up again and thought to myself: 'Why not?' This was my first novel by Nevada Barr. To be honest, I haven't even heard of her before. I must have picked up this book in Jelsa, where there are these wood boxes for book exchange (great ideas if you ask me, all cities should have them). I'm glad I picked this book up. Ill Wind proved to be a lovely read. It's a murder mystery set in a national park. The heroine of the novel is Anna Pigeon, a park ranger. Now, apparently there is a whole series featuring Anna Pigeon and this novel is the third one in the series. However, I think Anna Pigeon books can b...