Ramadan Sketch

Sketching the Ramadan festivity in Kuwait with Samsung Galaxy Note.
(updating..)

Arabic music in a tent inside shopping center (more)

Free tea & gahwa (coffee) kiosk for iftar

Tamar Hindi juice man offering free tamarind juice to people (more)

Gergean night when kids doing activity similar to trick or treat in Halloween with traditional costume, traditional song and treat candies and sweets. (more)

Free hinna painting for girls (and women)

Weekend Without Mall

Winter in Kuwait is beautiful. Not too chilly, around 5ºC - 10ºC with sun still bright shine. Time to get out from the mall at the weekend! Time to doing some outdoor activities!

Drawing



Bring the snacks, cookies & drawing tools. We're enjoying the sunshine while drawing in Kuwait Tower park near the beach. Find a spot, unfold the mat and start drawing. Don't forget to drink your juice, kids!





Playground & Amusement Park

The public playgrounds in Kuwait are fantastic. Relatively in good maintenances. Kids always get crazy & having fun for hours.



This is in Marina Beach & the other right is in Applebee beach. Decent playground for kids to waste their time for free.



Or going to the amusement park. Enjoying the view from ferris wheel or rising a horse chariot. Yeehaa!

Instagram



We are planning to introduce the social network to our daughter bit by bit. And we think Instagram is a good start. She can learn about photography, how to take better picture & meets another user (under our authorization & control) from around the world.

Going outside is a perfect time for taking Instagram picture. Great colors, awesome objects & our daughter can learn how to composite a scene with her iPod touch.

Zoo



Another good place to take pictures is the zoo! Kids love the animals, take tons of photo with the iPod touch & bring it home "I HAVE DEER IN MY IPOD TOUCH!"

Those live creatures amaze our kids. They realized that there are another life forms living in this planet & deserve our attention.

Travelling by Bus

Public transportation in Kuwait is not bad. Still better compare to Jakarta, but no commuter train or subway.



Kids were excited doing the bus trips. Though they prefer subway like in Singapore or tram in Istanbul or any other European countries.

Museum



Well. This activity is a bit tricky. Kids have a little interest with musuem, depends on the object though. We bring them to Kuwait traditional sadu textile museum as part of family art & craft experience. Colorful yarns & hand loom machines get their interest "Can we make our own dress with these colorful yarns?" our daughter asks.

Book reading




Reading books in the park & enjoying shawarma. And of course, hot coffee sipping.

So, there are the ideas. Winter is another purpose to ditch the mall & enjoy alternative activities outside. Let's go!

Digital Sketchbook

I never leave home without this sketchbook & always bring it everywhere in my pocket. Waiting is no longer boring.



In the clinic. An old man checking the prescription for his medicine.



In Leia's ballet class. Waiting with other parents (or mothers) :D

Related sketches
- Heroine from TV series
- Ramadan Sketches
- Drawing with G-Note

Drawing With Galaxy Note

Remember when I was doing practices drawing with Galaxy Note back in March? It was for a Samsung drawing competition. And I won!



So finally, long story short, we have this doodling device & the family start using it.


Sky Train. Sketching with color.


In a wanzer factory. Not bad for shading, thanks to marker tool with opacity adjustment


Twiggy. Playing with duotone.


Didik Nini Thowok. Now I'm addicted.


Robert Redford.



Marilyn Monroe 


Propeller-driven locomotive. A bit difficult for detail drawing.

Doodling people around is fun. But a bit awkward especially when they realize someone is having a pencil & paper drawing about them. With Galaxy Note, I can doodle them unnoticable. Sneak doodling!


Arwen & her tap dance class

Mobarakiya, Kuwait traditional market

Indian ladies having chat


Kuwait flea market


Father & daughter in grocery store


And these are our 7 yo daughter Arwen's doodle with Galaxy Note.

The Backyard Party

Have you seen our backyard party? There it is. We have elephant, chickens, birds, flowers, candies  and more!

Final artwork by Dita (18cm x 24cm 150 dpi) available for download: US$5
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In Rupiah Rp 40000 (via BCA).

The Owl

With a cup of coffee, some cozy musics, the imagination asks the hand to dance on a white paper. Swing here, curly there, tap here, stretch there.

Now. It deserves a wooden frame & hang it on the wall, isn't it?

Final artwork by Dita (18cm x 24cm 150 dpi) available to download for $5
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 In Rupiah (via BCA) Rp 40000.

We The Doodle Family

Dad doodles. Kids doodle. Now mommy doodles too!

Doodling with Kids

Not just about talent, art or creativity, the doodlings are also the ultimate way to discover the progress of our children. When we're doodling with them, we're entering their room. What they never told to us, appears in that room. The happiness, the sadness, nightmare, laugh, tears, smile, hate, everything. We believe doodling is a perfect way for sharing. Especially when our children still need to learn to communicate well with their parents.

A serial comic 

From Shaun the Sheep 

 Dora the Explorer

Shaun the Sheep 

Red nose clown 

Ballerinas 

Leia as ballerina

Sponge Bob Square Pants & Patrick 

Shopping in the mall

So, parents, let's doodle with them! It's more than just fun!
And remember, there's no good or bad doodling!