Daily Creativity: Holi – Krishna & Radha

In honor of the Holi Festival I made a piece inspired by Krishna and Radha. This is for Thursday (Holy Thursday) but as I was at my in-laws I was unable to scan and upload this piece. While it was Holy Thursday I chose instead to be inspired by the Holi festival instead. Thanks to the google doodle I got to learn a little more about the festival. (Every time there is a google doodle I click on it to learn more about what is being celebrated, even if I know a lot about the topic, I always learn something new.) I learned about Krishnah and Radha, now there were two tellings of the story, but both focused on the difference in skin color and the use of color to make the lovers skin match. This spoke to me in a strong way, not because I think people need to match, but because diversity is something that was important during the creation of these myths. How these stories can show that all skin colors are beautiful and love in love. I always thought the festival looked like fun and the colors always drew my attention, but knowing the love story behind it just makes it all that more special. I encourage you to read up on it yourself, you won’t regret it.

Originally I wanted to do this using pastels, but because I was at my in-laws I didn’t pack them. Too messy for travel. I think I may revisit this with pastels in the future though. I drew this using ink for the outline and then colored pencils. My mother in law said it looked like stained glass to her.

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