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ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 4 - COMPLETION AND FRAMING I am delighted to report that this piece of Islamic art is now completed, framed and hung. The mount My hubby bought this frame at the recent village fete, and reluctantly agreed to let me have it - when I first set eyes…

ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 3 - COMPLETING THE COLOURING This stage of creating my shamsa took me a lot longer than I expected. Sometimes you don't know how things will turn out until you actually do them and see the project as a whole, and what seemed like a good idea turns…

ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 2 - BEGINNING THE COLOURING A very fruitful session in the studio this afternoon, when I began painting my completed drawing. Before I started, I did a rough digital mock-up on the computer, using the quarter-view photo of the completed drawing, to help me to decide where I…

ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 1 - THE DRAWING A second-hand frame At the recent village fete we attended, my hubby bought a large square picture frame. I immediately saw potential in this for my own work and begged it off him - he gave it to me a little reluctantly! None of…