Street Vendor

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Ujwala

Cigarette Vendor

We were stuck in a traffic jam in Dhaka a while ago and we have plenty of those :D. I looked around and took a few photographs of cart pullers, rickshaws and street vendors. This cigarette vendor was on the pavement a few cars away waiting for his next customer. Smoking is fairly popular here in Bangladesh and on just a short stretch you’ll find several such cigarette vendors.  They have a couple of empty soft drink cartons stacked and a glass box to hold the stock and display it.

The number of photographs I’m taking of the streets and the people has dwindled to zero :( As of this morning my husbands camera (it’s smaller) has been appropriated and I intend to take many more.

I’ve noticed that in almost all my drawings and painting the focus is on either a face or a person and the background is completely ignored. For this one I decided to add the background. It got overworked and I’ll be trying it out again.

Filed under: 2007, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Pen & Ink, artwork, figure, gouache

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8 Responses to “Street Vendor”

  1. Noel, on February 27th, 2007 at 9:23 pm Said:

    Just looking around at other art blogs. I like yours - and you’re in India, which makes it even more interesting. I just started mine, but I’m in dreary Chicago.

  2. Brian, on February 28th, 2007 at 2:37 am Said:

    Very nice site, laid out well with different points of information.
    Brian

  3. arvindh, on February 28th, 2007 at 7:18 am Said:

    Beautiful composition and colours~

  4. Ujwala, on February 28th, 2007 at 8:23 am Said:

    Thank you Noel. I stay in Dhaka at the moment. Loved the blues bars and deep pan pizzas of Chicago.

    Thank you Brian and Arvindh :D

  5. Vivien, on March 1st, 2007 at 1:23 am Said:

    I like the integration with the background - you should do more like this :)

    The abstract shapes of it are really good, the whole balance of the piece - and again those lovely free lively marks when you draw :)

  6. Ujwala, on March 1st, 2007 at 1:31 am Said:

    Thank you Vivien with comments like this how can i resist? and wow! your paintings are absolutely gorgeous [clap] [clap]

  7. Casey, on March 2nd, 2007 at 5:12 pm Said:

    I love this Ujwala, and I totally agree with the comments above - the colors and the composition are very successful.

  8. Ujwala, on March 3rd, 2007 at 12:51 am Said:

    thank you Casey :D

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