tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68703863016444826702024-02-07T11:55:52.442+00:00Ancient Egyptian ArtI'm Leena Pekkalainen. I study Egyptology at the Manchester University (Certificate of Egyptology). I'm also an artist - here you find my paintings of ancient Egyptian subjects. In February 2012 you can see these paintings at Villa Royal in Finland (The "Egyptian Treasures" exhibition).
Follow the progress of the paintings here and read some facts about the subject in the painting too in case you are interested in the history of ancient Egypt.Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-56656632506569096842012-01-25T20:49:00.000+00:002012-01-25T20:49:48.571+00:00A New Painting - the Egyptian Cat (oils on board)I have always loved cats (I actually have a cat website http://www.cat-breeds-info.com), and decided to paint one. And of course the thought came up how to combine a cat with Egypt. Well, the first thing that came to my mind was the Gayer-Anderson cat - perhaps the most famous Egyptian cat statue, which is a permanent favorite of people visiting the British Museum.<br />
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Then I began to wonder what a live cat would look next to the statue, and decided to paint this. I have Abys myself, but this is not my own cat. Oleg Alexeev of the Abysphere cattery in Russia kindly gave me reference photos of this beautiful cat (Abysphere Runet Blogger). I did a drawing using three of his photos.<br />
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Here is the working sketch. <br />
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This work will be exhibited (and is for sale) at the Villa Royal "Egyptian Treasures" exhibition in Finland, opening at 18th February this year.<br />
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So many people helped me finish this piece - I wish to mention late Bob Partridge of the Ancient Egypt Magazine as one. He kindly gave me permission to use his photo as reference, and I was able to make the detailed drawing for this painting based on his photo.<br />
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Another source deserving thanks is the Werner Forman Archives. I was able to finish the finer details of this painting using their photo, which they kindly gave me permission to use.<br />
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This painting is for sale at the Villa Royal's "Ancient Egypt" exhibition in Sastamala, Finland, from 18th February onwards. <br />
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Next I shall work on Tut's belt, I think. That will take a full day of work at least.<br />
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I wish to express my gratitude to the Werner Forman archive for their kind permission to use their photo (taken at the Egyptian Museum) as a reference to this painting. You can visit their website by clicking on the link on the blog.<br />
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Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-87022715562761688122011-08-21T18:08:00.000+01:002011-08-21T18:08:08.629+01:00Tut's Mask - Left shoulderIt seems the flaps of the nemes are still too wet so I haven't started on the false beard. So I worked on the left shoulder (of the pharaoh), where the necklace starts.<br />
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Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-15986193431238630002011-08-17T18:55:00.000+01:002011-08-17T18:55:16.612+01:00Tut's Mask - One Flap DoneOk, so one side of the nemes is now done. Will move to the other "flap" next.<br />
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Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-25838262234321631482011-08-15T19:10:00.000+01:002011-08-15T19:10:34.742+01:00Tut's Mask - Down the Left Side of NemesDecided to continue with the same side of the nemes anyway.<br />
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Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-837191412628232782011-08-14T13:49:00.000+01:002011-08-14T13:49:48.446+01:00Tut's Mask - Headdress progressing...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7_R_O9G4PaCH2Ihqt6TV1riawTWZzEM6sLnUIA3CJb0ZnP7OKbzJWf-CgBnk4T1pgJzMBxSYdL8dom5uyXH_Uzuz5Eao0Ira_aZH1ua5EkMKZWIt-TNrHNLAt-9N2ayaL4sEjtsDiu8/s1600/140811_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-70324284552632223352011-08-11T19:23:00.000+01:002011-08-11T19:23:07.008+01:00Tut's Mask - Stripes, Stripes...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_nBOh36SVA/TkQd6Coqu_I/AAAAAAAAAm8/dLKWpI0Rz7c/s1600/110811_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_nBOh36SVA/TkQd6Coqu_I/AAAAAAAAAm8/dLKWpI0Rz7c/s320/110811_a.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br />
...and some more stripes...Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-92185771191915075792011-08-09T20:54:00.000+01:002011-08-09T20:54:43.082+01:00Tut's Mask - More Stripes of the NemesAnd here is what I had time for today.<br />
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Leenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741117703644441989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870386301644482670.post-18496740727456724392011-08-07T18:32:00.000+01:002011-08-07T18:32:46.507+01:00Tut's Mask - More Work on the Nemes HeaddressAnd here is today's work... I worked some more on the headdress - finished the golden band on the pharaoh's forehead and painted four stripes of the nemes-headdress.<br />
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I use a miniature brush and was wondering why it did not give color well. I finally checked the brush and noticed it had only one hair left! And I must have painted with that for at least half an hour LOL :D<br />
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