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Ok, now I moved on to Caesarion's kilt. An egyptology-student-friend, Barry Burnett, visited Denderah last month and I finally got detailed enough photos to see what was depicted on the kilt.
And this brought a bit of a dilemma - putting in all those details might make the overall "painting" look suffer a bit. Still - considering who might be interested in this kind of a painting, I'd say people who already knew something about Egypt. And those people would love to see details. Also I have been striving for details all through this painting.
So I kept the outlines visible and made the kilt a bit darker than it is in real life, so that the details showed.
And I really wonder why did the
y not settle with the good old pharaoh-smiting-AN-enemy...Caesarion had a handful of them - 30 to be exact. Just imagine doing 30 captives in quite a small area of a painting! Sheesh, I repeat I must be nuts to do this...
Here is the kilt in detail:
Leena this close up showing the detail is fantastic! You are right, us Egyptology enthusiasts would love to see the details.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate the trouble you must have keeping the same angle of lighting especially as your source of photos is growing.
I hope you'll be selling prints of this peice once you've completed it.
Hi, Vincent :)
ReplyDeleteWell I think I'll be selling prints - I heard they do good quality prints at Zazzle, so probably there... You can also choose the size, the paper etc yourself.
But I have to get this scanned by a professional to make good prints, a photo probably isn't good enough.
But before that - a lot of work ahead still!
Leena :)