Autumn and me

I miss autumn, although I LOVE summer too,

but autumn has its own beauty!

What is your favorite season?

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This is the fifth illustration from my wood series.

You can find its print in my shop.

A cactus story

Hi everyone! I don't know if you remember my cactus or not but

I bought a cactus last year and it was living happily here!

But some months ago something went wrong with the orange

head and unfortunately it got dried :(

But the body was ok and I was taking care of it.
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After some time it started to grow from the side!

It looks like this right now! With 3 roots on it and

I have no idea that what I should do about it!!!?

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I fear it will become too heavy.

I don't know if I need to cut it off and plant it separately?

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Thank you for reading my cactus story :)

Unconditional love

I'll love you no matter what!

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Number 4 from the wood series!

This time I colored the wood green :)

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Print of this illustration looks much better in person,

colors are so rich and vivid.

Illustration Friday - Impatience

Can't wait to give this to you!

I finally found your favorite flower!

Watercolor and pencil on paper.

And here is the work in progress :)
You can find the print of this illustration in my shop.

Thank you again dear friends for all of your lovely
comments! I appreciate each and every one of them!

Pink Birdie

Something I was working on yesterday.

Watercolor and pen on paper

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I was inspired by a pretty tiny bird called

"Long-tailed Tit"

The framed painting on our living room shelf.

You can find its print in my Etsy shop.

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Pink peach: From ginpins.etsy.com

Huge shell: My brother brought it from Cuba for me!

Sea star: I bought it from Mexico

Cat: Handmade . I bought form TenThousandVillages.ca

Plate: Japanese pottery I got it from Toronto

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Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Illustration Friday: Idle . Little sleeping owl

Third from my wood collection!

Sweetest little sleeping owl!

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It's available as a 6"x6" print in my shop.

JooJoo.me = All About JooJoo!

Hi everyone!

Today I'm very excited to announce my new web address:

www.joojoo.me

Sweet 'n Short!!!

I guess now it's much easier for everyone to visit my blog! :)

JooJoo means a birdie in Persian ,

especially it's used for little yellow chicks.

2 years ago I had gone to the beach with Suma and

he found this heart shaped stone there. He asked

me to paint myself on it, and I painted us instead!

I've used gouache and then sealed it after that.

I used this illustration for my wedding invitations too!

I made all of our wedding invitations myself!

Including favors and my cake topper!

I will blog about them soon!

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Thank you for visiting,

It's always a pleasure having you here!

Illustration Friday: Hollow . My hollow heart grew whole

For this week of Illustration Friday I was inspired

by beautiful lyrics from a song called Ivory Rose:

The love I found in your sapphire eyes is nestled into my soul
In the kisses of your ruby mouth my hollow heart grew whole
And came to know the touch that sows desire, a flower of fire

that grows and burns my pride to cinders,

how I love you, Ivory rose.

Kathy Mar

Watercolor and pen on paper

Click on the image to see it bigger.

Just a birdie

I did this illustration while I was in Halifax.
I called it *Just a birdie*
Water color, pen and pencil

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Thank you for visiting.
Have a great week!

I love my coffee break!

Second from my wood collection!
A kitty who likes relaxing in her coffee break :)
It is available as a 6"x6" print in my shop.

Watch me unfold

I'm working on a collection of illustrations on wood.

This is the first one, called "Watch me unfold"

Soon its print will be available in my Etsy shop :)

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Thank you for stopping by!

Have a happy Monday

Rainbow way

Last weekend there was a beautiful rainbow

in the sky of Toronto!

I believe rainbows bring luck!

How about you? :)

My work on Decor8!!!

I'm sure that all of you already know about

lovely Holly Becker's blog Decor8 :)

Her blog has always been a big source of inspiration for me!

Today I as always I visited her blog and guess what??!!!

I'm featured there!!!

Many many thanks Holly! It's an honor for me!
HUGS!!!!! xoxo

Featured!

Lovely Amy of "The Peach Tree" has featured me

in her wonderful blog!!

You can read my intreview there!

Thank you Amy!!! Lots of HUGS!!! :)

Illustration Friday: Hierarchy . Colorful cactuses

Hierarchy of colors in a cactus.
I painted this illustration with watercolor on paper.
I was inspired by this beautiful photo of cactuses in Arizona

by Sparklerama.

Wish I could grow such a big cactus at home :)
My grandma had a huge cactus, 1.2 meters and she
had grown it herself, but I think it took something
around 30 years for her cactus to grow that big.

This is the sketch of my illustration.

And here is the painting in my hand!

Last spring

Some photos of Toronto from last spring
I was walking to library that day and took these photos.

This place is North of Toronto (North York)

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!