The start of June, I took two classes with the very talented Persian manuscripts and miniatures artist, Farkhondeh Ahmadzadeh at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London. I was very lucky to take those classes. I learnt so much and I loved every minute. I highly recommend the teacher and the school. I know many of you have been awaiting this blog post patiently and as I promised here it is with lots of details and photos 😀 This post will be written in English and Arabic, so all the Arabic underneath is only a translation and not a new information to benefit a bigger amount of people. Step by Step Islamic Art Tutorial: Persian Illumination Preparing the Paper We started the day with dying the paper because leaving it white will make the colours contrast with each other strongly. All the dyes we used were completely natural. […]

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