Illustration Friday: Impossibility

Do you believe mermaids exist? Or existed?

Or it's just believing the impossible?

Here is the work in progress :)

I did this with acrylic colors on paper.

And here is its print.
Just added to the shop.

Etsy's gift guide

YAY!!! My print is in Etsy's gift guide section! :)

Thank you Etsy! xox

Illustration Friday: Fleeting

Fleeting Gaze...

Digital illustration which I did around 3 years ago.

What she is wearing has the elements of old Persian outfits.

This illustartion is a part of Rissmoon's website, if you

mouse over her hands and her Tanbour (Persian Lute)

you can see some hidden animations.
Go here and try it yourself!

The print of this illustration is also available in my
other store: PersianGarden.etsy.com

Thank you very much for stopping by and leaving

lovely comments!

They are so encouraging :)

Illustration Friday: Talisman

Watercolor, colored pencils and pen on green paper.

If you've ever been to Turkey, you must have seen many of
these blue eyes!
These are called "nazar" and are protection against the evil

eye. My bamboo queen is using one of those to rest in peace!
You can read about Nazar here in Wikipedia.

I also have one little eye (Nazar) pendant!
I bought that in Iran when I was a teenager.

In Iran we use some special glazed pottery bead as talisman.
You can see it in the photo
(The big blue bead, hanging from that wall art)
This wall art is a gift from my lovely sister :)
Thank you Azadeh! I love it!

7 things I love

Thank you Azadeh and Devi for tagging me and giving me

Kreativ Blogger Award!

Here are the seven things I love:

(Click on the photo to see in bigger)

And I would like to invite these seven bloggers to this

game plus passing them Kreativ Blogger award!

Jacqueline

MessyFish

Nancy

Giovanna

Kismet

Lina

Merylu

Illustration Friday: Poise

Have you ever had a curious cat that would gaze at you

when you try to concentrate? When we were kids we had a cat

and he really liked to interrupt us whenever he felt that he

was being ignored!

I've done this illustration with pen and watercolor on paper.

The poise is from a pretty photo in Shutterstock.

Weekend by the beach

Yesterday the weather was so beautiful here,

Still a little bit cold but you could feel that spring is coming.

I went by the Lake Ontario with my husband Suma

and I took this photo from a happy seagull there.

Another week is coming...I wish you a happy Monday!

Illustration Friday: Subtract

Watercolor and pen on a piece of carton!
Moral of this illustartion:
Don't take away the snails shells! It's their home! :)

Thank you for visiting!

My 7 Sîn

Here is my 7 Sîn! It doesn't look the best, especially with my

grass(Sabzeh) that bald! But I still love it!

Haft Sîn (Persian: هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition
of Nowruz, the traditional Iranian new year.
The haft sin table includes seven items specifically starting
with the letter S or Sîn (س in the Persian alphabet).
The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and
holy immortals protecting them.

(This text is part of an article in Wikipedia, to read the whole article click here)

I wish you a lovely spring!

Thank you for visiting :)

IF: Legendary

I love the topic of this week! Because my name means

legend in Persian!

Well, this is a vector illustration which I did around 3 years ago;

I was inspired by old Persian legends.

What she is wearing is a mixture of traditional Persian

and modern clothing, I just wanted to make it look old

and at the same time modern.

My sister and I have a portfolio website Called Rissmoon

and I had designed the website and all the graphics myself.

Every page has a vector art which has a hidden animation in it.

You should go over different parts of the page with your

curser to activate the animations.

This illustartion is a part of Rissmoon's website and has

an animation too, you can see the screenshot of it here,

but it’s much more fun to go there and try it yourself!

The print of this illustration is also available in my

other store: PersianGarden.etsy.com

Apartment Therapy!

I'm am so excited to share with you that my work was featured

on Apartment Therapy's Ohdeedoh section!

Their site is Helping people make their homes more beautiful,

organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of

resources, ideas and community online.

Thank you Alex, I feel honored!

Packaging

Packaging is always a fun part for me
Packages that I send out are unique and personalized
and are little bits of me coming to life.

IF: Breezy

Watercolor on paper.

This time instead of scanning my illustration I took a photo of it.

Another photo...
Thank you for stopping by :)

Sunrise in Toronto

Some days ago I opened my eyes in the morning and saw

that the apartment was filled with a very beautiful orange light.

So I took a photo of sunrise immediately.

This is the view of east of Toronto.

And here are our shelves.

Those gorgeous fruits are handmade by lovely Ginny!

Sakura earrings

This is a pair of earrings I made for a friend.

I called it Sakura (Japanese name for cherry trees)

Although cherry blossoms are pink and these are white,

but the whole thing has a cherry feeling in it!

Don't you think so? :)

The briolettes are sea opals or opalite.

These briolttes have a purple lavendar color

but they reflect a yellow light.

Illustration Friday - Instinct

One of the strongest instincts in the world is a mother's instinct,

even if the mother is a mermaid.

I have painted this illustration with watercolor and pen.

And here is the sketch!
My inspiration was this cute photo in Shutterstock.Its print is available in my Etsy shop
Thank you for visiting :)

Love birds

Super cute love birds magnet!!!

This is another piece from my spring collection.

These little love birds are celebrating their love and the

beginning of spring! They have a special log that they meet

there all the time, and they call it love log!

Just added to the store

Spring snail magnets

Exactly one month is left to spring equinox!

People have celebrated the coming of spring, including
the Mayas, the Persians the ancient Romans...
My little snails are also celebrating spring!

You can find these cute snail magnets here in my shop.

I am working on some more spring related items,
thses are the first ones...Soon I'll take the photos

of the rest of them and will post them here.

Illustration Friday: Celebrate

This week I'm so late for Illustration Friday!
The topic is "Celebrate"
These koalas are celebrating Peace & Love!

Click on the picture to see it bigger.

These days I'm so in love with Koalas!
They are super cute animals!
please watch this video on Youtube and
you'll see what I mean :)

I am going to paint this sketch with watercolor,
please come back again to see!
Thank you for visiting!

Illustration Firday: Time

Can I get home before dawn?
I miss you so much...
Can't wait to see you...

This week's Illustration Friday's topic is Time.
It made me think about the times that time passes by so slowly...
And of course when you want to go slowly it runs fast :)

I've painted this with pen, watercolor and colored pencils


Here is my sketch!
Thank you very much for visiting!