ABHA: Artworks by young girls have impressed visitors to a festival being held in Mahayel, part of the Asir region of Saudi Arabia.
The Mahayel “Adfa”, or “Warmer,” festival was held in an open theater, and included a corner for young artists.
Hamsa Al-Qasim, 12, drew a portrait with coal at the festival, and spoke to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) about her work.
She said she had enjoyed drawing since she was 7 years old, and had developed her talent with the support of her mother, a teacher of art education.
Hamsa joined a program for supporting talented students at her school in Tabuk, and now focuses on drawing “world-famous personalities, especially scientists who enriched humanity.”
Aside from portraits, Hamsa said she greatly likes the Surrealism school of art.
Young artist Noural Al-Shahry, 9, who was also busy with artistic work at the festival, specializes in the traditional styles of the Asir region.
“I am following the example of my grandmother,” Noural told SPA. “She has her own museum containing hundreds of old pieces and paintings.”
Noural, who has completed about 80 paintings so far, said she loves visiting heritage homes as she is impressed by the artistic inscriptions that can be found there.
Many other female artists took part in the event, with some expressing, through their paintings, their pride in the Saudi troops stationed on the southern borders.
Mohammed bin Saud Al-Mathami, governor of Mahayel, praised the participation of the children and female artists in the festival.
“The children and female artists… have pained the most beautiful paintings (that show) love for the place and the martyrs of the nation,” Al-Mathami said.
The Mahayel “Adfa”, or “Warmer,” festival was held in an open theater, and included a corner for young artists.
Hamsa Al-Qasim, 12, drew a portrait with coal at the festival, and spoke to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) about her work.
She said she had enjoyed drawing since she was 7 years old, and had developed her talent with the support of her mother, a teacher of art education.
Hamsa joined a program for supporting talented students at her school in Tabuk, and now focuses on drawing “world-famous personalities, especially scientists who enriched humanity.”
Aside from portraits, Hamsa said she greatly likes the Surrealism school of art.
Young artist Noural Al-Shahry, 9, who was also busy with artistic work at the festival, specializes in the traditional styles of the Asir region.
“I am following the example of my grandmother,” Noural told SPA. “She has her own museum containing hundreds of old pieces and paintings.”
Noural, who has completed about 80 paintings so far, said she loves visiting heritage homes as she is impressed by the artistic inscriptions that can be found there.
Many other female artists took part in the event, with some expressing, through their paintings, their pride in the Saudi troops stationed on the southern borders.
Mohammed bin Saud Al-Mathami, governor of Mahayel, praised the participation of the children and female artists in the festival.
“The children and female artists… have pained the most beautiful paintings (that show) love for the place and the martyrs of the nation,” Al-Mathami said.
