This sketch is the one hundred and twenty-second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year…
Day one hundred and twenty-two: I was all ready to attempt a magnolia blossom from the backyard in a Chinese painting style, when I received some photos from my parents. They attended an Easter art show in Tonga, where they are Peace Corps volunteers. I was so surprised by a few shots of students who boldly painted their bodies, I just had to sketch one. The other day had been looking at paintings by Pechstein, Kirchner, and Ensor, and the colors (Kirchner), setting (Pechstein), abstraction (Pechstein and Ensor), and morbid symbols (Ensor), in the students’ body paint reminded me of those modern works from around the turn of the 20th century.
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