Diamond Mining Drawing

After doing the layering work from the diamond mining in Africa, this was the final image I came up with. I basically drew my form in ballpoint blue pen and then over laid the diamond, but extended all the lines within the diamond.

Materials: Pen and pencil on paper

Layering: Diamond Mining Africa

 

I read about the diamond industry in Africa recently. I read that families are forced to work for the mining of diamonds due to poverty. And many make less than a dollar a day. Many of the people are children who are denied an education. These people are put into theses situations and a forced to adjust to their environments. 

Another layering work. I began with a map of Africa, layered over a diamond design, found my figures, and then  found my text.