Reading About Afghanistan
Last week I was immersed in Khaled Hosseini's book A Thousand Splendid Suns for 2 days. The story is set against 30 years of war in Afghanistan and when I chose my daily sketch for each day, I was inspired to look for something that would capture some of the images from my reading. I searched news articles and photos of mujahideen and sketched one of the members of a group photo.
On the second day I searched for photos of women walking in the streets in their burqas and painted one of them.
As I post these, the US is increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan and I can't imagine what the next phase of life is going to be like for these people, especially the women.
Comments
I like the way your sketches were inspired by book. It's so important to draw and paint what our imagination whispers.
Posted by: anetka | March 31, 2009 3:47 PM
What lovely delicate paintings, and i like the source of your inspiration.
Posted by: sarah ketelaars | April 1, 2009 4:43 AM
I found your page when looking for instruction on drawing lips. I am inspired by your work. It has been many years since I have drawn, but currently with my children grown and the economy too bad to afford the usual forms of entertainment I have decided to pick up my sketch book again and see what I can learn and create.
Posted by: Lisa | April 2, 2009 11:56 PM