A Delicate Touch
Khiva, Uzbekistan 2012
The market in Khiva consisted of tables set up on both sides of the street. Vendors had come from near and far to sell their wares. Walking past, looking and being looked at, is fun. The early morning light gives an entirely different ambiance from late afternoon light. Everyone and everything seems fresh. We exchanged “hello’s” and conveyed as best we could that the food on sale looked delicious.
This woman needed no assurance. Her body language and her delicate touch declares her pride in her baking skills. I love the look of this woman. There was a photo of a woman similar to her in my first year German text and I used to dream that one day, I would capture a similar photo.
Because I have shown you many bakers and vendors and markets and because I am fortunate to own Snap Art 3, I turned this into a digital painting. I call it German Expressionism because I think it resembles that school of art. Am I wrong?
When I turn a photograph into a digital painting, I always save the finished copy of the photograph as well. When things go well with your work and you find you can make several variations that please you, save them all. I flatten mine but if you want to be really careful, save one with layers. That will take a lot of space on your disk, though.
Contact Penelope at www.uzbekjourneys.com for information about your own tour to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. You will find Penelope friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable.
I don’t care what you call it, it’s really lovely to look at and I love it. J.
Thanks, Jerry. I like it, too. She seems alive!
Rosemary