Watercolor Workshop for UMK students
@ Lata Tembakah

Outdoor Painting Workshop

Last Saturday I was honored to
conduct an outdoor painting workshop
for students from Universiti Malaysia
Kelantan. The location was at Lata
Tembakah, Jerteh, Terengganu - a
forest reservation and favorite holiday
spot. There are many beautiful
waterfalls, ponds and clean running
streams that can take away our soul -
an unending source of inspiration for
artists and nature lovers.

The students were very enthusiastic
but what can be done in one day?
I've given some fundamentals in
watercolor as time permitted and
everybody was to paint on location.
I was always available for comments
and hands-on assistance.

I did one painting demonstration
(above left) to show how I work
and a chance for them to observe or
copy whenever necessary.

Everybody was happy and some
couldn't resist themselves from
plunging into the soothing water!

Happy painting!

Resident Artist @ Baitulummah

While in KL I was introduced to
Baitulummah Society, a subsidiary
of Strategic Corporate Alliance - a
company involves in professional
motivation and healing of some sort.

They had placed painting as part of
their menu for healing process. I liked
the idea and accepted the invitation
to be their guest artist.
They had created a website for me -
www.baitulummah.com/ismailkadir. It would take quite sometime for me to upgrade the content.

Thank you Sifu Mirza and all the
colleagues @Baitulummah.

Maran wc 56cmx76cm Collection Dato' Seri Idris Jusoh

The game is BIG

On June 30, I visited a solo exhibition
'Mosaics of Malaysia' by my artist
friend from China, Zhang Zhou at NAG. (We reside under the same
promoter Mr Tai Keik Hock of Daiichi
Modern Art Gallery). He has visited
my gallery and I've helped him get
images of Kelantan for his paintings.

All works are of Gallery's collection
in 10 years. Basically its an
interpretation of Malaysia in the eyes
of foreigner. His work is unique -
bright and strong impasto, hence the
title of his exhibition. About 100
works were put up but the shock for everybody was the size - almost all of 5' - 12' in length and
width. The show is still on. Congratulation. You've opened my eyes to the limit!

Take a Break!

I was away for quite sometime from
the last week of June to early this
month. On June 22-26 I attended
a Video Camera Technique Workshop
conducted by Finas (National Film
Development Corporation) at it
premise in Ampang. 32 participants
had attended and conducted by 2
veteran practitioners ie Mr Mohd
Fuad Ariffin and Mr Abdul Khalid
Sulaiman.
The course included theory and
practical on shooting, lighting and
audio. The main event was to produce
short stories in group. Editing was done by professionals with regard to our suggestion. The final session was watching our
productions (we manage to produce 3 short stories) with a follow up of critics from our
guidance. It was a great experience!
There are many other workshops related to film making such as script writing, editing and
documentary film making. For more information on courses and schedule visit their website.
Thank you Finas and keep up the good work!

The Price of Being Ignorance.

I must admit that I'm no good at
IT. I only learn about it casually
through friends once in a while.
Others are trial and error.

Early this month I've tried to
transfer my camera SD card
content to my computer (quite
simple it seems because I've done
many times before). After seeing
the file had been written on my
desktop I deleted the card content.
When I open the file there were
no images at all. More than a 100
photos from 2 months events just
gone forever. What a waste! A price for being careless. A reminder for an amateurish like
me - never delete a card content until you are SURE that the images have been transferred
safely to your computer. Now I have to ask my friends to send me some images that
are relevant for me to keep and to upload on my blog later on.
(above: Kg Che Latif, w/c, 56x76cm, collection Daiichi Modern Art Gallery)