ballet dancer sketch no 2

11 1/2" by 8" watercolour on canson paper

A sketch of a ballet dancer # 1

this is the first of a series of watercolour sketches of ballet dancers, I feel it is a good idea to do sets of paintings, as I am focused right now on faces and characters of old men, who I see when I am downtown, and the graceful movements and shapes of the dancers I meet at the theatre

11 1/2" by 8" watercolour on canson watercolour paper

                                 

old man with an interesting face #1

watercolour on canson paper 11 1/2" y 8"

Another old man passing by when I was downtown, his face is full of character and dignity as only old men can be, they are such wonderful and intersting people to capture and paint, let alone talk to...

a helping hand

14" by 10" watercolour on arhe rough paper

this is another scene from downtown amman ... very inspiring to me ... I just love painting the shadows to give the feel of sunlight

the real people of downtown amman

watercolours on paper 14" by 10"

my life is divided between daners and theatre, and going downtown to buy stuff for the theatre costumes... the thing is, I am eternally drawm by both and inspired to paint them

this is one of the amazing and very interestng people who are there, daily, they sit by the sidewalk watching paople pass by while their sons work in the shops

dancing on clouds

Firstly, I like to thank everyone who thinks my blog is worth visiting or following...  and those who leave comments ... I am always visiting you but, most times I don´t have time to comment...

I did this one without a prior sketch, and took me like half an hour to finish, so I think of it as a warm up exercise, when I do a piece of fruit it takes much less time than that..

15" by 11 1/2" watercolour on paper

I focused here on some details and faded a few areas to add interest and to give the illusion of movement as she is dancing and literally flying...I hope you like it...

another ballet dancer

8" by 11" watercolours on montval 300gms canson paper I have done a prior sketch for this one, and eliminated unnecessary details, and fewer colours in order to focus on shadows and depict light... I hope you like it, and thank you for visiting my blog and commenting, your comments give me great pleasure...

Back to ballerinas

8" by 11" watercolours on montval 300gms paper I did this one by starting with a line sketch, which I found helped me in determining which parts to define

another portrait of a beauty

11" by 8" watercolour on arche rough 300gms I have done this one last year and never got the chance to share it... I am eliminating the details in shadow and focusing only on the details I love

dreamy

watercolours on montval 300gms paper 11" by 8" This painting was done by starting with a preliminary sketching, I felt I experimented with painting without sketching first long enough. I am trying now to eliminate any details that are not important to me, so the focus is only on parts of the painting that I love most.

Back to sketching dancers

It has been some time since I did this... sketching again without using pencil... I have forgotten how uch fun it is... watercolour on montval 300g paper 9" by &2

8th-10thC AD historical period in jordan

This illustration was done after long years of researc,since primary sources of the costumes in my area are awefully scarse...

Some more sketches

I am enjoying this so much, I am getting the hang of it

Costume Sketching

First I like to apologize to my friends who are following my blog, I was unable to post images, so I had to switch back to the old post editor. Then there is no way I could comment on any of your lovely work. There is something wrong and I have no idea what it is nor how to fix it. It has been asome time since I did any sketching, there was no time, ut, I must say, I have enjoyed doing these so much, I have missed sketching, or using a pencil for that matter, as you may know by now I paint without a preliminary sketching for my watercolours.

Historical Costume Design

16" by 11" watercolour on paper hs is a design that shows the arabian nigt princess garb, it is my passion to design costumes, I am posting this here although this blog is for other subjects, but this is what I am currently working on

Figures ... in the street and at the Cafe

busy street 8" by 11"

at the beach 8" by 11"

going downtown 8" by 11"

at the cafe

tese are some sketches done without preliminary drawing to help me focus on shadows and the shapes they create...

ballerina resting

11" y 8" watercolour on paper

very interesting face

11" by 8" watercolour on paper

Portrait of an pld man

Just a Portrait

watercolor on paper 11" y 13"