17cm X 29cm
My plan is to post art work every day. However, I was really busy last week painting for anart exhibition which I had to deliver materials for on 21st of Feb in Dubai. I will paint at least one pic a day from today. Practice! Practice! practice!
I've told you I went to see Salukis last week and took lots of photos of them. But painting hairy animals is the most difficult of subjects for me. I need some more practice. When I mentioned about the Salukis, I told you about we ate their food, but I forgot to tell you about the taste. It was actually very tasty . If the staff hadn't said anything, we would not have known that was dog food.

 

10cm X 15cm.
I went to the Arabian Saluki Center
WWW.arabiansaluki.ae
Director, Breeder & Register General, Hamad Ghanem Sheheen Alghanem is fantastic!
He couldn't stop telling us about salukis. we were invited into a huge kitchen for saluki and Hamad let us eat saluki food.
Wabisabi,"This is the first time to try to eat dog food."
Hamad," please don't say DOG FOOD. This is saluki's food."
No one said anything..

 

Hi,Carine
Your works are really, really gorgeous. I bought this cat yesterday in Art Souk from you.
I'm going to put this into my daughter's birthday present bag. Thank you. See you next month.
what I learn in Art Souk yesterday was creatibity.

 

9cm x 13cm.
I had a good experience and chances to talk with other watercolor artists in Dubai art souk. I'm going to try to show my works every month.Miriam,thhank you for organizing this souk. This will be a great chance for us.
Aldrie,your works are fantastic! Rania,your works are so pretty! See you next month.Wabisabi.

 

20cm x 30cm.
Our daughter's(8 years old)work. Kids's work is pure. I feel her work is much better than mine honestly.
My daughter has been having a hard time with one of her classmates for quite a long time. They had a big fight last year. Her class teacher suggested that we should get all together, parents, teacher and kids and talk. I asked my daughter
"I've heard that you had a problem with your classmate. Shall we talk altogher?"
My daughter "No. I don't want to talk any more. We solved the problem already. Please no worries."
Wabisabi(ups, this is my nickname)" ok, if you don't want to talk, we don't mind, but if you need us. Please let us know." Since then, we've never asked her what exactly happened at school. However, it's passed a year and 5 months.I thought it's time to ask her. So I asked her, "I wonder if you could tell me what happened that time?" She started to explain about it. I didn't know at all.
Wabisabi, "Why didn't you tell us at that time? You must have had a hard time."
my daughter " I just didn't want to talk to my parents."
Wabisabi" ....."
I've been thinking she is still a baby, she is still simply a kid, but she is not. I'm proud of her.
Like a bird which has started to fly.

 

10 x 15 cm.
Khutwa(AI Ain,UAE) is a stunning osasis nesting in the foothills. The first sight of it as you come over the hill, with the intense green of the date palms contrasting with the dark rugged montains, makes for a great picture.
It was really difficult to paint this into a postcard size. I think that painting a bigger size would be much easier.This sounds like a bit an excuse, doesn't it?

 

post card size 10cm x 1cm.
I still like to pick up photos and paint them. This is a Palestinian girl.
Actually I've been suffering from backache for quite a long time. I went to hospitals, one of them in Al Ain and another in AbuDhabi last week. Even though I showed my MRI and X-ray, they couldn't find out what's causing my backache. The day before yesterday, however, since I couldn't catch a taxi, I walked from a friend's house to my house.It took an hour. when I was walking, I realized that the backache had disappeared.
So I have started walking for at least an hour and half every day.
I like painting, but this hobby must be very bad for the body, because I stick on a chair for quite a long time.