Shobana's Wedding Mehndi

On 11th December 2013, I had the privilege to be of service to lovely Shobana who is a brilliant young lady. She opt for simple henna designs as it is a mixed marriage - not too elaborate but enough to uphold the long laid tradition of henna-ing the bride for marriage.

Congratulations again! x

Shobasri Engagement Mehndi

An old friend of mine from primary school. Such a pleasure to catch up and most importantly given me the opportunity to do her mehndi for her special day.

Henna done on 7 November 2013.

Less is more.

Some of my all time favourites. Whenever I run out of ideas - such simple henna designs would be very inspirational.

Around the world.

Blossom

MIA... but more henna pictures coming up!

I know my last blog post was in March! Was busy - very in fact but I still manage to get a few stuff done. Here we are... some of the past works for your leisure viewing.

Simple Indian design.

Floral strip.

 

I love the swirly core of the flower.

Simple elegant design.

Fusion. 

Indian Bridal Mehndi Part 3

Practising Indian bridal designs when I have too many things running in my mind. What a huge relief.  So what do you think of this?

Kak Az's inai

Finally, someone who is willing to be part of my experiment project. This is the best part of the week! Friday is henna day!

 

Bold flower henna

Bold repetitive designs. Easy to draw and you can use them as fillers - a good solution for those who are in a hurry or short attention span. ;p

Henna streak and Samsung Galaxy S3

More henna artwork to be add to the collection! Been doodling quite a bit done I have a stash of henna paste stored up.

After a long break, I wanted some practise to get myself back into shape. The best form of practise is the bridal mehndi.  Requires ample attention to the details.

Oh,  did I said I got a new phone? A Samsung galaxy S3! An awesome phone. I can now edit my pictures and post them up to my blog send Picasa album even when I'm on the go! In contrast to my old blackberry curve whereby I had to transfer my pictures to my laptop and proceed from there. I think from now on,  maintaining my web presence will be a lot easier.

Here you go. Enjoy the pictures.

Suhaila's henna night

Finally I managed to sneak some time off the busy schedule to work on one of my favorite activity. Henna! Lots of it.

My ex colleague was married last week and I was honoured to be able to decorate the bridesmaid with designs of their own choice on her malam berinai, also known as mehndi night or henna night.

Indian Mehndi Designs

Another practise session to sharpen the skills technique and consistancy.

But I did not have enough henna paste to complete the design. Will be making a fresh batch of paste later on tonight.

Indian Bridal Mehndi - Part 2

Another bridal mehndi I tried yesterday night; started at 11.30am and finished at 12.30am - with droopy eyes but the henna itch just kept me awake. 

Tried experimenting the combination of different patterns and motifs to achieve a smooth flow throughout the design. Can't wait to try out another design I have in mind!

Simple henna designs

Arabic floral.

A random tinkling.

Some simple EID henna

A fast track design for my colleague.

Another wrist design at the very last moment before the end of a long day.

Traditional Indian Bridal - Simple designs

Been working on some bridal designs to quench my henna thirst.

A simple design in the center as the highlight with detailed fillings on the fingers. A little consistency yet different - especially at the edges of the designs where each of the 4 sides have different finnishing. The main focal design was inspired by one of the pictures from the book Traditional Mehndi Designs - A Treasury of Henna Body Art.

A few different fillings on each fingers - inverse coloured boxes, pasley leaves, flowers and repeatitive curls. 

Another traditional indian design I worked on to get myself into gear. I am trying to do more of these indian bridal designs to practise my speed and consistency of the artwork.

A glimpse of the artwork up close.

Palm & wristbands

I particularly like this design. Reminds me of a wide arm cuff.

A Simple strand on the palm.

Floral henna designs with traditional motifs

Had quite a bit of paste remaining - trying out and to get in shape. Tried to use various motifs in one design, inverse coloured boxes, pasley leaves, little teardrops and dots. Parts of the initiatives to get my traditional indian designs up. This is still more arabic like anyway...

Simple pasley leaves and shaded flowers. Did you spot the peacock somewhere?

 

Rose Garters

Been looking forward to draw something like this.

Rose garters. A single rose as the core with leaves as the 'garter' belt.

One of more to come. 

More scribbles and doodles - those that I missed out

One of my all time favourites. A fusion of a little Indian and Arabic influence maybe?

Some of the common designs I always come up with. A little Arabic flair - my personal preference.

 

Here, I was trying out some traditional Indian design. I totally love them but I still need lots of practise to grasp the concept. It's not that hard, but the fact is, using repetitive motifs actually needs a lot of mind work and attention to details. Gosh, I really admire those artists out there - I seen some really amazing works! Never mind, keep up the good work, I'll get there one day *consoling myself* 

Here is another piece. Halfway done and I was distracted. Had other chores coming in. I quite like this piece, if only I completed the whole piece then... hmmmph. Should come up with more peacocks designs. Maybe another phoenix...

A simple one to 'remind' myself how to draw after a six month break?