Winter in Tehran

I shot these pics. in Melat park in Tehran, last winter.

Bathng in sea

Whenever Ibrowe my old sketches I wish i would have had some writings for the occassion of that sketch. This one , as I recall,is a copy from an old master with totall changesin its setting.

Amir Hossein and stranger

I met this young chap and the man on top in a train returning from Hashgerd to Tehran in a day in last August. he sat right across me, and I was busy sketching the guy taking nap next to him. While he was curious to see what I was doing, I showed him the quick finished sketch and suggested to do one from him as well. he was wise and nice enough to sit still in order I finish his sketch in a very short time left to get off the train.

kosar hotel,Isfahan

This sketch was from Shahla, lying in bed in Kosar hotel in Ifahan, last summer.

Arezoo

Arezoo, the girl who I know her from the very early years of her childhood been my favorite model. Though, i didn't have a chance to sketch or paint her live, I have made several portrate and figurative of her. This is what i made it from a photo that i took of her with different composition.

Girles in sea side

The original of this sketch has published in one of the latest books of Ch. Reid watercolorist. I liked the setting and simple washes of the bodies.

seated nude

I

I like this pastel work very much. Why ? bcause I spent quite some time to do the shadows with soft pastel pencil. also I resisted hard not to overwork and leave it as it looked.

Olya

I had the image of this girl in standing position.I seated her in a seaside setting.

watercolor/pastel

I did this image inwatercolorand pastel with some changes in colors and composition. Painting from photos is fun and good when you don't have live model at hand. Of course it isbeer to do some changes according to your tase and talent to the original composition.

Tatyana

This grafite drawing with light washes of watercolor in backgrond in done from a photo of Tatyana in David's nude. This image is part of the whole figure which I rathered to crop it in order to compose give the feeling of more portrature .

David nudes

The sketches and paintings posted are done with collaboration with a photographer named david who mainly does nude phography. He has created a painting gallery in his site with my paintings of his models.

sleepy sketches

These serious of sketches was done in last Feb. during my trip from Toronto to Tehran in Amsredam (schiphol) airport. As you see and a friend mentioned these are slepy sketches. So I did titled it the same.

New drawings

It took me so long to stop by at my blog and post new works. Since last posting, I've done many sketches and drawings which will post it from now on gradualy. I returned to Toronto again in early Nov. o8 and hope to stay here for a while.

Nourooz Mobarak

Spring is here. I feel it with all my exiistense. no way to ignore it. It reminds me of old day in my childhood which i had to wait impatiently for the firt day of New year to put the new cloth and shoes. wish everybody the best for the Iranian year of 1387.

winter in Tehran

We had a heavy snow on wed. jan.2nd in Tehran. These pictures are taken in Melat park and Vanak st. with Olympus digital camera.

Winter in Tehran