Market Day I Want the Turtle Mama

by Kathy Crockett

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Market Day I Want the Turtle Mama

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Kathy Crockett

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Mixed Media - Colored Pencil

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I have never entered a Edit This Contest because I never thought I could produce a drawing fast enough, but couldn't resist the reference photo supplied by Chrystyne Novak for Edit This 61! When I was 15, I spent a summer in a remote village in Northern Ghana. It was a wonderful experience and I loved getting tto know life in the village which included so many sights, sounds, smells, voices, dances, and joy of life! Though this market did not include beautifully painted carts, it made up for it with lovely fabrics and the LIFE mentioned. All these many years later, I have also had the opportunity to visit some of the tropical islands in the Caribbean which Chrystyne's photo, and especially in this time of travel restrictions, I thoroughly enjoyed to take this virtual, rushed trips to all those memories while constructing this drawing. Adding Charles William Adofo's free use Unsplash photo of the Mama and her son was the finishing touch needed to make me feel like I was there again. Thanks to Abbie Shore, the photographers, and the other competitors involved in the Edit This 61 Contest for the opportunity! My Prismacolor colored pencil drawing on DuraLar drafting film is the best vacation I've had in 3 years!

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May 2nd, 2022

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