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| Drummers, pen in A5 sketchbook © Sue Pownall 2012
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Muscat Festival, a month long annual event, started this weekend. These sketches were done on the Qurum Park site, at the festival's Heritage Village. This is my favourite area at the festival as I enjoy the different groups with their traditional dances and music.
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| Preparing wool, pen in A5 sketchbook © Sue Pownall 2012
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I also really like seeing the traditional method of producing things such as the ladies who were preparing wool prior to spinning.
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| Painting the women preparing wool. |
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| WIP Drummers. |
It's funny as I went to get these images of Omanis, but I ended up with as much interest as some of the performers. I had guys taking photographs of me painting the performers, with both professional cameras and iphones, as well as crowds of onlookers watching my every brushstroke.
Despite the spotlights, I only stayed a couple of hours as I found it hard to focus and draw in that light. In that time I had 2 pages of people sketches in ink and these 3 watercolours, so I had been productive. I plan to return on Monday and have already chosen a few traditional activities I want to draw.
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Edit: 1 Feb slightly better colour scans from a local printer.
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| Performers waiting to enter the Heritage Village ©Sue Pownall 2012
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NB: All sketches are completed 100% at the Muscat Festival and are drawn from life.
7 comments:
Once again, great sketches. Very envious of you paddling in the Gulf, wet and windy and cold here.
You are dead right about the composition of my sketch, thanks.
wonderful sketches Sue!
Wonderful sketches as always. Hats off to you for persevering in front of an audience like that. :)
Lovely an colorful Sketches. Regards
I love to see things through your eyes, from places I'm sure I'll never get to. The colours look great even on the work scanner!
That looks like a really neat place to sketch, love the colours of the womens dresses. Your sketches have a lot of moment to them. I like the dragon you drew in your last post, thats very nice.
Thank you for your comment you left in my blog : ) I hope you are able to stay warm.
Mari
Beeeeeeatiful sketches! Gorgeous colours, regardless of the scanning issues :0)
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