African Drums: Oil Painting Demo Step 5

Welcome to the Step 5 of the Oil Painting Demo of African Drums.

These are drums that were used by an African Dance group during my Traditional Marriage ceremony in Nigeria. I was taken in by the beauty and versatility of the African Drums that I could not help but paint them.

I focused on the drums today. Adding more highlights and depth here and there to give it a more solid shape.

For some reason, African Drums are secured with rubber ropes/strands (yet to understand why they do that!!!).

To paint the ropes I used a mixture of Burnt Umber and Alizarin Crimson to put in the strands.

Check out the previous steps:

• African Drums: Oil Painting Step 1
• African Drums: Oil Painting Step 2
• African Drums: Oil Painting Step 3
• African Drums: Oil Painting Step 4

Jump to the next step:

• African Drums: Oil Painting Step 6

Here is the list of materials and paints I used.