[CR] Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr.Xê
Hi Everyone ❤
First, I would like to thank you all for supporting and encouraging my community art project; The Last Terracotta Artisans at the Thanh Ha village in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, Vietnam. These artworks also feature in the documentary film sponsored by the Thanh Ha Terracotta Park and Museum.
The last artisan I drew for this series was Mr. Lê Văn Xê. He is one of the oldest artisans who also has engaged and contributed all his life to sustain the traditional pottery craft as a career and is a part of the pottery culture in the Thanh Ha village.
He was very open about his life and he told us about his life in the interview:
“ I am the third generation of my family to make a life from pottery. My grandparents said that this career has helped to make our life sustainable so we never feel deprived, but never rich. We are not abundant but still enough to cling to life.”
I drew all 9 last artisans in the scribble style portraits for the Thanh Ha Terracotta Park and Museum. I hope that the next generation in the Village, other visitors and tourists will get to know more about them and keep their images as a way to remember the spirit and culture of Thanh Ha terracotta village. .
When I drew Mr. Xê, first I drew his general shape.
Then I worked on the background behind him.
I then added more details to his face and left the background blurred to show more focus on his portrait.
And here is the final scribble drawing of Mr. Xê. You can zoom in to see more details and many scribble lines which are free flowing.
For more information about my art project on the last terracotta artisans in Thanh Ha village, you can read articles from this series here:
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mrs. Duoc
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr.Tuan
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr. Ngữ
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr. Lanh
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr. Trong
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mrs. Chien
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr. Du
Last Terracotta Artisans: Mr. Biec
Thank you all for taking time to read this post, I hope you enjoyed it. It gives me great joy to be able to share my experiences with you all, exclusively here on the Steem blockchain. If you enjoyed reading this, please share it with others by resteeming this post.
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@livvu
I like your art project. Although Mr. Xê is an old man, I think he is handsome.
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The nTopaz Curation Team recognizes your work as being of outstanding quality and an enrichment to our community. We encourage you to use nTopaz again for your artistic creations, and are looking forward to your future posts.Thank you so much for your support and curation @catwomanteresa ! And I think Mr.Xe will be very happy to hear your lovely words.
You are very good at portrait drawing. :-)
Thank you very much @quotes-haven ☺
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Thank you very much for your great support @templo !
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Thank you very much @artzone !
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Thank you so much for your great support @shibasaki and @c-squared ❤💕❤
Interesting story.... I come here because I fall in love with your drawing style, it's been awhile I am wondering about how to make that kinda drawing... Love it
Thank you @hananan I'm glad that you like this art style and also the story.
I wrote a tutorial of this scribbled drawing, you can check it here to see how to make it. I hope you find it useful and may try it one day ❤
All of your portraits in this series are very nicely done, @livvu :) You capture such beautiful lifes !
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