Posts by ddajani
Learn How to Sketch
Learn How to Sketch the Overview This is a four day workshop where you will be introduced to basic sketching exercises that will train you to draw. These exercises are designed to teach you to actually draw what you see. Not, what you think you see. A common mistake we all do because our brains…
Read MoreSketchers Guide to Using Watercolour
Overview of Sketchers Guide to Using Watercolour This workshop is an introduction to using watercolour in sketching which is completely different than the traditional studio painting. Therefore, the approach is different as well. You will be introduced to the medium and it’s uses strictly from a sketchers point of view. The best ways to form…
Read MoreSketching Kuwait – Souq Mubarakiyah
Just before it gets too hot I wanted to go on a sketching trip to Souq Mubarakiyah. Something I have had on my mind for a while. Then earlier in March this little place called Bait Ahmed popped on my Instagram feed and I was taken by its charm and old time vibes. Decided then…
Read MoreSketching Kuwait – Winter 2021
This winter I was adamant to get as many urban sketching trips into my routine as possible. My last week of sketching in winter 2021 found me at The Avenues, Al Shaheed Park and Boulevard. 06th. of December – The Avenues There is this place at the Avenues whenever I walk through it, I feel…
Read MoreSketching Kuwait Winter 2021
First Week of Sketching Kuwait in the winter of 2021 Now that the weather is finally getting cooler in Kuwait I have decided to go out more and sketch. This has been something that I wanted to do for ages. Come winter, days would go by and I wouldn’t have anything to account for. This…
Read MoreMy Minimalistic Sketching Kit
The sketching kit I took on my trip to York I was recently on a personal trip to York (you can read more about it here). Even though I knew it’s not strictly a sketching one, I decided to take my kit just in case I could muster up some time to do so. With…
Read MoreUrban Sketching in Picturesque York
First sketch in York This trip was not about urban sketching or being a tourist first time in York, rather a more personal one. One that included lots of errands and many, many shopping trips with tedious amounts of heavy carrying. Nevertheless, I made sure I had my minimal kit on me every time I…
Read MoreShow Your Work ! By Austin Kleon
Show Your Work is a book I needed to read many years ago. Truth be told in todays world and at the time of me writing this review. Most of you are already doing it anyway. If not only sharing but maybe even oversharing. If like me you have been reading many blog posts, researching…
Read MoreSteal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon Book Review
I have had this book few years now on my kindle and never got to reading it till the end. Until I bought it recently as a hard copy. Something about this little book and its format is demanding to be read from an actual hard copy as opposed to reading it from a screen.…
Read MoreWatercolour Workshop for a Complete Novice
Beginner Level Overview Watercolour workshop for a complete novice is covering basic knowledge about the medium and ways of creating with it. Covering the technical aspects along with general manipulation methods. It is strictly practical and designed to give you all the basic practice exercises, so you can better work with it. This is not…
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