Beautiful Amsterdam

majid

Special thank to you Mike, you made it possible.

majid

Today was a foggy day. The Amstel River bank is part of my route to university. I took several pictures and now painted one of them. I realized that those similar nuances of the colors are really hard to grasp.

andybot

These are lovely sketches, thanks for sharing them here!

HornOxx

...yes, all these works are not only of impressive quality but above all so beautiful!

majid

This is why I have some spare time to do sketches ( as I also sell them for a low price that helps me pay the rent):
I think this post well deserves a dedicated topic, and during the last two months, I have been thinking to reveal it or not. Or do I have permission to reveal it or not; Finally decided to share it and this is the story:
One of our virtual community (Sketchucation) members, as far as noticed that I am moving to the green continent (for the course I have attended), approached me and did a great job that I may never ever find a word to show my respect and gratitude for.
Despite the living facts that we all are facing, he is sending me a financial aid each month, (that is almost the same as my monthly salary that I lost as I quitted my previous job to join the course).
I am overwhelmed, and during these dark days that we are facing nowadays (conflicts, wars ...) this is what gives meaning to the words such as "humanity", "prosperity", "generosity", "sympathy"...
Mates, this is so overwhelming... so overwhelming... so precious and invaluable.
I hope soon to be able to do something for him.

ntxdave

Glad that you have found a place where you (and hopefully you family) can live in peace. Also glad someone is able to help you financially.

majid

My course is really tense, by the way, I dedicated 15 min each day for several weeks to do a painting of Her Majesty Queen Maxima.
https://x.com/GiftedMajid/status/1729170856335859734?s=20

ntxdave

Really great painting Majid. I wish I could go something like that.

BTW: On the website you name was Magid.

majid

@ntxdave said:

Really great painting Majid. I wish I could go something like that.

BTW: On the website you name was Magid.

Oh man, thank you for nice compliments.
Yeah it is Magid intentionally, as Majid is pronounced similar to magic...

ntxdave

@majid said:

Yeah it is Magid intentionally, as Majid is pronounced similar to magic...

Thanks for that info. I was pronouncing like Maheed.

gullfo

nice work! does she really only have one arm?

majid

Ah, I just realized that... It was really tough to reach 100percent similarity using watercolor, and this is the reference photo:
https://www.royal-house.nl/photos/official-photographs
https://www.royal-house.nl/binaries/large/content/gallery/royalhouse/content-afbeeldingen/staatsiefotos/official-photograph-queen-maxima---2018---erwin-olaf.jpg

majid

Happy New Year all!
I wish you a very happy healthy wealthy new year!
Some new watercolors.

ntxdave

Very beautiful indeed.

majid

Thank you Dave! It seems I am getting better at it.

majid

On Jan 24th we delivered our project "SportyVerse" and received the certificate of course completion on 26th. Now I am living in Munich, for just a few weeks, applying for a proper job (as an architect, CAD/BIM specialist or rendering expert in Germany / Netherlands).
So less spare time. Today I had the chance to spare some time and do this. The Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Amsterdam is one of my favorites.

Saint Nicholas.jpg