Drawing portraits with the Ipad on the Apple Store Berlin

I invite you to come to this little free workshop where you can learn a few tricks how to draw with the app procreate. The workshop will take place at the Apple Store in Berlin.  Registration is required, since there are only few places available. To register click on the image:

Tausend Bar

I won't tell you where the Tausend Bar is. You can look for the address on internet, but nevertheless with out somebodies help, you won't be able to find it. It is a secret, one of Berlin secret places. When you get inside you get surprise but a very elegant futuristic atmosphere like a James Bond movie.

And there in the darkness was Miss Natasha Enquist singing,

 I had my last day of my dry twig workshop and I was still in the mood for that technic. The music and a mojito helped me a lot.

She leaning on a table.

Omar paints Odeon Platz

I arrived to Munich a little early for the second Germany Urban Sketchers Meeting. With a few hours to kill I went walking and stopped to draw the Odeon Platz. It was a good idea because the Sunday when we went back there was a street festival on the square blocking this view.



Let me know if you like the video and what do you want me to record.







Music: "Weltgeist by Miss Natasha Enquist.



Find her album "MNE" at: http://missnatashaenquist.bandcamp.com/album/mne
For more info: www.natashaenquist.com

Omar paints Miss Natasha Enquist

So finally I am using my new go pro camera. Here I had the opportunity to draw Miss Natasha Enquist.

It was suppose to be a digital drawing with my iPad,  however she is just a great model that I had to draw here with different techniques. This was with pen and watercolour, but I started with the watercolour first. Enjoy and please give me some feedback of what subjects you want me to draw.





Model/Recording Artist: Miss Natasha Enquist
Find her album "MNE" at: http://missnatashaenquist.bandcamp.com/album/mne
For more info: www.natashaenquist.com

Omar paint Iah Moontra

Recently I bought a go pro camera to record the way I paint. Here is a time lapse video I did last week.

This group Iah Moontra is really amazing, they really transform the space where they play...very Berlin in some way.





Here is the final drawing:

My Zanzibar Sketchbook

Wow! After I created the PDF of my Zanzibar sketchbook I forgot to share it here. Here it is, I hope you enjoy it.

Portrait delight

Lately I am more interested in portraits. My friends have to suffer

Karam is from Syria. We are doing a language exchange. I am teaching him German and he teaches me Arabic. I used  blue Caran D'Ache Watercolor Pencil to draw him, sprayed with water, let the colors fade a littel and thed apply watercolors. The hair is done with a dry brush technic. As paper I am use a Stillman & Birn Beta (for watercolor) sketchbook.


I went with Najeed and other friends to the lake on a sunny day. I drew him first with Pencil and added Watercolor. The skin color I created with Alizarim Crimson and some yellow, in parts I added cerulean blue to get the tones darker.Notice the red dots on eyes, nose, mouth corners and ears. These are color bridges and help to direct our eyes around the face.

Elvis is a dancer. we go together to the gym and sometimes later have a beer and enjoy the sun. I have drawn him many times. I drew the portrait with pencil and added watercolor later. For the lights of the hair I used a base purple and later cover it partially with sepia and dark blue.