in triplicate } the creation of unoriginal artwork #76 } my new wave
Posted on March 2, 2015 2 Comments
my new wave } original
my new wave } in duplicate
my new wave } in triplicate
How’s this for a coincidence. The number 76 is a milestone for me as it was the first time I noticed what year it was (I was six at the time. Is that too old to learn about dates?). I became so conscious of it because I saw it everywhere, this magical number 76. The one that made me finally ask my mom about its significance was my brother’s blue and green socks with 76 on the sides. Anyway, how is this a coincidence? Because I’ve been listening to Gary Numan all morning (and over the past couple of days). And Gary Numan is a milestone in my love for music. He was the first singer I ever fell in love with. Way before David Bowie. I was nine years old. Ok, there have been greater coincidences in history, but…here’s Gary Numan:
new painting } the page
Posted on March 1, 2015 Leave a Comment
the page, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 78 x 78 cm
watercolor sketchbook } w.i.p.
Posted on February 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Listen to Elbow’s The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver:
rusty notebook } afraid?
Posted on February 24, 2015 3 Comments
what are you feeling today?
I drew this last night. I am overwhelmed. I have so many things coming up in March, I honestly don’t know how it happened. I’m getting worse and worse at visualizing my days beyond ‘tomorrow’. Even that feels abstract to me. I can only visualize ‘now’. Am I rapidly losing my braincells? Maybe, I don’t know. Anyway, I drew this last night. As you can see I had a little fun with white-out. I found the white quite effective so went over a couple of my previous drawings in this notebook. And I also ripped the cover off. It was hideous and made no aesthetic sense. Read More
watercolor sketchbook } boys leave
Posted on February 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
watercolor sketchbook } boys leave
My sister’s cat Nitfa left last night. I’ve been saying this for years: boys leave.
a nightly session of MOSOT (modular origami stellated octahedron therapy)
Posted on February 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
i just made this and now i’m happy
I was having a bit of a blah day, what with certain physical discomforts, a sudden sandstorm and a general feeling of ennui. Until I had a brain pop. Out of the blue I thought about origami and how therapeutic it is if done satisfactorily. And after much web-surfing for clear instructions, a few moments of utter frustration and ultimately deciding to figure it out myself, I made this colorful polyhedron. Look, Mom! I can fold! Read More
watercolor sketchbook } all in the family
Posted on February 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
sara kalandar. we both saw the resemblance immediately. sara is my late aunty latifa’s younger daughter
The Alkandari clan loves being snapped, so we’re always looking for the next great photo op. So last Thursday I took my watercolor sketchbook to our weekly family lunch. I wanted to match my girls with various relatives, whether by looks or color combos or just a certain je ne sais quoi. I wanted them to be involved in the choice, and I must say they all seemed to pick the right girl for them. Read More
watercolor sketchbook } watercolor measles
Posted on February 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
watercolor measles
the little ones } these four found
Posted on February 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
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I found these four drawings today. I had forgotten all about them, so you can understand my delightful surprise at finding them rather unceremoniously tucked under a pile of notebooks and scrap paper. Poor things. Read More
watercolor sketchbook } infestation
Posted on February 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
watercolor sketchbook } infestation
watercolor sketchbook } the four-in-one
Posted on February 10, 2015 Leave a Comment
watercolor sketchbook } the four-in-one
zeri crafts notebook } the manicure (and a couple of wayward tattoos)
Posted on February 9, 2015 4 Comments
zeri crafts notebook } the manicure
girls explore } the pantiles } leatherhead
Posted on February 8, 2015 Leave a Comment
pot by pot by pot
the traveling tap 4 } the pantiles } leatherhead, surrey
Posted on February 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
from the room i sleep in at the pantiles
On a freezing morning in January, Roxie and I took my fourth Traveling Tap out for a walk around my brother’s new home in Leatherhead, Surrey. As always, I put her through the wringer. And as always, she obliged. Click here for more of her adventures. Read More
watercolor sketchbook } pride, prejudice & yellow fever
Posted on February 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
pride, prejudice and yellow fever
I’m watching Pride & Prejudice. The one with Colin Firth, not Keira Knightley. Sigh. I want to be Lizzie. Read More
david comes back to town
Posted on February 1, 2015 Leave a Comment
What more appropriate song for a fun (and bittersweet) day with Dave than Soft Cell’s Say Hello Wave Goodbye?
I couldn’t be happier when my high school friend David Dobson said he’d be stopping over on his way back from Jaipur to the US. David never fails to make me laugh. And of course what little time we had, at least 60% of it was spent being actively creative. So really, what more can a girl ask for? This time our fun photo shoot took place closer to home, earlier than the birds rise and with my brother Mo and his two amazing dogs Iber and Teton. Oh yes, and the two trucks. Check David’s work here and his last trip to Kuwait here.
watercolor sketchbook } polkadot face
Posted on January 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
As long as we’re talking about my Watercolor Sketchbook, I thought I’d share some extra photos taken around my brother’s new home in Surrey. Read More
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