Zainab's Art Adventures

Last month, I attended a workshop titled ' The Basics of Photography ', held at ERDC . On the final day of the workshop, participants were supposed to give a presentation of photographs they took over the course of the workshop. We were free to present any of our photography, however, there was one important criteria: the photographs being presented must have some meaning, or tell a story. I loved the idea behind this assignment, and also the fact that we had absolute creative freedom for it. Although it was a bit difficult to come up with a theme for it (this wasn't part of the assignment, but I wanted my pictures to convey one message, so I felt it was necessary to have one), as there was so much I could do, but finally I decided on one theme: contrast. My presentation was titled ' Light & Dark: An exploration of visual and metaphorical contrast '. The idea for this was one that had occurred to me before as well, but I never managed to work on it. The...

Just sneaked( sneaked. really!!!! ) out some time to post this. This was a picture I took at a visit to Frere Hall(I took this quite a long time ago, possibly a month ago...), which is one of Karachi's well-known landmarks(on the upper floor is Sadequain gallery, an art gallery displaying Sadequain's unique and bold paintings.) A lovely place...but, sadly, is almost-shattered-thanks to the extremely (in)efficient Karachi government... 

This time when we went to the park in our locality, I decided to take a few photographs. So I took some of the plants and flowers I really liked. Btw, I searched so desperately for a china rose (hibiscus rosea) in full bloom but failed to find any. I so love those. Sunset Rose A bunch of lovely pinks A plant in a flowerpot. I was intrigued by this one because of the size and shape of its leaves. However the picture doesn't focus that well. click on it for a better view. Anyways, Happy -belated-spring!

About a couple of weeks ago, I went to Rashidabad, a city in Sindh. On the way, we visited a farm in Tando Allah Yar (pronounced tando-lah-yar) where we saw lots of mango and banana trees.  Here are some photos I took over there. This is the drawing I drew in Rashidabad. Sorry, they're not much. Enjoy!