Flowers in Indo-Persian Painting with Lubna Zahid (Oct 2025)
Flowers in Indo-Persian Painting with Lubna Zahid (Oct 2025)
Learn to draw and paint flowering plants found in the illuminated folios of Indo-Persian paintings. Follow in the footsteps of Mughal-era artists who decorated lavish borders with naturalistic blossoms, painted in gold and opaque watercolors. Their floral compositions reflected the Mughals’ deep interest in gardens and flowering plants.
Sign up for the full course or individual workshops | Open to all levels, ages 16 and up
WORKSHOP 1: HALKARI: DRAWING AND PAINTING REALISTIC FLOWERS IN GOLD WATER
Date: Oct 2 and 9 (Thurs) | Time: 10 am -1 pm ET
WORKSHOP 2: TARAMA: DRAWING AND PAINTING REALISTIC FLOWERS IN OPAQUE WATERCOLOR
Date: Oct 16 and 23 (Thurs) | Time: 10 am - 1 pm ET
Fee: $180 Full Course | $90 per workshop
Course description here: https://www.scriptsnscribes.com/flowers-indo-persian-2025
Instructor Bio:
Lubna Zahid is a classically trained fine artist who works in mixed media. Strongly influenced by contemporary and classical calligraphy in Urdu, Arabic, and Persian, her pieces include texts in these languages. She experiments with bold renditions of Islamic decorative forms such as the Shamsa. Lubna received calligraphy and illumination training from master calligrapher Abbas Baghdadi.
Lubna has exhibited her work in the United States and Pakistan. She teaches workshops and seminars on art and art history in various venues including the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. She lives in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.