kerman Grand Mosque

i like the turquoise color of the facade in Iranian mosques . 

that's one of the aspects that you can see some of the best samples of it during Safavid Era like Sheikh lotfullah mosque in Isfahan. 

here you can see my painting of Kerman grand mosque. 

من عاشق کاشی های فیروزه ای محراب های مسجد هستم که بعضی از بهترین نمونه های آن مربوط به دوره تیموری و دوره صفوی است. 

اینجا نقاشی من از سردر و جلو خان مسجد جامع کرمان را میبینید. 

Zavareh mosque

zavareh Grand Mosque .... ورود به مسجد جامع زواره

one of the things i like in painting is contrast of dark and light and cool and warm .
all these contrasts are the key factors in Iranian cities in deserts.
i like the architecture of these cities, mosques, tall walls and cool shadows in the alleys, Qanats, in these places you can feel the essence of water and coolness of it ...
you like to let your bare foot stay calm in going water ...

Zavareh is a city based in the center of Iran, in deserts and here you can find one of the mosques dates back to Saljuk-era.
for this painting i choose this mosque and i try to replicate the essence of what an entrance means for this mosque, which sharp contrast of sun beams and cool shadow in the entrance.
you can find more about this city and mosque from wikipedia.

Yazd Grand Mosque ... مسجد جامع یزد

thanks God ... 

i have started painting again :) 

i have several projects , an i hope that i can do all . 

the first one : Painting sacred places in Iran, places for worship . Mosques. 

and the second : translating " John Singer Sargent's Watercolor " book to persian and publishing the book. 

به امید خدا دوباره کارهای آبرنگم به صورت جدی شروع شدند 

دو پروژه در دست اجرا دارم که به مرور از هر دو پست هایی اینجا خواهم گذاشت. 

یکی پروژه فضاهای مقدس ایرانی ... مساجد است 

و دیگری ترجمه کتاب " آبرنگ های جان سینگر سارجنت " 

No time to work , no time to think

Dont remember the last time I've posted here on my blog, but these days and nights were full of anxiety and other bad feelings. Not knowing that what is the right step or wrong one... Anyway most of the times when i feel like this, I think and say "I'm here, and to be is BETTER than NOT TO BE. " .

I'm alive and being sad or anxious is a sign to that.

Hope to work more and more and feel better and better.

Great Artist and great film ... راس پترسون استاد نور و سایه

it was a great experience watching Ross Paterson's workshop DVD 

" Summer Light In Watercolor" 

it seems to me that I had to write even few lines to thank this great artists for sharing his ideas to me ... 

پس از مدت ها شروع کردم به دیدن فیلم های آبرنگی ام 

و این بار با راس پترسون 

Ross Paterson 

پترسون از سری استادهای استرالیایی است که با تلاشی امپرسیونیستی ساختاری از نقاشی را دنبال می کنند که در آن به نور و سایه و جوهر لحظات توجه اساسی می شود 

پترسون که مدرک خود را در رشته گرافیک گرفته است مدت بیست سال در مدرسه راهنمایی هنر تدریس می کرده است و سپس به دنبال علاقه خود یعنی نقاشی به صورت تمام وقت به نقاشی پرداخته است 

من در نمایشگاه دوسالانه شانگهای یکی از آثار او را از نزدیک دیدم و به راستی کارهای جذابی دارد 

او به نقاشی در محیط باز و بهره گیری از حس دست اول پایبند است و اثر این مساله در آثارش به خوبی مشهود است 

فیلمی که از پترسون موجود است پیرامون آبرنگ و نور تابستان درنقاشی است . 

دیدن سایت راس را به شما پیشنهاد می کنم 

 دیدن کار کردن او برای من بسیار جذاب و آموزنده بود 

و چند اثر از راس 

Winter and the snow

It's winter days... And i've started to capture the snow... And the purity of it...

John singer sargent's watercolors

After weeks of waiting, at last i've received my copy of "The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent by Carl Little. It was another hope of mine to read a book on his great masterpieces of watercolor.
I've started translating this great book in persian and hope that i can touch this book in persian with the photos of the masters priceless watercolor paintings.
I believe in hopes... So keep on trying harder and harder...
Here is the link to this book... You can buy it on amazon
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520219700

And here you can see some paintings by J.S.Sargent

A friend's exhibition

Today is the first day of a great exhibition in Tehran, Iran.
One of my friends and the member of Shargh Watercolorists group, Ali Golbaz has his first one man show after becoming member of our group. It was great experience for me to start the group activity with this energetic, and passionate painter. Being with him filled me with inspiration for more and more work and thinking, as i think one of the most important part of painting and other great activities are mind work.
Anyway, tonight my wife and I with our one year old daughter went to the Kamal Behzad Gallery in Tehran where, Ali's exhibition opened tonight.
If you are here in tehran you better not miss this show, as i think thats one of the best of this year in this region.
Here some photos of my journey into Ali's day dream world.

