FIELD NOTES / CAF / Middle Africa
Central African Republic
Savannah fields & seasonal floodplains.
START WITH A PLACE
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Manovo-Gounda St Floris contains extensive savannah and northern floodplain environments. The landscape reference emphasizes broad spatial transitions between open ground, vegetation and water.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in grain and rhythm.
Compare the long horizon of a savannah with the broken edge of a floodplain. How do repeated vegetation patches organize a seemingly open field?
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Fibre paper#ece9dboklch(0.933 0.019 96.873)
Cut straw#c5b08aoklch(0.766 0.057 82.249)
Forest shade#4d7162oklch(0.517 0.048 166.710)
Thread ochre#bd8453oklch(0.660 0.096 60.682)
Grain ink#283630oklch(0.318 0.021 166.943)