Paradiso...

My new design for dinner plates... I call it Paradiso

Make Art that Sells- Part B

Five weeks came and went! Where did they go? I was having too much fun to notice! I didn't notice the heat rising, the power outages, the late nights... I didn't notice that I was going through a growth spurt while I worked. I didn't notice that I was forging a bond with my class mates and developing an eternal love for my teacher Lilla Rogers! I didn't notice that I was perhaps standing at the precipice of a new and wonderful beginning as a designer, illustrator, artist.

My work during the weeks as follows:

WEEK ONE:

The assignment was to design greeting cards with gingerbread houses as inspiration! I went with my gut and sketched. I couldn't get the two girls hugging picture out of my mind so I brought them out of my head...

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WEEK TWO:
Baby apparel! Yay!! I love designing clothes for my girls and I loved this assignment. The theme was to be pirates! I did some pirate portraits and then a radical groovy pirate girl :D

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WEEK THREE:
Scrap-booking! This week I discovered textures... and loved it. The assignment was to use vintage ink bottles as inspiration for scrabooking material...

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WEEK FOUR:
Rediscovery! This week was one of my favorite as it was very personal. We were asked to design a map of our city. No one (in my knowledge) had done a fun map of Karachi ever! And while thinking of how to do this one, I discovered so many things about my city and my latent love for it. My city is crazy, wild, dangerous, multicolored, multicultural, and beautiful and welcoming! Its a city that doesn't sleep (much!). In the little time we had to finish this, I only managed this... but I plan to revisit this and do much more!

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 WEEK FIVE- FINAL WEEK:
Coming full circle! This week I ran on all cylinders! I poured it out and had the most fun ever! I loved what I created and I was satisfied with it. I really was. The assignment was a delight to study (Ukrainian/ Bavarian Folk Art) and the market is something I think I am going to delve more deeply into - party paper!

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So that wraps up my MATS experience! And boy I know its going to be a life altering one! I have made a vow to my teacher to keep creating art and have fun with it. I hope you will join me in my journey of self discovery!

Ciao for now!