Well, this challenge needed me to work with unfolded laundry.... but muddle-brained me was certain it said unwashed laundry, so that's exactly what I painted....a bucketful of clothes awaiting a good tumble.
As you can gauge from the ref' pic, we drop all our clothes into a green bucket placed just outside the bathroom door. Every morning, the last thing I do before leaving for work is toss the laundry into the machine all ready for a good scrubbing. Although they do get spin dried in the machine, the maid comes in later to air out the washed clothes.
Now, it's quite common in India to spread out your underwear on the window grill. One look at someone's window and you can guess at the number of residents in that house, their size & their choice of brand, colour, style etc.
But that's not the case at our place. Sheets and larger outfits are hung out in the balcony to soak in as much sun as is possible in a city crammed with tall structures standing shoulder-to-shoulder. Hand towels and unmentionables are hung on the collapsible stand inside where they can enjoy the breeze generated by the electric fan, away from the eyes of the general passers-by outside.
So, that's the way our laundry goes... from the green bucket, into the washer, out in the sun & then, neatly folded & stacked on their respective shelves in the cupboard.
For this challenge, I made use of my little box of Cotman watercolors and a waterbrush I purchased off the internet. As always, I used Payne's Grey for the shadows, although I do think it's time I figure out other, more effective mixes for shaded areas and shadows.
Here's today's unwashed laundry...
Art-a-Day challenge, day 5.... washed!
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