Zainab's Art Adventures

I made this poster(which I have pinned up on the soft board facing my desk) to encourage myself. It was almost done, when I decided to give it a shiny effect by putting some glossy eye shadow on it. The effect was horrible! However, I managed to correct it by erasing it. It looks OK, I suppose. But it looked better before the eye shadow episode! XD

I began painting this canvas back in August but it wasn't until late September that I finished it. Actually, I spoiled it(I didn't mean to, of course). Let me tell you how I mended it. What I used: Purified linseed oil, Oil paints, cotton buds, and paint brushes First I painted a beige background(I don't know why it doesn't look beige in the picture), then I made this deep maroon dot in the center of the canvas, and surrounded it by  these maroon dots(I made the dots with the cotton buds) Then I surrounded the maroon dots with a circle of red dots. I skipped a layer right here: now for the orange dots The circle expands,more and more... AND THEN............ A DISASTER happened!!! The canvas got spoiled somehow... ...actually one of the dots smeared, and I was just correcting it when the paint smeared more and more and in the end it looked so unbearable...I had no idea what to do!!!! apologies for not having a picture....

I made this A-shaped Pendant for a friend(her name begins with A(as you might have guessed, it is Abiha XD)). I made the letter 'A' out of air-dry clay. I made a ball and then smashed it into a slab, from which I cut out the letter A using a steel ruler and a pin. After it had dried, I painted it Magenta (using acrylics mixed with white glue for increased brightness and a pinch of silver dust for a soft shine).  I left the paint overnight to dry and in the morning I decorated it with nail polish(gold and pink)(which, as a matter of fact, has become one of my favorite mediums XD).  The nail polish applicator was too thick a size, so I dipped my size 01 paintbrush(a most useful size, I must say) into the nail polish and added the gold stripes with it.(I had to clean it afterwards with nail-polish remover, and it did dissolve, except that it left a slight shine and stiffness in the brush). Then I found a thread, tied the 'A' and added some dark and light pink be...

I made this poster not very long ago. It didn't turn out exactly the way I expected it to, but I guess the typography's OK and the hatching(the computer chair and the man's suit) is not bad. Ta-da!  I made this sketch of Minar-e-Pakistan(one of Pakistan's famous historical landmarks) recently(using a reference, of course). It's really good, except for a fact that my silly little seven-year-old cousin put green pen marks in two places. D: and I had to get this one FRAMED!!!

This is a mix-media pot. I used clay, water, poster paints, acrylic paints, white glue, UHU, gold nail polish(and its remover) in the making of this pot. Can you guess how????

I made this bookmark for a friend. I cut pieces of paper from an old magazine to make the pattern. I used a multi-colored embroidery thread (threaded with beads) for the tassel.

I made this card earlier in July for the five-year-old birthday girl when we were invited to a birthday party. :D I used a decorative punch to punch the design (on the left side of the card) on a separate used page and then used it as a stencil to carry the pattern on the card. I used different mediums for doing that(including pointers, felt-tip pens, colour pencil, and even oil pastel!). Then I did the typography in my font 'Funk Serifs' and then filled in all the shapes(which, as you might have noticed, are yellow, purple, green, red, orange and blue, to coordinate with the colours in the pattern on the left). Then I added a bunch of stars alongside the typography to make the font look more jumpy and interesting. 

Hello there, This is to announce that I have created a photography blog, so I will be no longer posting any photography over here.  Click  here  to visit my photography blog(and don't forget to comment as well! XD) I will, however, continue to post other crafts, drawings and art over here as always. Thank you, Zainab Salman

Just recently we bought some (more) potter's clay. I made this pot with the clay. It was great fun playing with the clay. :P Thankfully, I didn't use any water(except a few drops I used to smooth it in the end) and so it didn't crack after drying.  The unpainted pot All done

I made these bookmarks lately. Made this 'quote' up myself. I do that all the time. A lovely quote... On the backside of bookmarks I make I write my blog addresses. It helps to advertise for them(it's quite another thing that most people keep the bookmark and ignore my humble request to visit the blogs).