Tag: colorful painting

30 in 30: Day 18 Original Kissing Camels Painting

Amira Rahim - Artist3 Comments
"First Kiss" 40x100cm" acrylic on canvas
“First Kiss” 40x100cm” acrylic on canvas

So here’s the thing about Love.

It’s scary. It’s risky. But it’s absolutely necessary. It warms our bones and makes us smile those big goofy smiles in the middle of a crowded street in Manhattan. It will test our faith, and then build it back up again. You find reasons to make that person smile and not because it’s “Valentines Day” but because you’re happiest when they’re happy too.

There are no rules. No roadmaps for the players involved. But once you’re in it, I mean really in it, the only thing other person that seems to the matter in the world is the one that’s right in front of you. It’s hope. It’s everything. It’s the breath we breathe.

“First Kiss”
100x40cm on premium canvas

If you love this piece, do me a favor and share it with others. Maybe it will make another person smile, as it made me smile painting it.

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30 in 30: Day 7 Souk Painting

Amira Rahim - Artist2 Comments
colorful abstract portrait painting by a
“Afternoon Tea” 12×12″ acrylic on panel Available

Day 7. Today was a tough painting day for me. I started the day already anxious about fitting painting in and having time for some other commitments in the evening. And so, I started my day in the studio as usual right after breakfast. I can’t say painting this was easy.

“Afternoon Tea” was painted from some photos I snapped in Dubai while visiting the old souk with my friend. She is Somali and we gathered around her aunt’s shop that day to have the delicious cardamon tea just before maghrib, hence the title. I love the contrasts in the black and white, as well as the colorful background. And I am pleased with the overall product. But, today especially, I’m noticing a resistance in my hand. It is like I don’t want to perfectly render facial features anymore. After all, I am a self-professed abstract artist. These are the most realistic paintings I have done in years and it’s breaking me somehow. I’m not quite sure what’s going on here or what the next three weeks will look like.

I feel like I may veer into abstract faces with a whimsical, illustrative style. Or even abstract figures with no faces at all. Just blank voids. This seems more natural than what I have been doing these last few days. I’m struggling to find my voice in this challenge and that’s mainly because there is no downtime. By the time I post the day’s painting, the day is over and I’m trying to piece together what will be my assignment for the following day.

If any of you out there have done the 30 in 30 painting challenge before, or doing it now, is this how it’s supposed to feel? Am I outdoing myself here aiming for 30 perfect paintings?

Hope to hear from you xx