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| 'From The Depth' Pen & Ink, 17" x 24" 2013 |
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| 'From The Depth' Pen & Ink, Detail-1 |
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| 'From The Depth' Pen & Ink, Detail-2 |
This drawing was inspired by a recent encounter with some children at a deep well some kilometers from the city. It reminds me of some childhood escapades when we were asked to go in search of water for the family. Children of ages 8-12 would go out in groups, and might not come back in time because of the scarcity of water. Thank God that has changed now.
After the initial graphite (pencil) drawing, it took me about six different sessions of about 5-7 hrs each before it was completed. Below are the recorded sessions
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| From The Depth_ 2nd Session |
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| From The Depth_ 3rd Session |
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| From The Depth_ 4th Session |
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| From The Depth_ 5th Session |
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| From The Depth_ 6th Session |
To actualize this, my children would sometimes pose for me in the middle of the exercise as soon as they return from school. And when they become restless or tired, I would photograph them for continuity.
Here you meet them:
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| From left: Peace (5yrs), Okiki-Jesu (11yrs) & Ope-Oluwa (8yrs) |
Very lovely, encouraging children. They so much enjoy the creative process... seeing great artworks emerge from plain support (paper or canvas), always asking what is coming next or 'When are you going to paint now, daddy?'
A video recording of part of the final session was created, it's a 55 mins compressed to 3 mins. I hope to upload it soon.
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| Recording the exercise |
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