Applied - Visual Research

I decided to involve myself in the position of refugees by sketching them, portraying their hardships through choice of media and application of;

I feel the pen wash and charcoal style drawings portray this feeling of sadness because of their fragile smokey appearance. The smokey appearance also could reflect the war they are escaping from (or war that still haunts them) smoke being the essence of destruction. I also love the blotchyness of the pen wash, it is messy and looks quite destructive. The blotchyness I feel symbolising tears dripping on a page to show the sadness they endure, or even the blood spilt from the relatives that they lost from either escaping war or war itself.