Filed under: Ramadan Drawing, Storybook Drawings | Tags: detail, drawing, ink, isograph, minute, ramadan, sketch
Eid’s got to come tomorrow now. I just spent the last three or four hours putting what I thought were the final touches to this drawing. Instead, it felt like I was creating a whole new drawing. I guess it’s a little like Ramadan itself. We go through it more or less patiently. And then the last couple of days drag on forever. Click here for the previous twelve days.
Filed under: Ramadan Drawing | Tags: and birds., drawing, drawings, end of ramadan, irene, news, ramadan, slideshow, workspace, workstation
eyes on the news. i love that many of the different lines in these drawings remind me of stories; what I was watching at the time or a conversation I was having with a friend. because usually i'm occupying my mind with something other than the drawing itself
I’ve upped my speed with this drawing. I hadn’t realized how near we are to the end of ramadan and I’m kinda panicking. I’m going to miss it once I’m done. Which should be tomorrow. Please click here for a step by step slideshow of this drawing.
this is the perfect set-up. my daughter was on the couch next to me, the birds outside having their dinner and the things i like within reach. the perfect makeshift workstation
Filed under: Ramadan Drawing | Tags: detail, drawing, ink, isograph, ramadan
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Filed under: Ramadan Drawing | Tags: drawing, ink, isograph, ramadan, sketch
There’s no telling what happens next. I’m always excited to find out myself. There’s good news about my scanner. It’s out for delivery, so hopefully the images will be extra crispy next time I post the latest phase. To see this drawing as it unfolds, please click here.
Filed under: Ramadan Drawing | Tags: detail, drawing, dream, fantasy, ink, isograph, pen, sketch
so far, to get the images of my ramadan drawing onto the blog, i've been photographing them, not the most ideal method for getting the finest details online. i learned today that my A3 printer is in customs so i'm quite excited about that. it opens a whole new window for transporting my larger works onto the blog
I’m not a drama queen, but yesterday I almost lost this drawing forever. The day before, I had spent the night at my parents’ home. I had taken this drawing, which I slot in my sketchbook for protection, in case I felt like working on it. Yesterday morning I picked up the sketchbook and two bags from a shopping trip the previous night. I left pretty early so everyone was asleep except for my mom’s maid Sally. When I got to my car I realized that I didn’t have my keys. I had already shut the gate to the house, which you need a key to get in. So I did something stupid and left the bags and sketchbook outside. I pushed my way into the garden through the bushes (I didn’t want to be ringing my parents’ very obnoxious phone/intercom bell) and knocked the front door to be let in. Sally opened the door, I got my keys, picked up my shopping bags outside and left.
Last night I drove back to my parents’ for iftar (breaking fast) and saw my sketchbook on the kitchen table. I had looked for it at home because I wanted to work on the drawing and realized that I must have forgotten it at my parents’, no big deal. I totally forgot that I had actually carried it with me in the morning to take home! I was about to complain to my mom about why my sketchbook shouldn’t be in the kitchen when she told me the story of Sally finding the sketchbook outside and putting it with yesterday’s papers to be thrown away. Oh my God I would have died if that drawing were dumped in the trash, not that I’m a drama queen or anything.
To see this drawing up close and in the making, please click here.
I got an idea to draw a picture over Ramadan yesterday. I felt well enough to start it today. The picture quality is horrible and I wish I had an A3 scanner. I’ll look into it over the weekend. For now until then, I’ll scan the parts on my regular scanner.
