Portrait of a Fulani family

This one took over a week guys! Sometimes work comes easily, and sometimes it seems to creep along. Neverthless I persisted and I am glad I did.

The men of the Fulani keep covered and are silver smiths and make beautiful Jewelry for the women to wear.

I love this detail, it looks as though this baby's feet are floating in outer space

Here is the process I took with this piece. I was inspired by this photo.

I used it for a bare outline

and the rest I filled in by hand, smudging and painting each line. I have never worked with oil paint, but from what I gather about the process and being able to "rework" areas I imagine digital painting has in common with the way one produces a desired effect.

This next one is the original finished painting without filters.

and the next few have some beautiful filters over the piece.

This one is somehow a little creepy for some reason, but I love it!

This last one I consider the ultimate finished product. I hand tweaked the levels to get it just so.

Here are two links about the Fulani people if you find yourself interested in learning more.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/anthropology-and-archaeology/people/fulani

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit!

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Some of my previous work

https://steemit.com/slothicorn/@mimulusamsterdam/i-have-become-fascinated-with-africa

https://steemit.com/slothicorn/@mimulusamsterdam/new-favorite-piece-just-finished

https://steemit.com/slothicorn/@mimulusamsterdam/mermaid-and-octopi-with-school-of-fish