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

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! I'm back with a new painting! In this post, I'll share a quick landscape sketch I made inspired by island Malta. I actually painted this on a back of one of my sketchbooks. The back of that sketchbook is made from cardboard, so I guess the medium is acrylic paints on cardboard. I actually like painting on cardboard for some reason. Maybe it takes me back to my DIY roots. I've always enjoyed creative projects, arts, crafts and that sort of thing. Even now when I took proper art classes, and learned to do art properly, I still enjoy quick projects, mixing media, as well as almost improvised paintings.  This painting was a quick seascape depicting Ghajn Tuffieha bay (Malta). As readers of my blog surely know, seascapes are my passion. I've done many detailed seascapes in the past, but this one is anything but detailed. This Malta seascape is quick and energetic. It's almost Impressionist in its brush strokes. Instead of focusing ...

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! Welcome November! We'll welcome this new month with a blog review. In this post, I'll share my review for Maugham's short story titled T he Ant and the Grasshopper . This post will also be  a reading recommendation because I enjoyed this story a great deal. I've been reading Maugham's The Complete Short Stories for some time now. I've been taking my time with this collection, but I enjoyed it a lot. When I finish this book in its entirely, I'll share a review for all of his stories. Until then, I'll keep posting individual reviews of stories I liked the most. If you want to read Maugham yourself, you can find his collected works online (among other places  on project Gutenberg ) and read them for free.  W. Somerset Maugham is a writer whose subtle use of humour is delightful, but sometimes it's easy to miss it just because it's so subtle. He's wonderful at mixing the harsh realities of life with clever...