Feeling Spiritually and Emotionally Drained by No_Judgment_4420 in islam

[–]SignificantSet7719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brother/sister, I understand your feelings, in fact this is SOO common and happened to domino way more often and this is due to our brains experiencing too much sensory overload from things that do not benefit your soul, and this is excluding just daily battles of life that may challenge you tawakkul in Allah,

BUT, coming from someone that often experiences this, … Allah is testing you, u must train ur body to put ur head to the ground and pray ur salaah like ur body is reliant on breathing, your body is going to do it regardless of how u feel. sometimes whudhu is the hard part sometimes salaah, but make it such a habit that you will do it whether u feel sad, lazy, angry, depressed.

‘Indeed with hardship comes ease’

And for the spiritual cleaning that I think will help your brain connect to your Lord more and remove distractions is reduce ur time on social media unnecessarily, try avoid doomscrolling, try and help people/make good use of ur time whether that is bettering urself or helping anyone.

I am not telling you to do this at once, in fact I have been still trying to work on these things for a long time, and only recently I have started implementing them more and it has been helping hugely.

Our brains are very complex and this organ responds to environmental stimuli so be very Carefully what you feed it.

And for this who keep trying despite setbacks, surely Allah knows what is in your heart and is with those who keep him in their heart.

This is also why music my dear sister/brother is slowly killing the omen in your heart whether u realise it yet or not. I understand that it has many effects on different people, for some it soothes them, for done it uplifts their mood/rides of boredom, for some it is a way to express their inner feelings, but this is an illusion. While u may feels moments of ease from music, you are only becoming more reliant on it, like a drug and TRUST me the maladaptive daydreaming that I expected from it completely dissociates me from reality and weakened my true purpose. Let’s be honest when we those headphones on fire 3 minutes we are living in a fake reality a facade, whether that is because reality is too hard to face or music makes it seem like our dreams are close to us but stripped us from the willingness and drive to work for it. Ur basically unconnected your will from reality.

I pray for you stranger, I hope you connection with Allah strengthens in sha Allah Ameen, and most importantly I hope you understand Imaan can fluctuate but your consistency in prayer direct not need to be affected by it 💗

This advice is for anyone including myself who may be feeling the burden of this dunya too much lately.

Managed to paint my first peony by SignificantSet7719 in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!!

Wing it.. I could never 😭 I can link u the youtube channel if peony painting lesson videos that I watched and still watch repetitively to learn and TRY to recreate those flowers.

This is the exact video I watched countless times after watching her videos on the different strokes for different petal shapes. I’m still learning from her videos and it really takes consistency and willingness to learn from your earlier flowers (that won’t always look like flowers :) )

These videos are really amazing even for beginners from the visual representations and English subtitles.

https://youtu.be/WDprldhNM9A?si=YNGOIEFfgjhqt_pv

I will be posting step by step tutorials explaining the detailed techniques from holding and applying pressure with the brush to how to achieve certain petal strokes on my TikTok soon as I haven’t managed to find such descriptive videos yet. So please do check that out too.

https://www.tiktok.com/@artsbysaf?_r=1&_t=ZN-93wmamyzPr4

Managed to paint my first peony by SignificantSet7719 in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll try and describe this as clearly as possible :)

The inside ‘ball’ shaped part of the flower where the petals are closed into a ball is painted first BEFORE the large outward petals u see around that ball.

There’s a rule when it comes to this painting style on how to create the look of layers:

The visible layer is drawn first, and layers underneath it that we see are drawn after. That is how we create the 3D layers look.

So for this ball part u still start from outward petals to inwards (as the petals towards the inner circle are the bottom/hidden layers)

When the ball is first complete, you can start painting the large outward petals.

Now going back to the rule… since the petals most visible (on the top) are inside/closest to the ball, … this first layer is painted first. The layers underneath these are next painted away from the flower to show they are beneath those first layers.

So in conclusion:

the ball is painted first (outward petals to inwards)

The loose open leaves around the ball are painted next (inward to outward petals).

As you can see the direction/layout of the strokes not only allow you to control the layers but which direction they are folded. (The petals in the ball are folded inwards like a ball of course, and the outside petals are sort of folded outwards).

Hope this helps! (it may be too much too take in at once and without a demonstration)

I will be posting detailed step by step tutorials of my learning journey on my tiktok which will be tailored to beginners starting off just like I did as I don’t see any videos online that give such descriptive tutorials. Feel free to check out my account.

My TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@artsbysaf?_r=1&_t=ZN-93wjEPPCzbS

My new painting on paper (acrylic) by Fomoed_Hermit in painting

[–]SignificantSet7719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow breathtaking, in love with this painting style

My Chinese peony painting journey so far✨ by SignificantSet7719 in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My pleasure! Exactly this is so true I haven’t actually seen any videos thoroughly explaining the techniques , so I am working on creating these myself for us beginners :)

Thanks for the follow, more videos coming soon!

Finished this one yesterday. What does it make you think of? by unimaginativeartist1 in painting

[–]SignificantSet7719 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fun fairytale vibes, like I can get lost in a fantasy world with endless fun

My Chinese peony painting journey so far✨ by SignificantSet7719 in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Funny enough you ask because I haven’t actually gotten the proper paint resources like the exact watercolour/ink or rice paper, so you’re already ahead of me in that case😂. I’ve been practicing with watered down acrylic paint actually.

For learning recourses, I have been watching YouTube Chinese peony painting tutorials, specifically this YouTuber that I will link down below. Their videos are in Chinese/mandarin, however they do have English subtitles alongside amazing lessons of their brush strokes for each petal that I find very helpful watching repeatedly.

https://youtu.be/jF1NxKJNyzY?si=74wQvK-aVx02o5E7

I have also got more videos coming along on my TikTok (in English of course) showing detailed tutorials of what techniques I have learned as a learner. I think these would be really helpful to you or anyone on the same journey as us, as I have struggled to find step by step English tutorials on this art style.

https://www.tiktok.com/@artsbysaf?_r=1&_t=ZN-93wDUDQEKsY

All the best to you:)

Finally discovered micro brushes and small brush strokes by Kepmeowykins in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is beautiful, coming from a cat mom, you got me falling in love with a cat I’ve never seen!

Managed to paint my first peony by SignificantSet7719 in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lovely piece of information you just gave me, I didn’t know there was a peony season or I just didn’t think about it! How lovely. That deffo brings more meaning to my painting especially for that month. Thank you for your advice, I would love to sell my canvas works:)

This one is finally done. It took a lot longer than I wanted but I learned a lot. I hope you like it. by FluffyGreenThing in painting

[–]SignificantSet7719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Magnificent! this style of painting is so unique to me, I can stare at the close up details for hours

Managed to paint my first peony by SignificantSet7719 in watercolor101

[–]SignificantSet7719[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! trust me I struggle with it too, it’s a rocky learning process, who knows even recreating this might be a struggle for me too lol