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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.
