Original artwork description:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

This painting uses the mineral Bideford Black which was used to make paint and was used in a number of ways, for example it was used as camouflage paint during World War Two.

Materials used:

Indian Ink, Bideford Black, Seawater, Rainwater, Postcard, Greyboard, Varnish.

Tags:

#adam grose #bideford black #landscape #drawing #war #black painting #indian ink #rememberance #ww2 #world war 2 #ww1 #flanders fields