Art+Nature=Bliss

#thesmallthings

Posted by Azra Momin on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Self-motivation

Sometimes all we have to do is start. #selfmotivation

Posted by Azra Momin on Sunday, January 31, 2016

Working with kids - better than working alone.

I find that the NanoBot's little drawings inspire me in unexpected ways, and inspiration = joy ❤️Finding joy in small...

Posted by Azra Momin on Monday, January 11, 2016

Drawing Drums for Daria

How much did I know about doumbeks just a little while ago? Zip. That's how much. Now I can draw them :)#doumbek #drums #worldmusic #daria #illustration #ilovemyjob

Posted by Azra Momin on Sunday, August 23, 2015

Drawing

Sometimes the simplest tools are the most fun!

Stylized botanicals with notepaper and pencil.

'School time'

One of the joys of unschooling is that

there is always time to follow your passion.

We usually do a bit of reading. writing and math in the morning,

and some history and geography is bound to happen

somewhere in the day, along with whatever interests us.

We research what takes our fancy that day.

There's lots of play time, sometimes we cook together.

And there's drawing. Lots and lots of it.

Flowers

It all began with me drawing a single petal.

Then it turned into this:

Illustrator is fun that way :)

Ditzy Doodle Day

Hey!  I like the sound of that.

That's it. One day of the week should officially be called

Ditzy Doodle Day.

So here's my ditzy doodle for today - 

ink pen and felt markers (some nearly dead but braving it)

on printer paper.

Drawing really doesn't need fancy paraphernalia 

(ah, another juicy word!),

but just a minute or two of not being afraid.

Really.

I've been told my ditzy doodles would make great fabric prints.

It's funny, but many people have asked me if I design fabric,

and the truth is I don't know the first thing about it.

By the way, I'd like to share with you this wonderful place

that sells designer fabric.

It's full of amazing talent. Do check it out!

Can You Tell I'm Having Fun?

My long-awaited white pens are here - the uni-ball Signo UM-153.  Oh these guys are good, but so hard to find.  I finally hit jackpot on ebay, and these are my very first drawings.

A Constant Heart

Exhiliration

We Can Be Friends

Aisha Dean, Artist. Age 28 Months.

Surprised Baby

Sleeping Baby

Ballet-Dancer Baby

Very Happy Baby

Uncle Dave

(don't ask me!!!)

Snuggly Baby

Fused plastic fantastic

Fused plastic? When I first heard that term I thought it must be some long drawn out funky process that I wouldn't be able to do. Surprise! It's only a matter of using a hot iron on the plastic (under something stick-proof, like wax-paper, of course). So a few weeks ago I played around with used plastic bags that we end up accumulating even though we use cloth bags for grocery. These are thin, thin bags, with some writing on them in black. They are the ones on big rolls under the fruit and vegetable counters.

So anyway, I fused a bunch of bags, making an 8-ply fold for each bag and ironing them together. The result was a delicate, translucent, pliable plastic. I made a bowl out of some ( maybe I can take some pictures of that when our camera feels up to the job) but from the left over pieces I made these:

I wish I had better pictures, but here goes:

OK, this picture is REALLY grainy...


Can you see the cut out plastic house? There's some of the writing showing through, which looks pretty cool.


I embellished the house by stitching all around it as well as stiching a door shape on the front, drew some tree branches, and sewed on a random, connected ovals crochet piece I had previously made. It's now a cloud!

And here's the second one I did. Here the fused plastic is the cloud, which I made by simply cutting little circles and then sewing them on to the paper in an overlapping pattern.


With more mehndi-like embellishments:


These were so much fun to make. And I liked the fact that I used up some of that plastic! Do you have a recyling story to share?