Art
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Art Journal- Do What You Feel
Here is a page from my new art journal. You may notice that this booklet is coiled as opposed to bound. I think that the nice large coils will help when the journal…
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Stained Glass Vases
Stained glass painting was something that I got into back in 2002 when my cousin was getting married. She was getting rid of some of her old things before she was going to…
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Art Journal- Khawab
Khawab means dream in Urdu. The words on this page are actually part of some lyrics to a song that I really like. The phrase here loosely translates to “Why God, did you…
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Mendhi/Henna Workshop
So my very first workshop was this past Saturday and I think it went pretty well. I had a small group of 5 students so it was a nice cozy atmosphere. The time…
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Saturday Morning Art Workshops
I’ll be teaching some 3-4 hour long workshops on a few Saturdays starting this month through November at the U of C Women’s Resource Centre in Mac Hall. Saturday Sept. 27- Introduction to…
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Art Journal- Rain
This is another page from my art journal. For the background I started by making a collage with blue paper and paper from a book. I then added paint and scraped it away…
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Painted Rocks
As children, my sister and I once painted some rocks and tried to sell them for about 10 cents each to neighborhood kids on a makeshift stall as opposed to a lemonade stand.…
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Art Journal- Insanity
The quote on this page was attributed to Albert Einstein although no one seems to be able to pinpoint when exactly he said it. Regardless it reads: “The definition of insanity is doing…
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Wood Burning
I’ve discovered a new medium,wood burning or pyrography. I’ve been working on creating different pieces inspired by henna designs for selling at local art markets when I stumbled across wood burning for the…