Felipe

As you can see it turned cooler today (approx. 15C), but we all dressed for the weather...some more some less. Felipe finished the portrait of the Cacique (chief) Tofaay today. I misunderstood the other day. Tofaay is not an ancestor or relative of Felipe's. Tofaay was a great Nivaclé warrior who fought against the invasion of the Bolivians and Argentinians in the Pilcomayo region in the 1920s which I know too little about. Felipe wants a portrait of Tofaay to put it up on the wall so his children and grandchildren will know him and remember him. A few days ago he brought an old black and white photograph showing Tofaay and his wife which he used as a reference image for his drawing.

Against my silent doubts that the faces may not turn out very well, the print turned out wonderfully. Felipe's first plate with some birds didn't turn out so well, but he took note of everything that went wrong and succeeded this time. Felipe is also one of the palosanto carvers and does not usually draw.