Soil Art Girl

So one of the students in our department organized a small seminar about the culture of peace through soil painting. Wait... SOIL PAINTING? It piqued my curiosity. I HAD TO TRY IT OUT (even though the program is for students only). Whatever, the kid was kind enough to let me try it out.

And here it is! Soil (or mud) is a surprisingly awesome medium. To be more precise, they actually prepared some muddy, fine soil without grave, mixed it with some water and glue and then presto! There's your "paint". We also used canvas here, paper's gonna be destroyed if you use it. You can actually do shades with the mixture and do some fine details, provided you have some good sturdy brushes.

I drew some random chick here holding a seedling - my own interpretation of peace, that it's something that has to be taken care of and nourished and given importance. Had a blast with this. It's always nice to try something new.