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Nour Souhaid
Nour Souhaid (Lebanon: [fi:le] SO-hed; 23 June 1995) is a lebanese illustrator. A brilliant student of Mdme Shwarofski, Souhaid is seeking her Bachelor in illustration in The Lebanese academy of fine arts also known as ALBA. Her work is noted for its accuracy and detailed hatching. The skinny body shapes and the trashy style, in addition of the Mandalas, that characterize Souhaid's drawing and sketchings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.

Contents

1 Early life

2 Education

3 Style

Early life Souhaid was born in 1995 in Fatre, Lebanon. Her father, Joe Souhaid, the auditing manager in the IRAP Beit-Al-Chaar, was born in 1950, in Fatre; Nour Souhaid's mother Nada, also works in IRAP in the social services department was born in 1965 in Fatre too. She has a sister, 2 years younger, by the name of Souraya Souhaid. As a child, Souhaid was fascinated by Music, specifically The flute, and by flowers.

Education When she was 4 years old, she attended secondary school of Nahr Brahim. To those around her, Souhaid was regarded as a strange but smart and hardworking child, with a personal kind of style. She was a good student in general, she tended more to literature and artistic classes than to science. At the age of 12, she became one of those kids who seeked excellence in their studies and were able to manage their extracurricular activities, such as her flute classes and Ballet dance.

Style In her final years, Souhaid has already decided she wants to be an illustrator and a tattoo artist as well, her interest in sketching and mandalas appeared more and her type of music went from hit music to metal and heavy metal, to end up in blues and progressive rock at the moment when she started collecting her 60's rock music vinyls.

Academy of Fine Arts In 2012, Souhaid was accepted in ALBA as a 3-year-illustrator student. And while she's at it, she's developed her own style of drawing, pretty much inspired by Francis Bacon. In 2016, she already has a portfolio of illustrations, characters, mandallas and tattoos, and she working now on her final bachelor project.