Building A Home Art Studio

Building A Home Art Studio

Visual Arts in Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy country on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning fortress built near water.

Kuwaits first museum was the residence of Sheikh Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah. The archaeological discoveries at Failaka created a need for a place to house these important finds. A department of Antiquity and Museums was also set up. The department bought the former home of the Al Badr family in Kuwait City and turned it into the first national museum while waiting to build a museum fit to house the discoveries made in Kuwait.

Kuwait has a large variety of customs and traditions and this gives rise to a colourful and extensive culture, reflected in the Diwaniya, the Bedouin traditions and Al Sadu weaving. The people of Kuwait also have special love for the arts, be it literature, theatre, music, dance, films or contemporary art.

The National Council of Culture, Arts and Literature the Free Art Studio and the Kuwaiti Society of Formative Artists are promoting the visual arts in Kuwait.

Native cooking reflects Kuwaiti history, its tribes and immigrants, and its international desert and marine trading traditions. It is a unique melange of Bedouin, Persian, Indian and Eastern Mediterranean influences.

In the early Bedouin way of cooking, the whole meal is cooked in a single large pot over charcoal. Meat or fish, vegetables and spices are first browned at the bottom of the pot. Rice or wheat and water are then added, and the pot is covered and left to simmer for some time. This method is still used in Kuwaiti homes to make meat porridges and some traditional prawn and vegetable dishes.

Kuwait consists mostly of desert and little difference in altitude. It has nine islands, the largest one being Bubiyan, which is linked to the mainland by a concrete bridge.

Kuwait enjoys a variable continental climate. Hot summers and cooler winters. The driest months are June through September, while the wettest are January through March.

For the size of the country, are a rich and a relatively open economy with proven crude oil reserves of 96 billion barrels, estimated to be 10 percent of the worlds reserves. Petroleum accounts for nearly half of GDP, 95 percent of export revenues, and 80 percent of government income. Kuwaits climate limits agricultural development.

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What would I need to build a good graphic design studio?

I have an idea but would like to hear from you what are the elements to building a good studio for graphic design work. What software, computer and art supplies would you recommend or have at home. Thank you to all who answer.

my studio is a relatively small one, but it gets the job done.

I have a 15" Apple MacBook Pro. The ease of use, non-virus and the power of two NVIDEA Graphics processors all help to create quickly and efficiently. I also have Adobe CS4 Design Premium. This gives me tools I need for print, web, and interactive design.

I also use a Wacom Graphics Tablet. This is also a must. Drawing with the mouse is a lot like drawing with a bar of soap, so having a tool to draw directly on a screen is huge. I use thw Bamboo Fun tablet. It's got a smaller price and footprint than the more widely known Intous tablets, but it still has ample room to draw. I use a 4x6" tablet. I studied Printmaking in college, so I'm comfortable drawing on a small space.

I also have all sorts of books and publications. these help me get inspired, get ideas for color, layout, pretty much anything.

I use my dining room table as a drafting table as well. For real layout I have a metal meter stick, a T-Square, an X-Acto cutting board that sharpens my blade when I cut, foam board, drawing paper, etc. I also have a sketchbook and Prismacolor Woodless graphite, which I find lasts longer than wooden pencils and behaves a lot like charcoal, but more refined and controlable.

I also have canvas, acrylic paint, plaster, beeswax, and anything else I need to create whatever I need-backgrounds, mini sculptures, etc. A lot of it I have leftover from past projects and college, but some of it I'm about to use soon.

I have an HP Officejet pro printer. It gets the job done, and makes fantastic copies, but I'm about to upgrade to a capable Hp printer. The upgrade is mostly due to my new format of work, which is 11x14" size and larger.

I use two camera. One is a very good Kodak Point-and-Shoot, the other is a Nikon D60. Camera like anything else are just tools. It's all in how you use them.

On my desk I also have bamboo plants, small European acrylic toys from my fiaceé and anything else I like. I live here too, y'know?
Like artists, we all have very different work areas. Some are as pristine as museums. Some are messes from Hell. Most (like mine) are somewhere in between. But they are unique to each of us.

hope this helps.

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