Lines: Ink on Brown Paper - Inktober Day 8

LINES
Lines are straight, curved, sometimes crooked, edgy, wavy...they often lead back to themselves and join together to form shapes. No matter what, they are always connecting dots to reveal a beautiful larger world.
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Hello,

I am running a day behind in this 31-day daily art challenge but I plan to catch up soon.

Today's artwork is a kinda remake of some floor art I had done years ago. So, every year, I do traditional Indian floor art called Alpana, Muggu or Rangoli, depending on which part of India you ask. In case you are not aware, most households in India have some form of floor art in lieu of a welcome mat. Unlike a welcome mat however, this artwork is washed away and drawn differently every day using rice flour or in today's world, chalk. It's typically large enough to cover your whole patio or at least the walkway to your front door. They can range from being complex geometric patterns with detailed mathematical calculations forming optical illusions to inspired nature-inspired symbols. No, seriously, google it.

I draw this kind of floor art only once or twice a year though. I completely enjoy the experience and look forward to it each year. Even though it would seem, I plan what I would end up making, I usually freestyle it with no reference to any traditional design and I think that's what makes it so much more relaxing.

Coming back to this piece. I had made a floor art like this years ago but since it was all freestyle at that time, I wanted to see if I could re-do it with some sense of proportion (turns out, I don't exactly have that - giggle).

Why did I draw this on brown paper? Well, I want to eventually use this paper to cover a rough sketchbook I have been wanting to start using. So there.


Materials used are:

  • Uni-ball eye micro UB-150 black waterproof & fade-proof: I started with this but it was bleeding on the brown paper so I switched.
  • Uni-ball signo impact 207 in black - My favorite pen of all time.

Today's inktober prompt was 'crooked' for day 8.

Thanks again for watching!

xoxo


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