Art for Gorillas

Category: Art of Conservation (AoC), MGVP, art | Date: Nov 08 2008 | By: Julie

Thank you Mell F. and Mary G. for your recent donations to Art for Gorillas! Our project is riding a wave of optimism lately due to generous friends like you and positive energy the team and I are receiving from the people here in the Northern Province of Rwanda. I hope it doesn’t end! Again, thank you very much.

Madame Gaudencia, in the previous blog, shows us artisanal gifts she has available in her boutique - one of these gifts being a woven-circular support which when placed on top of your head it helps while carrying pitchers of water, pots, or sacks full of potatoes or charcoal or grasses for the goats.

I was reminded of an introduction to life drawing lesson we gave a while ago and the beautiful pictures that the students made using oil pastels on black pastel paper.

I had suggested to Eric to choose a model and pose depicting everyday activities. Eric looked out of the window of our classroom and asked a woman passing by to be our model. The woman had a walking stick and a pitcher on top of her head on her way to fetch water. Here are a few drawings for you to see.