We are moving house

So for my cherished followers and friends, as much as I love my blog and would like to carry on with it, we are moving house so it is really difficult. We have to make a move in mid august so everything is in flux. I have also cranked up my yoga practice so that has taken a lot of time too. I feel I am in a stage where I would like to progress and grow so my efforts have gone that way.

Saying that, I am not giving up on my blog. I love it to much and my skills really have increased, not the least my ability in oil painting. I have been part of a wonderful painting group and just can't make the time to see them which is a real shame and now I have to leave them too:(
So stressed, excited and a bit sad AND we are going away to Sweden in middle of all that just  to sweeten the deal:)

Here is a recent doodle just to make this post a bit more imaginative, it is supposed to be a seal rather then a weird looking bear:)

Day 167: Another horsey doll

This is a good way of exploring collage and using funky paper together with textiles. I really like making these but should probably expand from making horses and elephants.

Day 166: My name

I am well late with my 365ers inspired projects but here it is. Inspired by lauren who makes her name in different fashion every day: http://thetwinoaksplace.blogspot.com/. Check it out!

Day 165: Cowgirl luggage label

I love easy assemble, creative kits:) This one is from crafts paper Mollie Makes and it's easy day project. My hand sewing is not that brilliant but I am going with rough home made style of Wild West to go with my horses:)

Day 164: Drawing 15

Soldiering on with my drawings. I left this drawing after the first arch and thought of giving up but then when I came back to it I found it a bit easier. Didn't bite the pen in two so that's progress. Perspective is a bit all over the place but that is not main focus anyway, it's those pesky stroke directions and shadows. A friend of mine, who works with architectural illustration, made a small demonstration of perspective drawing for me the other day and that was complicated. Never thought that so many lines could be involved in one drawing. But she knew her business...

Day 163: More horses

So happy with my Winnetou horse I made another one. Brought up in communist country, we never had 'My little pony' so I am making up for it with a collection of my own. Who knew string was so much fun:)

Day 162: A 2D elephant toy

This is my new 2D type of toy made of fabric and paper. Really pleased with it:)

Day 161: Winnetou's horse: Iltschi

The other day I was lookinf through my fellow 365er Rebecca Jones artworks and she makes lots of different horses. I love horses and I do draw them often but I haven't actually made any for my blog se I intent to rectify that so here he is: Winnetou's horse -  Iltschi. 
Winnetou is a fictional character from books written by Karl May and it's kind of germanic phantasy about Wild West. As a child I was deeply influenced by these books as well as by Jack London's books and one of my alter ego's was Winnetou, a bit strange for a small, croatian girl but hey, my friends were not much to write home about...

Day 160: A little toy elephant

My dear husband has found my book with toy pattens that I have lost several months back..turns out, it was in  my shelf all the time...fancy...Anyway, this little chap is made from my old sweater and I like this edition of sweater much better:)

Day 159: Drawing 14 and also a sunday project

My blog has been on hold for three weeks now because life got too busy but now I am back and clearing the backlog. This is a Sunday project three weeks ago when we were taking inspiration from Jill Gammon Carillo:  http://flora365.blogspot.co.uk. She photographs different plant every day and her photographs are absolutely beautiful. I thought about the easy option of photographing one too but then changed my mind as I need to carry on with my drawings, so here it is. My first, ever drawing of a plant...

Day 158: Knitted hearts and some art fair evaluation

I haven't knitted anything for ages now so I thought of cleaning the cobwebs by knitting something easy and small, hence little hearts. I recently went to my first art fair as selling artist. Big step for me as I never dared to do that before and thanks to my 365 project I had some work to take. It all looked very nice but I was to stressed to remember to take a photo :).
I sold for £40, paid £25 for fees and spent the rest on lunch. But...I didn't make a loss, so happy with that. Small, inexpensive items are definitely a eay forward. Thinking of maybe trying a Christmas fair next. I should have enough stuff:)