Drawing Contest | Week-13 | Tamarind | by @nafeela

Asslamu Alikum

Hope you all are doing good.
This is a participation post for the Drawing contest | Week-13 | Draw an Tamarind. Organized by @enamul17. I love this weekly contest series so much It's easy to cover but for me the best part is discovering the benefits of fruits. Today when I am here to participate in this contest I can say I learned a lot, for me was only a sour and sweet fruit but now onwards tamarind will be a real big blessing . From my little knowledge I know what a particular mineral or substance will do? which I tried to explain in a simple way. I am literally in love with this fruit now. A big cheers to the organizer of the contest for organizing such fun and informative contests. Now let's draw.

Materials

I used following materials to make my drawing.
• Pencil, eraser, Scale
• my A5 sized tiny sketchbook
• Markal
• Colours

Steps

• First I made a rough-light sketch outline only. Then I separated the colours that matched the colours of fruit.

• I never use markals to fill, so this was something new for me, first I coloured the tamarind brown, and then I tried to shade these by Using colours.

• I coloured the leaves of plant, which were hanging from the branch.
I am not very excited of how it came out, but I know one thing there is high need for me to learn to shade on markals.

_{the final product.}

_{I and my tiny A5 sized sketchbook.}

My experience

I have had this fruit so many times, If it's available at home I will probably finish it. It's mouthwatering when ever I think about it yumm.
We never had a plant but I have seen its tree, It was an old tree and I would see it daily on my way back from school. In the summer days I witnessed children climbing the tree to get the fruit, more over many would take the leaves with them. Yes I have eaten the leaves too and just like the plant they are also sour. I don't live there anymore but I can guarantee kids still enjoy the fruits of that tree.

Benefits

Tamarind is high in antioxidants.

An antioxidant is a substance that will prevent excess oxidation, too much oxidation results in the production of free radicals which in turn damages cellular structures including DNA resulting in development of health conditions including diabetes, Cancer, heart diseases along with these it will also contribute to aging. Our bodies synthesizes these antioxidants naturally but some amount can be taken from external resources (sour fruits).

It further prevents atherosclerosis, promotes weight loss, is good for nerve function, maintains blood pressure, purifies the blood.

Tamarind is a rich source of Potassium, the physiology behind maintaining blood pressure is that potassium is known to play it's role in vasodilation and hence in lowering the blood pressure.

Worth

I don't know the price in my area but according to an online store The price for 500 g is 300 PKR.

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I'll invite @nxzeehx @aminasafdar @aviral123 to participate.
Link to the contest
@enamul17

Thanks for going along my post.

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Jazak Allah (Thumbs up)
Nafeela