I decided to finally do a picture of Obama. I didn't want to do one only because it seemed like everyone else was doing it and I don't like to follow the crowd. But I did this for an exhibit that's going on in Atlanta.On a side note, I'm really, really enjoying working with dry media again. I like the way it feels and the control I can have over it. It's great!
I drew this from a picture that I found of him online. The picture was in color, but I decided to improvise by making it black and white and darkening one side of it significantly to represent the different sides of him racially, as a politician and most importantly, as a human. I thought the picture represented the theme of the exhibit I entered it into very well.
