Sketching Project

 

Impromptu Sketches

 

Observation done

on some interesting characters

 I saw while waiting.

Bear with me, as I am still practising.

 

 

 

/\ A niqabis.

 

 

/\ An almost bald man, in the ERL.

 

/\ A man in the ERL, sitting facing me.

Mind you that that`s not the middle finger,

its the pointing finger.

Maybe he`s deep in thoughts,

while listening to the blasting music in his ears.

 

 

/\ One tall, slim, blond, long-haired

lady at the airport.

 

/\ A guy showing his boarding pass

using his laptop.

 

/\ The wired syndrome.

This lady was charging her phone

and talking non-stop all the time.

 

/\ A hijabis sitting next to her husband (must be),

looking and staring at his ear and neck,

while the guy keep focusing on his phone.

 

 

Orhan Pamuk -

Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and

recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.

- Wikipedia

 

 

 

Ramadan 07 - 2016

 

A painting I am working on right now..

 

 

...with a lot of figs and jasmine in it..

Art Display

Found a very neat window display at Kinokuniya bookstore in KLCC. Awesome artworks of several artists were displayed. You may observe the artists name on the lower right end corner of each painting.

/\ This one is my favourite!

CRS

It`s Chicken Rice Shop la!

This branch has been renovated recently. Love their new décor and wall display.

During the last few days of Ramadan, after my shopping spree, I went over to buy(tapau) two packs of roasted chicken rice and mango salad (kerabu mangga). That were the last two packs available on that day, how lucky of me!

Nando`s Art

Love Nando`s for their delicious chicken and artistic ambience. Wish I could take back their menu board. These are some cards taken from Nando`s.

/\ "Peri-fy Your Art is a Nando’s CSR initiative that began in 2008 to discover and cultivate the artistic talents of young Malaysians."- from Nando`s website.
/\ "It has now become a launch pad for young creative maestros to pave their way to the higher echelon of the local art scene. To learn more about Nando`s Peri-fy Your Art, log-on to Peri-fy Your Art" - from Nando`s printed media above.

My Collage

This is my only completed collage. Most of the others are still in the making process. Have been collecting a lot of materials to play with, but time is my constraint. Maybe in the second half of this year when I have more time, I will dive into this hobby deeper. Struggling but determined to improve.

This collage was made solely of cuttings from magazines.

Wall Decor

Another favourite of mine. A painting found in a Minang restaurant.

A wall decor in another Minang restaurant.

Paintings in Pizza Hut.

Penyet!

Late Lunch, Again.

Photo of a Minangkabau house as wall display.

*The Minangkabau ethnic group, also known as Minang (Urang Minang in Minangkabau language), is indigenous to the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. Their culture is matrilineal, with property and land passing down from mother to daughter, while religious and political affairs are the responsibility of men (although some women also play important roles in these areas). Rumah gadang (Minangkabau: 'big house') or rumah bagonjong (Minangkabau: 'spired roof house') are the traditional homes of the Minangkabau.

This restaurant serves Indonesian and Minang cuisine. Their signature dish is the Ayam Penyet.

**Ayam Penyet is a traditional Indonesian cuisine which originates from Surabaya. It is a popular chicken dish where the fresh chicken is specially marinated with various spices and herbs . The meat is then smashed with a wooden headed hammer and deep fried until golden light brown. One of the unique feature in preparing this funny name dish is the art of frying where it is crispy from outside and juicy inside.*

We had the Ayam Penyet set, Gulai Pucuk Ubi Lemak Cili Api, with white rice; and Hot Lemon Tea and Mango Lovers Fruit Ice Blended. The food was marvellous for us, and both drinks were fantastic. Their hot lemon tea is my personal favourite. The restaurant is presentable and service was fast and good.

* source, Wikipedia

** source, ayampenyet-ap.com

Gagagagaga

A Good One!

From 9gag.com, the caption said "Paul Cezanne, the Instagram great-grandfather."

Now, aint that a good one! Wahaha. Yeah, people in those era used to paint still lifes to preserve moments in their lives. Now we just post it in FB and Blogs, or simply Twit or Instagram it.

A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on).*

Note :

1. Paul Cezanne was a French artist and painter.**

2. Instagram is a free photo-sharing program and social network launched in October 2010. Its original authors were Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Instagram was acquired by Facebook in April 12, 2012.***

*, **, *** - source, Wikipedia.

Pizzalicious

Nice Setting

Love the paintings on the wall.

Super Pan Pizza, with cheese and garlic Napoli sauce in the crust that`s crispy outside and fluffy inside; smoked deli wings and hot passion tea.

It was a pizzalicious late lunch cum high-tea for us.

Another Mindwaves

Still Practicing

My new hobby.

First Try

Acrylic Painting

This is my first try using acrylic paint on acrylic paper.

I used acrylic colors straight from the tube on to the acrylic paper, freehand, free-style abstract. Will keep practicing, hope to do more elaborate and detail drawings with exciting colors in future.

Mindwaves-1, by Fara Al-Kably.