Mc Donald

كفتون

the final rendering of the cave illustration :)

the cave illustration in process

a trip to Kaftoun in north lebanon with Hanane & William. it was raining so we sat down in a small cave and drew. I felt like a cavemen at home :)

Children's Book Illustration Course

i took this course in Central Saint Martins in London last August with April Wilson

the course was about how to create a picture book through illustration. the following, are some applications for the given exercises: character creation and development both in 2D and in mixed media 3D, drawing facial expressions generated by these characters, creating a storyboard from a given text, book concept and design, composition and text placement

the lovely class :)

the instructor work and originals

the instructor April Wilson

class atmosphere

exploring new techniques and tools

check bea & Christina's work

شوارب النساء

"ليكي، انا بشقر شواربي. ما بنتف "

ماما في لندن

mom in london

روحاني

الى نور :)

3aseer taza

If you didn't get a chance to see the art work properly,

the exhibition will still be running for the next 2 weeks,

so pop by anytime between 6pm to 12 :)

Printmaking with Elizabeth

i took this course august 2009 in central Saint Martins in London.

this is the university and me standing with Ruth :)

the class, the stairs

the secret elevator discovered from the first day

colors and tools

loops

the instructor Scean Myers, atmosphere & Yasmin

technique 1: monoprinting

thechique 2: monodrawing

monodrawing application

technique 3: phototransfer

using plate and ink, dentelles & stencils

more stencils using light table in order to add the skin color

final result :)

workspace and one unfinished mixed media and collage test

Drypoint: the image was incised into a plate with a hard-pointed needle and then printed on a wet paper.

drypoint final result

starting with drypoint again but adding more prints with the same plate, to give a blurry effect

adding the body color with monoprinting.

adding the outer effect with drypoint and a sharp metal brush

printing the color with the mask on a separate black paper as suggested by Sean

adding a light color on top of the contour to soften the contrast

final result :)