A memory

" nothing is more important than the artist and his thoughts..." Thats the answer of my mentor ,Joseph Zbukvic, when i asked him about the watercolor paints and paper and other things like that. It was about two years ago I guess and we were chatting on Facebook.
I knew that he was right but it takes about two year that i believe in it...
This is my work of last day workshop in Qom, with cheap materials... But i like them so much...
I hope you like it...
Please write me about your experience and ideas about the materials... Which materials do you use...which one do you love best...
" ابزار اهميتي ندارد، اين هنرمند است كه اهميت اساسي دارد در پروسه نقاشي" اين پاسخ حكيمانه استادم جوزف زبوكويچ بود به سوال من در مورد اهميت ابزار و رنگ و كاغذ و موارد ديگر.
شايد دو سال طول كشيد تا من مفهوم اين حرف را درك كنم... اين نقاشي من در كلاس ديروزم است با ارزانترين ابزارهايي كه تاكنون به كار گرفته ام. خودم كه نتيجه را دوست دارم، اميدوارم شما هم همين نظر را داشته باشيد.
شما با چه ابزارهايي كار مي كنيد، كدام ها را بيشتر دوست داريد؟ لطفا برايم بنويسيد.

David Taylor

Tonight before going to bed for sweet dreams i want to talk with you about one of the great persons who helped me in the process of the way of seeing with new eyes.
He's no-one but David Taylor.
David is a great painter, and i learnt a lot by reading his book, SOLVING THE MYSTRY OF WATERCOLOR.
you can find this book on Amazon.
Good night my mentor... Good night ...

My watercolor course 01

My watercolor and presentation class is every wednesday, 7:30 am to about 7 pm in Qom, Iran. If you were around here it would be such a pleasure to have a visit and drink a cup of coffee and talk.
On my first session of the course i started with an exercise and give the students a photo and ask them to draw and paint it with whatever medium they like and after that we talk on the results and i started my demonstration on pen, market and ink .
Working with ink and pen and working with marker would help the watercolor artist to have a better understanding of tonal values.
The results was a pleasure.
As a watercolor artist, watercolor and ink is a way of meditating and feeling relaxed for me.
And its such a great times when i left every other thinking aside and looking for a way of narrating a scene for other and with the least brush strokes i say everything that looks necessary to be told...
This is a way
A lovely journey of pleasure of painting with passion...
Here is some of my demonstrations for the students...
كلاس هاي درك و بيان من در قم هر هفته چهارشنبه ها ساعت ٧:٣٠ صبح تا حدود ٥ بعد از ظهر تشكيل مي شود و بسيار مايه ي خوش وقتي خواهد بود اگر در اين نزديكي هستيد همديگر راببينيم و گپي بزنيم
اين هفته من فعاليت آموزشي بر روي تكنيك ارايه با ابزارها را شروع كردم
در ابتدا تصويري به هنرجويان ارايه شده و از آنها خواسته شد تا آن را بكشند
و سپس بر روي آثار كشيده شده به بحث و گفتگو نشستيم
و بعد من به ترسيم و توضيح پرداختم
سعي در توضيح پايه هاي تفكري
و ارايه با مداد، ماژيك و آب مركب
نتيجه لذت بخش و عالي بود
استفاده از ماژيك و مداد و ترسيم توناليته ها كمك زيادي به روند تفكر مناسب در هنگام كار آبرنگ مي كند
به عنوان يك نقاش آبرنگ ابزارها و فرايند فرصتي براي آرامش و لذت براي من فراهم مي آورد
در زير چند تصوير از روند ارايه من مي توانيد مشاهده نماييد.

Watercolor thinking 01

One of the factors that i used to it is trying to capture what the scene is about by a tonal value sketch, it helped me a lot. In this way i can arrange my attack in watercolor process.
I think this tonal value sketches are usually great piece of art indeed.
I see art students that do not like to do this step by step process.
I give you two examples of using tonal value and the final results.
The photo is from the book " solving the mystery of watercolor" by David taylor.

Starting my class in Qom

Its about two weeks that i've started my class in sketching and presentation for architecture students in Qom. Qom is a city about an hour south of Tehran, the capital city of Iran.
Qom has lots of wonders for me. I started my journey from an old bazaar in this city. This bazaar is about 700 years old and it's such a wonder walking and wandering around it.
This an sketch from the center of carpet stores...
از ابتداي ترم پاييز من به عنوان استاد درس درك و بيان معماري كار خودم را در مركز آموزشي فني و حرفه اي قن شروع كردم
اين مساله به من فرصت داد تا بيشتر با شهر خودم آشنا شوم
من گشت و گذارم در شهر را از ميدان كهنه و تيمچه هاي آن شروع كردم
نقاشي در اين محيط هاي جذاب خيلي لذت بخشه

Watercolor as a way of seeing the world

As an artist it seems to me that watercolor for me is a new way for better understanding of the world...