highlight	I was sent this image by email, and knew it was a good one for the show.This little girl's entire family was executed.
	children at war	The insurgents intended to execute the little girl also, and shot her in the head...but they failed to kill her. She was
	stages	cared for in John's hospital and is healing up, but continues to cry and moan. The nurses said John is the only one
		who seems to calm her down, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both slept in that chair.
	eastbourne	The girl is coming along with her healing. I should have called this compassion.
	brighton
	newhaven
	workshops
	talks
	debate
	links
	children's rights
	words by children
	back
		This picture is all about the		Setting the scene with the		The dark of the chair holds the
		interaction of the two figures. The		relationship of the two heads.I		figure composition together nicely.
		hot weight of the sleeping child. I		then use raw sienna,		First I paint the negative shapes
		think Ill keep the colours warm,		burnt sienna, cadmium orange and		of the chair black.This seems a
		see the atmoshere that creates.		black as my palette. I start by		little too obtrusive, so I repaint
		I draw out in scarlet, wiping away		putting in the orange of the childs		it a dark brown. I start applying
		with a wet cloth any marks I want		clothing, so I can react against		text for the floor surface. I will
		to remove.		that with the other colours as I apply		redo this with a warm colour of
				them.		text.
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