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Milica Mastelica

Milica Mastelica

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6 things I learned in my 14 year career

I hope this video will help someone who is just starting out, or wants to know more how it is really like to be a profesional artist.

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Fall walk

I am often taking walks on my lunch break, and the day I took this photo was particularly warm and sunny which is amazing for the end of October<3

Anyways, I disappeared a bit, but I real...

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My old village

This painting is emotional to me, because this is the village of my granmma and grandpa. Two days ago my grandpa passed away, so I wanted to honor him by making this painting.

While working ...

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Limit your values ! Better shapes for painting<3

I recommend this exercise to anyone, I do it from time to time- and I am always reminded how helpful it is! To give myself the limit of only 2 or 3 values when establishing a scene, it gives so mu...

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Color theory for beginners

Hi Patrons! This video is covering the basics and everything that I know about color! Using color can be complex, because there so much variation and nuance to it. But with practise it becomes ease...

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Still life study- for upcoming color theory video!

Today I finished the study of the random still life that I captured in my house:) I feel that this is the end of summer moment, since these rudbeckia flowers have been in the vase for two weeks now...

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Golija mountain ref pack

In the previous post I shared the painting study process I did from one of these refs. So I want to share all the photos I took on this hiking tour, in hopes that it would inspire you too to paint ...

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Golija mountain study

A week ago, I've been to hiking on the mountain Golija which is the south of Serbia:) It has been beautiful! I had the chance to walk next to the river, and it's many waterfalls. There were some ch...

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Chateau Love story | Scene 2 painting step by step | overcoming difficulty

Hi Patrons! I am so happy to finally publish this one, since it's been a work in progress for a really long time!
I am also attaching you the PSD file of the final painting, in hopes that it hel...

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How to paint anything: Step by step guide

Hi Patrons! Today's video is a tutorial about the simple and beginner friendly painting techniques that can be applied to any painting.
I thought to share it, because we have a lot of new membe...

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Chateau Love story final & and today's study!

Today I did a lot of painting! I revisited the scene 2 in my personal project, since now I saw some things more clearly, and just polished it more.
I am gonna publish the video on this one!
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Day to day life | slow mornings | cleaning the office | art career lessons

Hi Patrons! This time it is a bit of a different video, but the one with a very important message.  Enjoy<3!

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Black eyed Susan garden flowers

I finally painted for myself today! These are the black eyed susan flowers from my yard- I planted these from seeds, and miraculously they actually grew!

I am spending a lot more time outsi...

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Chateau love story | Scene 2 rendering WIP

For the past 2 days I worked on the rendering scene 2 of my personal project!
So far I layed out some base colors, and lighting:)
Then, I am gonna go into some further definition and details...

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July challenge: Abandoned places real time sketches

Hi Patrons! Yesterday I decided to make some sketches, and I thought that the perfect opportunity for that would be our monthly challenge:)

I made 3 sketches, with focusing on the compositio...

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New video coming tomorrow! Abandoned place challenge

Hi Patrons!
Today I wanted to have fun, and sketch some ideas for the abandoned place challenge that we have for this month!
I chose the location of some abandoned office, and tried to make ...

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July 2025: France ref pack

For the past 4 days I've been to France, in the Alps region! I've been to Lyon, and some smaller cities around it.

And of course I took bunch of photos! It is such a beautiful place, and so ...

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July challenge: Abandoned places

This month's theme is all about mood, storytelling and decay. Your task is to draw or paint an environment that feels abandoned - forgotten by people.

Create a scene or a place that was once...

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Little painting I did just for fun

The summer here is starting to be in full swing now, so I was inspired to paint something warm, and in nature!
I've been loving painting the leaves, and trees lately:)

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Film screenshot study

Today I wanted to do something chill, so I found a film grab that looked inspiring to me, and decided to do a study from it!
This is from the movie Afire:)

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Chateau Love Story scene 1 | render process

Hi Patrons! Here is how the rendering of scene one went! This was such an exciting scene for me, and I enjoyed working on it a lot!
And like I mentioned in the video I wanted to give it time, a...

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New video upload coming tomorrow!

Today I completed all the recording for this one, and I have few more things left to edit, but it is mostly ready!
Expect an upload tomorrow afternoon CET time:)
It is a big one, I tried to g...

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Chateau love story scene 1 WIP

Hi Patrons! I wanted to share how this one is going so far, today I spent another day working on it, mainly adding more details and defining everything. And tomorrow I will do the final detail pass...

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June challenge: Black & white drawings | timelapse

Tied to the post bellow, I am also sharing the timelapse of how I made the drawing - it was a fun one! Like drawing in a sketchbook :D !

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June challenge: Black & white drawings

These are an amazing exercise! It can help us to see our surroundings for what it actually is, in an artistic sense- just masses of light and dark.
And by limiting ourselves to only black and w...

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Chateau Love story scene 3 lineart | timelapse

Hi Patrons! Here is how the scene 3 turned out:) I sat down today I decided to finish this one! For some reason I enjoyed this on the most out of all of the scenes, it was kinda simple and sweet, b...

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Chateau love story Scene 2 | Modeling in Blender & making a lineart

Hi Patrons! Here is how the process went for making the lineart for the scene 2 of my personal project!
I wanted to get cozy, and also show you some snippets of my work environment too:)
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Little painting I did today!

I do these often, to experiment with textures and colors- there is always so much to learn !

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Create depth like a pro: Overlap and Scale in Background art

Hi Patrons! In this video I wanted to share tips that are aplicable to any scene, and would definetly help to increase the feeling of depth in an image. In the video I'm sharing the basic idea behi...

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New video in production!

I made these two sketches to be featured in a new video, where I want to show you the power of scale and overlap, when planning your environment paintings. Nailing these two aspects can improve the...

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