Planning the drawing

Now that we had finished the practice, we started planning out the assessment task drawing. For elements of our culture, I wanted to incorporate various elements that were relevant for me, and that I found interesting. As an outling for my drawing, I decided upon doing a landscape drawing, with typical Norwegian hills, because I find that the nature of Norway is something that is often emphasised when one talks about Norway. Atop the furthest hill, I plan on writing "Miðgarður", the Norse name for earth, because I like Norse mythology.
I'm also quite fond of bunad, the Norwegian traditional garment, and their embroidery. First I thought about doing the sky with one of the embroidery patterns, but decided that this would turn out a little messyy-looking, so I incorporated it onto the legs that would be wearing the shoes instead. For the sky, I decided upon a Norwegian flag. Not only do I think the Norwegian flag looks like, but it is also very representative of my culture and who I am. On the left part of the sky I wanted to draw a sun in the way the Sami people make it, because I am part Sami, so it relates to my ancestry. I also find it quite fascinating.
At the side of the drawing, I drew a tradinal Norwegion mountain cabin made by notching logs together, and with a sod roof. I think that this both fits in with my mountain landscape, is typical for the Norwegian culture, and is relevant for me as my grandparents have a cabin like this, and this is where I spend many of my easter breaks.
On one of the hillsides, I am toying with the idea of drawing a camel trek, to represent how Norway is interacting with other countries. I've also ridden a camel myself.
For the shoes, I am planning on doing a pair of converses, as these are shoes I wear a lot. i also find them relevant for the modern culture of Norway, as these shoes are quite popular amongst people my age. I want to draw them in a resting position, as if the person wearing them (me) is just resting from a hike in a mountains.

I think that this could be a really cool project :)

Here are some photos that I found inspiring: