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  • week 3: dreaming of winters | painting a landscape with watercolor

    week 3: dreaming of winters | painting a landscape with watercolor

    As the third week of my 2024 Art Challenge unfolds, I am filled with a profound sense of pride and accomplishment. The consistency I’ve maintained thus far has not only allowed me to produce more than just one piece a week but has also enabled me to delve deeper into my artistic journey. Each week, Read more

  • week 2: gifting an arabic calligraphy painting as a token of appreciation

    week 2: gifting an arabic calligraphy painting as a token of appreciation

    As the second week of my 2024 Art Challenge unfolds, I am guided by a desire to infuse my creative endeavors with deeper meaning and purpose. This week, I embarked on a small project that served as a token of appreciation for our beloved neighbors—an Arabic calligraphy painting. Our neighbors, with their boundless generosity and Read more

  • week 1: an attempt at painting birds

    week 1: an attempt at painting birds

    For week one of my 2024 Art challenge, I wanted to truly challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone. Inspired by the vibrant wildlife of Guyana, South America, where I currently reside as an expat, I’ve chosen to recreate the majestic beauty of a Blue and Gold Macaw captured in a photograph taken Read more

  • 2024 Art Challenge: a year of weekly creations

    2024 Art Challenge: a year of weekly creations

    2024 Weekly Art Challenge: to create one finished piece of art every week throughout the year. Read more

  • Islamic Art: Dome of the Rock Painting

    Islamic Art: Dome of the Rock Painting

    The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.  Progess from the begining to the end. Read more

  • Bismillah: the beginning of everything

    Bismillah: the beginning of everything

    Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, Most Merciful. The Holy Prophet attached great importance to the verse, Bismillah. He is reported to have said that any important work which is done without reciting Bismillah is apt to prove devoid of God’s blessings. Thus, it is a general practice among Muslims to Read more