Contest: Draw a festival in your country.
Introduction
This is a very interesting topic to write on, thanks to @nadeesee for introducing this educating topic for us to enable us learn and understand different festival 🎎 from different religion.
My festival which am going to display here today is usually practice in the Ibibio land in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria it's called "ekpo masquerade".
Ekpo masquerade is usually comes out during the mber months it's is very interesting festival which is usually done mostly for entertainment, sometimes it is introduced in some of the traditional weddings but it is not compulsory.
Ekpo masquerade
So here is the reference picture of the ekpo masquerade I will be drawing today, please stay blessed and I hope you acquire knowledge from what am about to display thank you.
Step1.
We all know the first thing to do in drawing an image is to place the reference picture Infront of you, then I used my pen to make a sketch on my A4 paper, and I make sure that it is represented correctly.
Step2.
After I might have finish with my sketch I drop my pen, then I take a closer look at the picture studying it to observe and understand were the light is comming from and we're the shade will be reflecting to, in other for me to archive a better drawing.
Step3.
I start blocking the part that is shaded, using the technique call hatching, I make sure that the shaded area is completely shade, through this the picture started giving itself meaning an easily interpreted.
Step4.
After I might have finish blocking my drawing I now start shading it, using two techniques "hatching and cross hatching"
It took me 30 minute to complete shading my drawing "ekpo" as you can see I only made it meaningfull I didn't really go into real detailing, I just made it to have something to learn from which is the light and shade in it.
Conclusion
As you can see the drawing the sketch took me 5minutes to finish while the shading took 30minutes so together I used 40minutes to archive this amazing drawing.
Thank you very much for choosing prime art, and I hope this drawing steps has educate or can educate the kids and the steemit community as a whole.
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Very nice drawing keep up the good work and I wish you best of luck in the contest
Thank you very much
The Ekpe Masquerade, also known as the Ekpo cult in Akwa Ibom State. I love this vivid representation of our culture. Your drawing is so detailed.