Boat on the beach

Here is another landscape painting. I started this painting about 2-3 months ago. The most challenging part of this painting was the sky, sun and sea reflections. Other than it was straight forward. The sea part of this painting was the most trickiest part to paint because it contains consistency, blending and the effects of the waves. I started with basic colours then I build the colours up to realistic style.

Overall I am happy with the end result of the painting.

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Mena Zarif

Photography Goals of 2011

My photography goals are to improve photo techniques and find my own style of photography. When I took some photos in the past, some of them came out really good. I hope my photography skills will improve.


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Mena Zarif

Latest Update regarding my works. Update: 19/03/2011

Since Second Year Diploma of Graphic Design started, I had been busy with projects. Hopefully within the next two to three weeks I will have finished off all unfinished projects I have to complete and submit them.

Wish me good luck to complete all projects within high standards.

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Mena Zarif

Art Quotes No: 3

 "Every visual artists starts as an amateur. Though experimenting with media and though trials & errors, the artist finds their own type of techniques & strategies towards their own style of art and the artist push themselves to achieve better results. The outcome is incredible."- Mena Zarif

Art Quotes No: 2

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones to keep"- Scott Adams

Art Quotes No: 1

" If you feel you want to paint.. keep practicing don't stop. Every art counts because it's a progression of your work throughout the times of painting and it shows you how much you have improved." - Mena Zarif

Landscape painting

Exhibition painting 2010.

Last year I was at my painting class and were preparing a painting something to do with Australia. Every artists in my painting class had to choose a theme to do with Australia. So I chose Landscape painting theme related to Australia. 

This painting I did was one the difficult paintings I ever did. I had to choose and mix colours that suit the photo I was observing from. Out of all the paintings I've done in the past, this was a difficult & challenging painting to do. It was my first landscape painting from a photo too.

<--- On the left this was the first landscape painting done 2 years ago, that was not from a photo. 

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Mena Zarif