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Visual Art Center to hold workshops in Katara and Al Aziziyah in Aug

Published: 06 Aug 2022 - 09:36 am | Last Updated: 06 Aug 2022 - 09:41 am

QNA

Doha: Visual Art Center, an affiliate branch of the Ministry of Culture, is set to organise a myriad of technical events and workshops in August within its strenuous efforts to achieve the ministry’s vision to further develop arts and care for the Qatari visual art movement across the country. 

On Sunday, the centre is poised to introduce several workshops, including the two-day workshop entitled “Perspective Drawing” presented by Artist Moza Al Moqbali (August 8 and 9) to familiarise participants with methods of perspective drawing, its types, and rules.

Another workshop is due to kick off under the title “Qatari Heritage with Water Colors” during August 14, 15, 16 and 17 to introduce the fundamentals of designing and planning through the corrective colour blending and spotlight the light and shade in the artwork. 

The centre will likewise hold a two-day workshop entitled “Landscape Painting” starting on Monday to be held every Monday and Thursday for a week until August 25, 2022, presented by Artist Fatima Al Mannai with respect to painting the landscape more correctly through colour blending and achieve tiny painting. 

Also, Visual Art Center will present two workshops this month at its headquarters in Al Aziziyah, namely “The Cubist Art School in a Pottery Sculpture”, starting on Monday and lasting for three days, to introduce participants to the Cubism school and its most important pioneers and artistic methods and their application to pottery, presented by artists Hala Saleh Al Sayed and Sabah Nour El Din.