Magnolia

This is one of those journey vs. destination things.

I've always been a journey person.

The destination is important, of course,

but the road not taken, ah, the charms of that.

This painting began at one place and ended up

somewhere altogether unexpected.

There were magnolias lurking in my mind's eye

(Magnolia season is just ending here,

which always flusters me a bit.  Will I see them again next year?

Will I ever look at them long enough to satisfy me?)

I was thinking about art and healing.

I was thinking black and white.

And yet the picture was something else before.

And now it's like this.

And that's all good :)

Sophia's Journal - almost done

So, here it is!

This is pretty much the final version

of the book cover I'm illustrating for

author Najiyah Diana Helwani,

also known as Diana Maxfield.

Sophia's Journal chronicles the events in the life of Sophia,

a teen from modern-day America, who is transported

into Kansas of the 1850's, and lives

the life of a pioneer girl while she is there.

The typeface I used for the title was designed by

the very talented Guillame Seguin

You can see more of his work HERE.

The book is coming out soon!

You can see the steps this cover went through

HERE and HERE.

Leaves!

I came home today to find fall leaves

blown onto our front yard.

It's not fall. It's spring. But there they were.

Sweet and beautiful and so, so perfect.

I've painted leaves on everything.

Done them on paper as botanical drawings.

Done them on paper as abstract art.

Digitally as vector illustrations.

On pots, on walls, even on clothes with sequins added :)

But I can't seem to leave the leaves behind!!!

And now I want to do a personal project all about leaves.

All the various shapes and colors they come in.

And why they are that way for that particular tree.

I can't wait to see how that turns out.

Meanwhile, this is how it's REALLY like right now:

Yay, spring!

Adding more samples to my children's illustrations album.

Children's illustrations - I love them! I like to experiment with different looks, and these are some of my pictures.

Posted by Azra Momin on Sunday, May 11, 2014