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    Monochromatic Watercolor Forest

    Ammara C / November 23, 2019

    It was fun to work in just one color, and the result was a super moody forest scene. The key when working with one color is to vary the lights and darks as…

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    Watercolor Mountains

    Ammara C / November 9, 2019

    I have been playing with watercolors for a couple of years now and it’s a medium that I really enjoy working with. Lately, I’ve also started to incorporate ink outlines to some of…

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  • Art,  Painting

    Watercolor Bird

    Ammara C / September 29, 2019

    Summer has been really busy and I was looking forward to fall but that lasted about three days max here in Calgary this year. There's been snow falling starting sometime yesterday and it's…

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    Negative Space Painting

    Ammara C / August 20, 2019

    YouTube is such an amazing resource for learning just about anything from changing your brake lights to speaking a new language and (of course) learning art techniques as well. These paintings were done…

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    Whimsical Watercolor Owl Study

    Ammara C / April 27, 2019

    I love doing studies of other artist’s works in order to explore different styles and to further develop my own skills.  This was a painting that the Watercolor Misfit (on YouTube) had playing…

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  • Art,  Painting

    Watercolour Food

    Ammara C / March 26, 2019

    I tried out some watercolor classes on Skillshare.

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  • Art,  Crafts,  Painting

    Handmade Greeting Cards

    Ammara C / January 8, 2019

    I always like making greeting cards by hand, I actually like giving as many personalized things as possible because you can make them to suit the person that you’re giving them to.  It’s…

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    Watercolor Wildflowers

    Ammara C / May 11, 2018

    Thank God it’s finally spring!  We’ve had an ax extraordinarily long and brutal winter this time around with very few Chinook breaks in-between.  It’s interesting how much my mood seems to automatically lift…

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  • Art,  Painting

    Watercolor Mountain Scene

    Ammara C / April 26, 2018

    As I’m learning watercolor painting I’ve been doing a studies of a paintings that I see online, this one is my version of one by @whitedoe_prints.  The paintings on their site are just stunning…

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  • Art,  Painting

    Watercolor Practice- Repeating Shapes

    Ammara C / March 4, 2018

    I am still trying out more techniques with my watercolor painting.  In both of these paintings I tried taking a shape and repeating it around the page in various sizes.  I’m naturally very…

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Instagram post 2160488079039436593_8385130866 This was the very first mosque painting that I did a few years ago.  It’s is the Blue Mosque or Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul Turkey.  This painting kicked off the rest of my Mosque Series and it lives down in LA now.
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#bluemosque #istanbul #sultanahmedmosque #islamicart #abstractislamicart #creativemuslimwomen
Instagram post 2143847859284246146_8385130866 Alhamdolillah.  Praise be to God.
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#caligraphy #handlettering #alhamdulillah #iamartsy #practicemakesprogress
Instagram post 2102652629394790845_8385130866 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
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Instagram post 2095513624899358563_8385130866 Bismillah. In the name of God.
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#bismillah #calligraphy #handlettering #islamicart #creativemuslimwomen
Instagram post 2066972075748129543_8385130866 Being busy is something that is so glorified these days.  Whenever I ask anyone how they’ve been the most common answer that I’m hearing is ‘busy’. That’s (unfortunately) typically my response as well.  I understand the desire to hustle harder but we also very much NEED to slow down, find time for our own personal growth and development, reflect, nourish our minds bodies and our souls.  It’s all about finding and then learning how to maintain balance.  Something I’ve been consciously working on this year.  It’s been tough, but it’s a step in the right direction.
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Instagram post 2055492583158546877_8385130866 ‘Whoever has heart’s doors wide open, could see the sun itself in every atom’ ~Rumi
#dooodle #ink #linework #iamartsy #draw #zentangle #henna
Instagram post 2051739562855434986_8385130866 This is another mixed media canvas that was created by up-cycling an old painting.  You can see some circular ‘windows’ around the work which ‘peek’ into the old painting.  I took inspiration for the colors on this piece from the original piece underneath.  This is a really great way to give new life to something that you may have grown out of or maybe didn’t like in the first place.
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#flamingo #art #iamartsy #mixedmedia #upcycleart #upcycle #creative #nationalgeographicpages
Instagram post 2048807748377664544_8385130866 Sun and moon, this picture goes along with the doodle of the sun from a few posts ago.  We watch the sun in a daily basis to know when its time to open our fast and the we watch the moon because our months follow the lunar calendar.
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#sun #moon #maninthemoon #doodle #inkdrawing #iamartsy
Instagram post 2048174842474963576_8385130866 Follow the light. 
This canvas is a representation of some of the demons and struggles that we all face.  With the raincloud being a symbol for dark times, and the rain coming in the form of blessings such as lessons learnt, finding out who’s really there for you and growing as a person. I firmly believe that no matter what, there’s always SO much to be grateful for.  That silver lining can sometimes be hard to see through all the chaos of emotions, depression, feeling unworthy, and the mountains of inevitable anxiety. It’s been important for me to have a guiding light (lighthouse) or North Star to help pull me out.  For me my North Star is my faith, practicing gratitude, connecting with others, working through the pain, taking care of myself, and most definitely my creativity.  Making things with my hands is the one thing that I can do for hours on end where I can forget about all of my worries because the only thing I care about at that time is what’s in front of me and the present moment. Not to sound dramatic but I can honestly say that having a creative outlet has saved me from some of the darkest moments in my life. 
What is your North Star? What do you do to escape from or work through life when it gets rough? It’s so important to have that something. As a final note I’d like to send out lots of love and support to anyone struggling with anything right now.  I honour your struggle and I want you to know that you’re not alone
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