(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Participants at the workshop. The Peninsula
Acclaimed Iraqi portrait artist Ismail Azzam is hosting a series of art lessons at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art as part of the museum's educational and local community engagement programmes.
The art lessons, which run every Sunday and Wednesday between 4pm to 7pm until Ramadan, and between 11am to 2pm during Ramadan in Manara, Mathaf's Education Space, give participants a unique insight into the techniques used in portraiture drawing using pencil, charcoal and paint.
Maryam Al Attiya, Head of Art Programs at Mathaf, said: 'Art education is a central activity at our museum, and we are proud to be able to offer these workshops to the local community. This is a good opportunity for Qatar's artistic community to meet, learn from and be inspired by such a gifted and renowned Iraqi artist. Through workshops like this one, we aim to develop an engaged cultural audience and develop individuals' interests in artistic practises.
The art lessons are free to attend and are offered to people with basic to intermediate sketching and drawing skills. Participants are required to bring their own sketch book.
The artist held a major exhibition at the QM Gallery in Katara back in 2015 entitled ‘For Them', showcasing Azzam's distinctive ‘reverse charcoal' portraits of painters and sculptors who made a significant contribution to the Arab Art world.
Though Azzam also uses oil and watercolour in many of his artworks, he is particularly highly regarded for his mastery of the distinctive technique known as ‘reverse charcoal drawing', which will be featured as part of the art lessons. During this process, the whole canvas is first covered in charcoal, then slowly etched away using a rubber to accentuate contrasting shades of light and dark and create a range of dramatic effects.
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