“Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of Poverty:A lesson our consumer age is absolutely terrified of...
Having nothing and wanting nothing.”
~ Rumi
The color for this design had to be grey, more accurately the color of undyed wool, a traditional clothing of holy poverty (فقر). It took a long time to figure out the composition, but the minimalism I settled on in the end felt appropriate.
Print on Redbubble. Creation process:
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| Finished pencils |
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| Sepia watercolor provided a warm grey, and an evocative texture |
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| The outlines are dark brown, making the sepia look more grey than brown (if they'd been dark grey, they would have made it look more saturated and brown rather than grey). Of course the photos being in poor light are not representative. |
