Art: Poverty Series

I started painting and drawing about two years ago give or take. It wasn't like i was completely new to it, (i've always been the girl who doodled around her class notes) but it was around this time that i started investing more time and money in that.
I really liked splattering paint into blank canvases and creating something .  But i wanted to get better and have a better knowledge, so i enrolled into a drawing course for my performing arts credit....best move ever. I got so much from it, learned of different mediums and was challenged with fun projects.

These drawings were my final project. They're a series focused around poverty. I was inspired when i saw Jan Schor pictures, and used one of his photographs as a center point for the series:

Above is Jan Schor original photography.

I started out with the background wall and added 'Rete Povwete' which means stop poverty in haitian and 'Ke Poze'  meaning peace.

In my second piece i did a close up and incorporated the woman from the original photograph into the drawing..Guys the scarf around itself took me four hours to finish! 

(Children taken from another photography, unfortunately i can't find the link to it)

This last piece was rushed, as you can tell. But i'm satisfied with the emotions in the little kids faces. I think this best replicates my intentions when doing these series.

I hope to post more of my pieces in the future!

P.S All drawings were done with graphite pencil,mostly 6B, 4B and 8B. 

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