Illustration Friday - Cultivate

My entry for Illustration Friday...better late that never!
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My grandmother had miniature lemon, orange and pomegranate trees.
This is a miniature olive tree. with two birdies and a little snail :)
Watercolor on 5" x 7" paper

Happy Persian New Year!

Just a few hours to the beginning of the Persian New Year and Spring equinox.
Here is my HaftSeen, a tradition of Ancient Nowruz. Iranian pastries, garlic, candles, a mirror and Sabzeh (the green grass),...

Holy books or books of old Persian poetry...
I wish everyone a very Happy New Year and a wonderful spring! xo

Magnolia

Here is the finished painting!

Watercolor on paper

7.5" x 7.5"

I was planning to do another bird painting to go well with "Cherry Blossoms" and

"Cozy nest" painting, so that I can frame them as a trio set.

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Here is our den/dining room and now the wall is not naked anymore :)

You can find the archival print of these three painting in my Etsy shop.

Hope you have a great week friends!

Sunset

I read about Japan's 8.9 earthquake news this morning in Google home page.

What an angry planet we have *sigh* ... I hope everyone stays safe from the Tsunami :(

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Our window faces east Toronto and I never see a sunset from here, but reflection of

lights from glass buildings far away is as beautiful as the sunset itself.

In progress

I'm working on a new watercolor painting now.
It's called "Magnolia".
Its little sketch on my busy inspiration board.

Sketchbook

From my sketchbook.
{ Places I would love to visit #2: Morocco }
Pen on paper + Digital coloring

The winner!

Random.org picked talented Aimee of Little Dear as the winner!

Congratulations!

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And many thanks to all of you dear friends for your kind comments!

Giveaway: "Love is giving" print

It's been quite a while since I've run a giveaway in my blog!

This giveaway is for my new print. It's printed on archival

quality matte paper with pigment inks.

It's so pretty in person!

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To participate in this giveaway:

{ Leave a comment + your name + your country }

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I will announce the winner Monday morning!

Illustration Friday - Swarm

A little pen illustration I did for this week's Illustration Friday challenge.

*Colored digitally*