African Print
Living
in an apartment, it was kind of difficult to find a bare space or a big
rock to do my painting; however after thorough search with my three
year
old daughter around our complex, we came across a small bare blocked
patterned cemented spot. Luckily there has been a construction work
going on a few feet away from the site so we were able to gather some
red mud from the plowed soil. I then mixed it with
some cooking oil and water and painted the cemented spot with my
fingers since every stick I tried to use kept braking apart. Initially I
didn’t have plans about how I wanted the painting to look, however as I
started painting the first block of pattern, African
print came to my mind and so I painted all the blocks with the red clay
and outlined the edges as well as making some of the paintings a little
bit darker with a piece of used charcoal I picked up from an old
mounted grill that stood a few feet away from the
site. The painting was fun especially with my daughter standing by my
side and pointing out my missed spots.
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