Hello kittens! 🐱 I painted the portrait "Children of Bangladesh" ❤

It is impossible to watch life without a story of life below the poverty line!

I so want peace and well-being in the whole world. Sometimes you want to become a big bird, that would clean children from without. Open your big grylo and protect from harm!

Millions of people all over the world live in conditions in comparison with which an apartment in a typical Khrushchev apartment will seem a luxury.

In many countries there is a deep stratification of the society of the rich and the poor, and in the center of large cities you can see apartments for millions of dollars, and on the outskirts there are “cardboard boxes” with a roof made of cellophane, which cost practically nothing. The poverty of these areas has a negative effect on the crime situation: drug trafficking is growing there, and tourists are strongly advised to avoid them.

Bangladesh

The population of a small district of Bangladesh is approximately equal to the population of Russia, so it is not surprising that every square meter is populated in this country. At the same time, Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world, 63% of the working-age population is employed in agriculture. Slums in big cities were knocked down everywhere, even a few centimeters from the railway tracks. Locals dry their clothes right on the rails, clean when they hear the train's horn, and some even create a vegetable garden between the sleepers.

In general, life in a slum occurs on the street, since most of their monasteries are so small at home that they only keep the bed. On the street, people wash, brush their teeth, communicate and even pray: there are not enough mosques in Bangladesh at all. The poorest live in the open air - more than 10% of the country's population does not have a permanent residence. The rest are compressed either in clay huts or in “houses” assembled from scrap metal. It is worth noting that the slums of Bangladesh are among the safest: their inhabitants are very friendly.

Children in Bangladesh 

Every day, children are sent to work, to a garment factory, the clothes from which are then sent for export. Bangladesh is considered one of the poorest countries in the world, in which the population density just rolls over. Moreover, in this country the lowest wage in Southeast Asia, in connection with which many global brands produce their products in this country.

Children in Bangladesh earn only 90 cents a day, having worked hard for this for about 10 hours. According to statistics, about a million children between the ages of 10 and 14 work in factories and plants in Bangladesh. If you have clothes that have “Made in Bangladesh” on the tag, then most likely a Bangladeshi boy sewed them.

Gradually:

Sketch. I do not like sharing a sketch. For me, a sketch is like a naked girl. But if you want to study with me, then I have no other choice. All for your sake.

Today will be an unusual job. If you have been following my blog for a long time, then you know that I paint with watercolors. This time there are 3 materials: watercolor, acrylic, oil ... how do you like this combination ?!

The first stage: skin tone.

The second stage - the eyes.

I just love to draw eyes, this is the moment when you can feel all the emotions of your muse.

I don’t know what this will lead to, honestly ... but I really like talking and talking about ... portraits ❤️

Love last for a year!

I just started painting with acrylic paints.

It is relatively easy to work with acrylic paints, they dry quickly, forming a waterproof coating. Acrylic paints are very versatile, they can be used to create a variety of different visual textures and effects. But before you start drawing, you need to prepare all the necessary materials, create a contour sketch of the image, and only then proceed to drawing more detailed details. Having studied the basic basics of working with acrylic paints, you can move on to more advanced drawing techniques, such as layering colors and dotting.

So! Unexpectedly for everyone. True? Oil paints.

Up to this point, I was creating a black and white picture. But when I looked away, I saw a box with which I got acrylic. From a distance I saw tubes with oily paint. And here I felt. I will write a picture in black and white, with glimpses of bright colors. Unusual style. But I like.

There are things that you need to know before starting to paint with oils.

All paints are a mixture of dry pigment and liquid. In oil paints, the coloring pigment is mixed with linseed oil. Flaxseed oil is an oil that dries during the oxidation of air. It absorbs oxygen from the air and crystallizes the dye pigment on an ongoing basis. When the oil dries, it cannot be removed.

Oil paints are thick. They are made in pipes. The paints are compressed on a palette and mixed with a knife for a palette to get new shades. They are then applied to a vertically positioned canvas with stiff, elastic brushes.

Oil paints dry very slowly. Usually you need to wait three days before putting the next layer. Such a long drying time is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The big advantage is that you have time to think about what you have painted. This is very useful when moving a gradient from one color to another. Or, if you are unhappy with what comes out while the paint is still wet, you can clean it with a cloth, a palette knife or a rubber scraper and redraw it.

The disadvantage is that if you put several wet paints in two different colors next to each other, they can mix with each other carelessly. Palette, brushes and damp cloth should be handled very carefully so as not to smear themselves, clothes, food and furniture.

You can work with paint for up to 12 hours in a row, after which you must leave the work dry for three days, after which you can continue to work. When the paint is dry, you can put new colors on top. There can be many layers in the work. Each subsequent layer must be the same thickness or thicker than the previous one, otherwise cracks will occur.

After the work is completely dry (from three to six months), you need to apply a protective layer of varnish.

My love ❤

Ideally, the children of Bangladesh from the factories had to go straight to the schools in order to get a normal education, and their life had to be improved. But everything turned out differently. We must understand that the few dollars that these children earn in factories are the only source of livelihood for them and their families. And if children are simply dismissed from factories without giving anything in return, their traitorous street will become their new refuge, but, unfortunately, not a school.

I really want to believe that with the economic growth in Bangladesh, they will no longer use child labor, working conditions will improve, and the quality of life of ordinary people will increase significantly. And in this bright future, a new generation of children in Bangladesh will experience all the delights of a carefree childhood, full of interesting adventures. Indeed, for the sake of this bright future, today a whole generation of boys and girls from Bangladesh is sacrificing their childhood.

I wish happiness to all the children of the world!

Thank you for support! ❤️ ✨

Great support! Thank you! Will be able to continue sharing your work with you 💕

I feel like drawing hours are pouring into something more ... 

I never imagine how I want to draw, it turns out all by itself.

Even now I'm on the verge of new discoveries and experiments! Let's see what happens next, I hope you will be with me and will also support, for me this is important ❤️