Filed under: A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari, Rants & Raves, Step By Step | Tags: anger, broken, camera, frustration, Kuwait, yasmine alkandari
It looks much more like her now.
I totally fucked her up. And I broke my camera. And I’m feeling shitty with the world. Sorry, Yasmine. (more…)
Filed under: Dreams, Moving Pictures, Notes & Doodles | Tags: color, doodle, dream, free association, ink, Kuwait, lines, paper, play, surreal
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What did you dream last night?
I have mailed this picture to a friend, but I’m not saying who. I just hope the postal service doesn’t fail me this time. (more…)
Filed under: A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari, Portrait, Step By Step | Tags: acrylic, commission, Kuwait, oil pastels, portrait, Step By Step, yasmine alkandari
Eek. Although I’m liking the painting itself more, I think I screwed up my sister’s face a little. So I hope she doesn’t see this! I know I’ll make it work, I know I will. (more…)
Filed under: Portrait, Step By Step | Tags: commission, fantasy, Kuwait, oil pastels, paint, painting, portrait, Step By Step
A few days ago I was commissioned to paint a portrait. It’s a scary thing, but I am just starting to enjoy it. I know I still haven’t captured the spirit of this young woman but I know I will. I can’t wait til it’s done. I just hope she will happy with it x (more…)
Filed under: Grow Up & Blow Away, Moving Pictures | Tags: animation, grow up and blow away, ink, Kuwait, metric, music, pen, video
Filed under: Notes & Doodles | Tags: affect, deleuze, doodles, feminism, happy, image, Kuwait, lecture, mai al-nakib, notes, passion, sad, spinoza, thought, university
I went to my very first lecture in ages this morning at the Kuwait University: Accounting for Affect: Kuwaiti Women Between Freedom and Apathy by Dr. Mai Al-Nakib. I must say that I was a little lost at first but caught on ten minutes into the lecture. What can I say, I’m a little rusty where academia is concerned. Here are my class notes. (more…)
Filed under: Art Lessons at the G | Tags: acrylic, art, canvas, cup, Kuwait, lessons, paint, painting, scarf, ysl
eman elshareef and three white mugs
Last summer I was asked by  Eman Elshareef if I would give her art lessons. I was quite hesitant at first because I’d always thought of teaching as a highly respected vocation, necessitating great patience, a good connection with the pupil and a strong ability to instruct effectively, characteristics none of which I possessed. Somehow she convinced me and we started last November. I must say that despite my lack of experience in this field, it turned out I had a bit of patience, a fine connection with my student, and a simple, yet effective way of teaching: just watch and listen to me paint. (more…)
Filed under: Sketchbook | Tags: 10000 maniacs, chair, dummy, flower, hurdle, ink, Kuwait, marionette, pen, puppet, rotring, shoes, sketch, Sketchbook
Filed under: Grow Up & Blow Away, Step By Step | Tags: animation, collage, ink, Kuwait, pen, progress, project, work
It’s been four or five days since I last posted anything, the longest I’ve gone without an update. That’s because I’ve been working on this project that has driven me loony over the past few days and I’m still not done. I just thought I’d touch base with you and give you an insight of my obsession of the last week. (more…)
Filed under: moleskine | Tags: american, design, ink, Kuwait, moleskine, notebook, pen, school, waiting
I did this while at school this afternoon waiting for one son to finish auditioning for the talent show and the other to get out of detention. My own private Goofus and Gallant. More from this notebook over the bridge. (more…)
Filed under: Home | Tags: acquisition, acrylic, design, ghadah, homes, interior, painting, portrait
because i am a bleeding woman, i have decided to gift myself this painting. it's mine and it looks great in my studio
Filed under: Step By Step | Tags: acrylic, alkandari, colorful, dark, ghadah, painting, portrait, Step By Step
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Filed under: Sketchbook | Tags: blood, Kuwait, menstruation, painting, period, pms, sketch, woman
I’m forty years old and still fertile. And with this fertility comes a monthly trial, an emotionally and physically trying nuisance. It’s difficult to imagine the goings on in my womb, the breaking of the lining as if by tiny bundles of TNT, the flow of blood from my pipes and the disaster which ensues. But at the same time this is my period, a reminder that I am still eligible for procreation, my own private fountain of youth. (more…)
Filed under: Step By Step | Tags: acrylic, elbow, fictional, Kuwait, painting, portrait, Step By Step
I don’t think it’ll be too long before I finish this one. And I still don’t have a name for it. I’ve been listening to a lot of Elbow while painting it. Maybe something from their songs although I don’t like to be too literal or derivative when naming my paintings. (more…)
