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A place where I display my art work, be it my paintings in various media or my recent love for Islam

06/02/2024

Working on a long pending painting that I learnt from Dr. Esra Alhamal's course in Domestika. The paper is huge, a little bigger than the usual A2 size. I had to clear my desk and get some free space. Same thing for the mind as well.

I realised I have spent many years trying to achieve precision working on progressively smaller patterns. All those A5 and A4 size paintings lie in boxes, only to perplex me whenever I happen to see them. "How did I do all of these?" That's a huge body of work but nothing more than that. Some awe, honestly—a little pat on my own back but a lot of regret and frustration. My own excuses have throttled my creativity. So, as expressed in this beautiful song, I feel fortunate to have got moments where I can be true myself, in touch with my creativity.

21/01/2024

Hello there! Remember me? Back after a long hiatus, after putting in weeks of practice, leaving behind months of procrastination and self-doubt, and backed by occasional words of encouragement from my artist friends.

I have grown a green thumb meanwhile and spending a lot of my free time with plants—that's also an art. So, the artist in me was always practicing and learning.

I made it a point to keep practicing patterns during lunch breaks at work, without necessarily painting them or posting my practice online. This one is also a rough; I wanted to see if I can paint using a size 6 brush. I don't remember where I saw this pattern, had sketched it out in March 2023 and modified it here.

08/07/2023

I was pushing myself out of my comfort zone with colouring this one. This bright pink tube in Brustro Gouache set was never used. I took it up as a challenge. What are your thoughts on the colour palette? 🤔

Another sixfold pattern rendered on A4 office paper with gouache.

Exploring sixfold patterns based on J Bourgoin's Arabic Geometrical Patterns & Design. I got this book long back but couldn't figure out how to execute the patterns. Even now, I am unfamiliar with the method adopted in the book. I use my shortcuts and hacks from other tutorials to be able to construct them.

22/06/2023

Yet another starry sixfold pattern surrounded by squares, rendered on A4 office paper with gouache.

Exploring sixfold patterns based on J Bourgoin's Arabic Geometrical Patterns & Design. I got this book long back but couldn't figure out how to execute the patterns. Even now, I am unfamiliar with the method adopted in the book. I use my shortcuts and hacks from other tutorials to be able to construct them.

Loved colouring this pattern.

17/06/2023

Another starry sixfold pattern rendered on A4 office paper with gouache.

Currently into sixfold patterns based on J Bourgoin's Arabic Geometrical Patterns & Design. I got this book long back but couldn't figure out how to execute the patterns. Even now, I am unfamiliar with the method adopted in the book. I use my shortcuts and hacks from other tutorials to be able to construct them.

Not my usual style or choice of colours but I loved it. A better paper and water colours are more conducive for such transitions.

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15/06/2023

A sixfold pattern rendered on A4 paper with watercolours.

Currently into sixfold patterns based on J Bourgoin's Arabic Geometrical Patterns & Design. I got this book long back but couldn't figure out how to execute the patterns. Even now, I am unfamiliar with the method adopted in the book. I use my shortcuts and hacks from other tutorials to be able to construct them.

This pattern was quite interesting to colour as it gives multiple possibilities.

13/06/2023

A sixfold pattern rendered on A4 paper with Faber Castell colour pencils.

Currently into sixfold patterns based on J Bourgoin's Arabic Geometrical Patterns & Design. I got this book long back but couldn't figure out how to execute the patterns. Even now, I am unfamiliar with the method adopted in the book. I use my shortcuts and hacks from other tutorials to be able to construct them.

This pattern was quite boring for me till boredom made me search for a method to pique my interest. First of all, I do not like constructing the hexagonal grid. I took printouts of grids available online to save time and get over my dislike of grid construction. I also dislike the method of counting the number of triangles for each of the tri-spoke wheels. So, I developed my own approach. Now I get it easily.

19/05/2023

This is another sixfold pattern that I have learnt and done for the first time. It is from Itchan Kala, a world heritage site in Khiva, Uzbekistan. I love its simplicity and ability to lend itself to various options of colouring.

Construction Analysis:

Faber Castell PITT artist pens on A4 office paper.

16/05/2023

Same pattern but I chose to colour it differently. Also, those huge twelve pointed stars in the centres have been filled with sixfold rosettes. These large spaces are good for mixing colours and even better used for biomorphs.

24/02/2023

I am so out of touch with geometric patterns, so rarely get to paint, these days.

I thought of going to the basics, which is why I got the Drawing Geometry book. The Making Geometry book is out of nostalgia: my father used to make four-sided hexagonal folded paper ball and both us, my sister and I used to be amazed at that skill. I miss my father, now that I am one.

Had these two books on my wishlist for a long time. It's not easy buying imported books—I had to save some money, stop buying fiction to get these. .

Bye for now. Will hopefully be more regular.

22/01/2023

Sixfold pattern with biomorphs. Exploring and delving into sixfold patterns springing from a single construction.

While I was midway through the painting and had shared this piece on WhatsApp, one of my friends commented this looked like a bedsheet. I couldn't disagree.

It does look like a typical block-printed bedsheet or kurta. I'd love my work to be worn and used as kurta, bedsheets, sarees, dupattas, table cloth and mats, etc. In fact, way back in 2018, I took up Islamic art for the first time to paint my wife's plain saree with some of these patterns. I kept on learning and she wore the saree without my designs.

Construction analysis .mian YouTube channel video no. 43.

Brustro's Gouache on Canson's 300 gsm cold pressed A4 paper.

08/01/2023

Doing this on a Saturday evening made me so happy. I have been wanting to work on these sixfold patterns ever since Samira had posted them on her YouTube channel. This is my third attempt of working on these patterns. All previous attempts were good practice.

In the end of the video, Ustada gives a beautiful take-home message: most artists don't experiment from the fear of doing something wrong. She goes on to show how much one can do with these five patterns based on a single construction framework. That's so delightful!

For the next couple of days, I will be having fun working on these patterns with no fear or inhibition. First in the line is the pattern A with a thick weave and some cute biomorphs (next slide).

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