Team-Bradley References & Sketchbook

Posted on September 15, 2019 Tagged artwork, drawing, graphite, life drawing, markers, noah and rachel bradley, reference photos, sketchbook, stillman and birn, studies, watercoloursLeave a comment

28.08.2019_sketch_Shaima — 28.08.2019_AnnE Season 3

I’ve been really enjoying working in my new mixed-media sketchbook from Stillman & Birn. On the other hand, getting back into doing life-drawing studies/sketches is easier said than done, as I sometimes find myself bored of typical poses that you find online; in terms of reference photos. Aside from my general admiration of their work, artists Noah & Rachel Bradley have come out with a bunch of reference photo packs on their website (which I’ll link below) that have been quite helpful. If you’re looking for some quality references I highly recommend you check out their photography.

Noah & Rachel Bradley Reference Photography Sets

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Also, colour & hair studies for a new painting I’m working on; plus a few demons and horns.

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13.09.2019_Shaima — markers and graphite in Fabriano sketchbook

Stranger Things – Sketchbook July

Posted on July 30, 2019September 5, 2019 Tagged actor, art, artwork, Billy Hargrove, colour-pencils, Dacre Montgomery, drawing, Netflix, sketch, sketchbook, stranger things, stranger things 3, toned paper, tv show2 Comments

In between the painting I’ve been working on, I decided to take a little break – which basically meant binge-watching all 3 seasons of Stranger Things last weekend. I had some catching up to do. Naturally that resulted in some sketches; well one character in particular. I’m really looking forward to seeing the talented Dacre Montgomery in more roles in the future. As for Billy Hargrove, I knew I’d love the development of his character from the very beginning. And I’ll leave it at that for those who are still catching up. 😣

Instagram, More Shadowhunters, Updates

Posted on April 10, 2019 Tagged cassandra clare, clary fray, clary morgenstern, drawing, fantasy art, freeform, instagram, marker drawing, pen and markers, shadowhunters, the mortal instruments, tmi, traditional art, TV Series3 Comments

The Last of the Morgensterns_2019_Shaima — *The Last of the Morgensterns* (Shadowhunters), markers & micron on paper, 8.5×11″. 2019.

With the Shadowhunters Tv series coming to an end, I feel like it’s inevitable for it be an inspo at the moment in my work. Also lots of demons, and fantasy themed architecture, sets & other pretty visuals. 😊

A quick update for my social media followers. A few of you had asked about my Instagram a while back; I’m pleased to say I finally have one I can share with you guys. So follow me at shaima.art on IG, and I hope to chat with you guys there as well. My next few pieces will be more original art rather than fanart related pieces so stay tuned for that. More darker demonic themed paintings, some nordic stuff thrown in as well. ✌️

09.04.2019_LastoftheMorgensterns_3Shaima — Katherine McNamara as Clary Fairchild-Morgenstern – Shadowhunters on Freeform

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Sirens & Skeletons – Painting WIP

Posted on August 14, 2018 Tagged artwork, drawing, fantasy art, graphite, sirens, skeletons, sketch, WIP2 Comments

This one is taking a little longer than I hoped, but finally I can get onto the fun part which is painting. 🙂 Work in progress drawing for an upcoming watercolour painting.

Sketchbook – Cable & the Giant Bear

Posted on August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 Tagged cable, colour-pencils, deadpool 2, drawing, marvel, marvel comics, micron pens, sketchbook, toned paper drawings, traditional artLeave a comment

Dropping a fun little sketch from yesterday inspired by the new Deadpool 2 movie. 🙂

10.08.2018_sketch_Shaima — 10.08.2018, sketchbook – *Cable*

10.08.2018_sketch_web_Shaima — 10.08.2018, sketchbook – *Cable*

Guarding the Red

Posted on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Tagged drawing, hockey art, micron pens, olympics, pen and markers, Pyeongchang 2018, Shannon Szabados, traditional artwork, womens hockeyLeave a comment

It was wonderful to see the extent of medals captured by our Canadian athletes at the Pyeongchang Olympics; it may not have been a gold this time around, but I think I can say that we’re very proud of both our men’s & women’s hockey teams. Considering how great she played despite her injury, it was even more incredible to see the games Shannon Szabados played. Good job girls! 🙂

Guarding the Red_ShaimaIslam — *Guarding the Red*, microns & markers on paper, 11×14″, 2018

Looking at the pieces I’ve done so far, it seems I’ve done quite a few goalie art haven’t I? Actually almost all. 😀 Time to switch it up I think!

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2018 – Another Start

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 Tagged 2018, artwork, colour-pencils, drawing, fantasy art, markers and pen, New Year, watercolour painting5 Comments

We’re already 2 months in, but I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year so far. With a slow ending to 2017 for myself, December and much of January has been a major pain to get through. However, like many artists will tell you, you just have to find a way through. So here’s to a more eventful new year, and hopefully more completed artworks to share with you all. 🙂

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you may have seen me ready to give up on this one more than once. I’ve had very few pieces that I would consider ‘failures’, to the extent that I consider scrapping them altogether; this one definitely came close. It’s natural to encounter problems with certain projects (personal or otherwise), but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. In the end, I decided to use this drawing more as a field for experimenting with things I’ve wanted to try, rather than let the piece go to total waste.

The Call_2018_ShaimaIslam — *The Call*, colour-pencils & markers on paper, 11×14″, 2018

Moving on to painting, I decided to extend the ‘experimenting’ with a quick little piece to start off the year. Not as dark as I usually like to go, but since it was more of a sketch I didn’t mind all that much.

Seek_2018_ShaimaIslam — *Seek*, watercolours on paper, 8×12″, 2018

05.02.2018_SeekWIP_ShaimaIslam — *Seek*, WIP

November, Sketches & Marvel

Posted on November 21, 2017September 5, 2019 Tagged artwork, colour-pencils, drawing, etsy, Frank Castle, Jon Bernthal, marvel, november updates, sketchbook, the punisher4 Comments

It’s been a rather slow November, but a much more exciting weekend with Marvel releasing The Punisher series last Friday. That basically summed up my weekend as I couldn’t stop watching. So glad to see Jon Bernthal get his own show; as I was looking forward to seeing a proper Punisher series for a very long time. An additional bonus was seeing Ben Barnes enter the franchise; as I know I couldn’t contain my excitement.

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Continuing with sketches, as I was flipping through mine I landed on an unfinished piece. I don’t have many of these, but I can’t seem to find the inspiration at the moment to complete this one. Maybe I’ll come back to it in the future, who knows.

18.10.2017_ShaimaIslam — Scene from Shokichi’s MV *Shelly*

On a side note, there are some shop updates coming for my Etsy store so stay tuned for that here and on my Twitter @shaima_art

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