Challenge accepted!
#challengeaccepted thank you @elisadeane
Women empowering women
Might post a colour version of this pic too later as it’s a nice bground (my large oil painting version of tiny Persian miniature rocks)
Thanks @patrikprazmari for photo
#womensupportwomen #empoweringwomen #happywomen #womenartists #artistmother
“Skin colour”
Skin colour inspired by my skin, my husband’s skin, the board I’m painting on and the wooden floor I’m sitting on
A neutral brown pink (or pink brown) yellow green earthy tone
Although my husband and I are different races our skin tone is surprisingly similar
(Look for similarities not differences)
All skin colours have green and red in them by the way – these are our blood vessels and common to all humans
Taken in daylight, no filter
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Peppa pigment
Mentioned in the 1001 Arabian Nights
Cubebs (as part of a recipe for fertility) (not a pigment – as far as I know, might be)
They taste lovely!
Has anyone ever tried these? I’d like to cook a whole medieval dinner based on miniature painting at some point! Like Heston Blumenthal did with the Vivendier but with eastern dishes. With this as a possible addition
From the inimitable Notting Hill Spice Shop
(Also, I have to use these up now – sitting at the back of the kitchen cupboard and now expired / am sure is fine)
#medieval #cubebs #1001 #1001nights #dinner #pepper #mortarandpestle #spices #miniaturepainting #dishesofthepast #vivendier #nottinghillspiceshop #expiredspices
All the colours 2 – the handmade manmade
Swipe for video
Storage of the synths
Will annotate the videos on the forum later in response to questions about methods and materials and storage
http://www.miniaturepaintingforum.com
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All the colours
The handmade poison and earth colours
Will annotate the videos on the forum later in response to questions about methods and materials and storage
http://www.miniaturepaintingforum.com
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So wonderful to demonstrate miniature painting tonight with @schooloftraditionalarts to people from all around the world! (Who were awake at that time!)
Here’s a pic of rocks/not rocks or camels/not camels (was a close up onscreen) – rendering pardakht in progress
Really enjoyed it and loved the questions – since was only an hour couldn’t get to all, but you can ask on http://www.miniaturepaintingforum.com and I will reply shortly
Also, I wonder if it really was anyone’s birthday…
#vaishaliprazmari #vaishaliprazmariteaching #rocks #notrocks #camels #notcamels #psta #schooloftraditionalarts #zal #rostam #rustam #sam #shahnameh #shahnama #supernatural #persianminiatures #persianminiaturepainting #mughalminiatures #miniaturepainting #livedemo
Zal and the Simurgh
Zal grew up! He got married to Rudabeh and when she was in labour, there was a critical juncture when she thought she and her baby wouldn’t make it. Anyone who’s been through childbirth can attest to this fleeting moment when this possibility crosses your mind for an instant. Luckily for us, we have surgeons. Luckily for her, Zal had a phoenix at his beck and call and she told him to run a feather across the belly of his wife like a knife. Thus the baby was born – by Caesarean section.
This baby went on to be one of the greatest heroes of all time, a pivotal figure in the Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings) and a legend whose life spanned centuries. His name was Rostam.
(Rostamzad = C-section)
This image is from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
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I started a Miniature Painting Forum – free, let’s talk!
I created this public group so everyone can share info and resources about anything miniature painting-related (literally anything!)
Public FB group for chat MINIATURE PAINTING FORUM
Longer posts at http://www.miniaturepaintingforum.com
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS:
A FREE FORUM FOR MINIATURE PAINTING
FREE INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND DISCUSSION HUB FOR ALL THINGS MINIATURE PAINTING-RELATED
Like Farid ud-Din Attar’s eponymous poem, this forum is a flocking place for seekers of knowledge. Here is a site for resources and conversation, questions and answers, illumination and communication all done in the spirit of camaraderie and fellow-feeling. Like the birds, we are all on this journey together and this gathering of like-minded souls serves to strengthen existing connections and forge new ones. Beginners and seasoned travellers are equally welcome. There is no question too small or silly – all have a home here. The information and inspiration on this platform is free and open to all wanderers who are in love with the world of Islamic, Indian, Mughal and Persian miniature painting and find themselves on a similar path.
It is also a marketplace of ideas; a social seat of learning; a city centre of exchange where surprises and spontaneous thoughts arise and create their own opportunities. I’ve always wanted to host miniature painting art salons in real life. A wide open space and an intimate parlour room all in one, this forum is my online – and global – version of the same. The structured forum format lends itself to meaningful conversations online. These can initiate spontaneous interaction across the globe which can in turn take flight to continue the conversation offline. Depending on interest, there will be follow-up monthly Zoom meets online, seminar-style, to discuss 1-2 topics or ideas generated from the forum. These may be practical (materials, tools, techniques), contextual (historic tradition, contemporary art, content and style) spiritual or anything else, inflected through the sovereign focus lens of the miniature painting we all love. And, when it’s safe to do so, a real-life conference on miniature painting in London, UK.
In Attar’s 12th century Sufi wisdom poem منطق الطیر Mantiq al-Tayr, 30 birds go on a spiritual quest in order to find their leader and king, only to realise at heart – through consensus with each other, akin to a forum – that they indeed have their answer embedded within themselves. Through dialogue and synergy, we find the answers we seek.
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Seek knowledge, even unto China – Hadith
A person’s a person, no matter how small – Horton the kind elephant, Dr Seuss
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Zal and the Simurgh
Being part mammal, this kind bird not only rescues the abandoned baby, she also breastfeeds, nurtures and raises him as one of her own children. Wow! Imagine being adopted by a phoenix! Imagine being bonded forever with a magical bird through drinking her magical milk! He would be immune to literally everything (He lived for around 300 years apparently)
She raises him until he’s ready to ‘fly the nest’, at which point she donates him one of her magical feathers: “Burn this if ever you have need of me, and may your heart never forget your nurse, whose heart breaks for love of you.”
Excited about demonstrating miniature painting through one of my favourite story cycles!
#vaishaliprazmari #vaishaliprazmariteaching #phoenix #rebirth #simurgh #psta #schooloftraditionalarts #nursing #breastfeeding #feather #zal #rostam #sam #shahnameh #shahnama #supernatural #helpfromabove #giantbirds #adoption #magicbird #mother #persianminiatures #persianminiaturepainting #mughalminiatures #miniaturepainting #livedemo
Teaching 我 和 他
Me and him!
No 1 is ‘I’
‘Him’ is no 2, his brother the baby!
So when baby is older… maybe it will be reversed, and then I’ll need another magic water scroll as they grow so fast!
Then he added magnets for 我 和 他, 哥哥和弟弟big brother little brother entirely self-initiated (yep I’m proud!) I forget how kids love to place things on top of other things. Hands-on!
Magic water paper and brush is literally my favourite children’s toy. It’s even portable as quite light. Perhaps it’s my favourite adult toy too, ok 🙂 I can’t think of a better toy actually, every family should have one. If I had to choose one children’s toy I think this would be it! Even for non-Chinese learning families – just use it for painting! No mess as is just plain water too = perfect for any room
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1001 NIGHTS 