I have been quite busy lately with painting and sewing cushions. It all started in January when I had no idea what to give one of my best friends for her wedding. I do give away my paintings a lot so I didn’t think giving a painting as a wedding gift would be special enough. I searched through many DIY wedding gift ideas on Pinterest which pointed me to cute custom-made cushions with the bride and grooms names on them. After calling several customized gift stores and canvas printing stores, it dawned on me that I may actually be able to do it myself. These below are the ones I ended up painting for my friend.
Sewing on the pompoms were a pain. I’m still working on getting the finishing of my pillows up to retail quality but I am really struggling. Still need to learn to sew in a straight line. I’ve only just learnt to sew and it has been mainly from Youtube and some DIY sites.
I’ve started selling my pillows/cushions recently and have been getting requests too. I really enjoy making them. I can make 4 to 5 cushions in a day from start to finish whereas a full painting on canvas could take me weeks. Thoroughly enjoying these instant creative results. Here are a few more I have painted. I made some smaller ones for better storage but I really prefer the look of the bigger ones. 
Osama Mohammed is my absolute favourite Dubai artist. He’s been displaying his work at ARTE since the beginning about 15 years ago. SO TALENTED.
I thought I’d also add my two recent commissioned paintings. I really love the Jumeirah Masjid one. I was asked to tone down my colours which I found extremely hard to do but I like how they turned out. I hope they still represent me as an Artist.
Narmeen Naser - Artist 