
Drawing Series (Updated)
Drawing People from Different Countries and Cultures

Hello! I have started a series of drawing people from various different countries and cultures. Here's how It's going:
I will be doing more suggestions, however, as my art is taking longer, there will be breaks between each episode.






Hmong
Viet Nam
Egypt


Laos & Thailand
In this piece, I drew a Vietnamese palace girl at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, Vietnam. The clothes that she is wearing are called Việt phục, which are Vietnamese traditional clothes (Trang phục Việt Nam). Việt phục has styles from various dynasties, and I decided to depict the Áo Tấc dress of the Nguyễn Dynasty. The Nguyễn Dynasty was the last dynasty of Vietnam.
Vietnam was once the kingdom of Đại Việt, meaning 'Great Việt'
A person suggested for me to include Hmong culture in my series. The Hmong are a Hmong-Mien or Miao-Yao ethnolinguistic group who are dispersed throughout Southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina), such as Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand; They are famously known for wearing silver from head-to-toe on Hmong New Year. There are various subgroups of the Hmong, mainly distinguished by their traditional clothes, such as:
Flower Hmong
Black Hmong
Miao
This drawing features a girl of Miao ethnicity.
When I was finished hosting a suggestions input, I put all suggestions into a randomized 'spin the wheel' to decide which one I'd do first. It landed on the suggestion, "African Beauty", so I chose Egypt as a country to base my new piece upon, since no country was specified. I referenced ancient Egyptian wall murals and researched the historical fashion to maintain historical accuracy within my drawing. The finished product is of an Egyptian Musician, playing a Harp in the morning sun.
Background: Photo by Andre Ouellet on Unsplash
This piece in particular was drawn to represent wildlife conservation and the cultures that I grew up in as a Tai-Dai person.
"My artwork done in soft pastel, titled 'In Harmony' depicts a Laotian girl petting an elephant, symbolizing harmony between humans (the girl) and wildlife (the elephant and other animals). The elephant is culturally sacred and held highly in Thailand and Laos, yet unfortunately, many are endangered due to poaching, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, conflict with humans, and face exploitation for tourism and parades. Moreover, the appearance of the elephant in the artwork symbolizes how people should treat our limited wildlife in the same manner akin to the elephant in Tai cultures; carefully in regard and more kindly since many wildlife species such as the Asian Elephant are endangered, decreasing in population by each day. The artwork encourages people to preserve wildlife and nature, supporting those affected by wild animals and respecting their limited habitats. The message is to live harmoniously with wildlife and avoid unnecessary harsh treatment of them, because they are undomesticated; many aren't meant to be, and they are trying to survive just like us humans." - Tasanee