Ait Benhaddou

[Balaji]

This is a very quick 5″ x 4″ pen and ink sketch that I did in May 2024 using a black ink gel pen. The subject is a village built with rammed earth, adobe, clay bricks and wood in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. I used a photograph by Adrian Farwell as my reference.

Today, nearly sixteen months later, I added some watercolour washes to the sketch.

 

[Joy]

I look forward to seeing your work posted! The color is a nice touch. This is immediately recognizable as Morocco, with excellent perspective.

 

[Sanlynn]

Beautiful! I love the simplicity. All the information but not overdone.

 

[txomsy]

Agree, the color here makes for a whole lot of additional useful information that would likely have been lost in the ink sketch. Great idea!

 

[ams]

Nicely done. I love your simple ink drawings with color added. Nothing feels like it is missing.

 

[Balaji]

Joy, Sanlynn, Txomsy, & Anne...Thank you for your lovely, and very encouraging, comments.

 

[Joy]

Nicely done. I love your simple ink drawings with color added. Nothing feels like it is missing.

Perfect description! His work captures the essence of the subject completely.