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🏺ἀσκός🏺

there won't be more than this sketch, i completely messed up the inking and watercolor

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🏺Animal Motif from a Gold Quiver – Kelermes (Kuban), 7th–early 6th century BC🏺

Tools : pencil, colored pencil, pastel

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🏺mistakes give life🏺

not used to using Indian ink enough, the ink smudged and the tape didn't work so well…

but a good photo and a touch of reworking on a graphics tablet and there you have it and the errors in the drawing lines give it more realism🥰

Now I want to use it everywhere

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🏺Greek palmette motif🏺

Sometimes it feels good to test new things

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🏺Training on a biface and an arrowhead🏺

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Tthrowback 3 years ago🏺

Drawing on a coffee table with a book about greek ceramic and my drawing stuff

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🏺Motif reproduction, WIP🏺

Description: Detail of a white-ground chalice krater: The infant Dionysus brought by Hermes to Papposilenus and the Nymphs of Nysa.

Reference location: Vatican, Museo Etrusco Gregoriano

I need to make a final inked version but I don't have time...

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🏺Motifs, motifs and motifs again ! 🏺

motifs from details of various Greek vases

I will ink them later

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🏺what a beautiful rooster!🏺

Interior detail of a red-figure cup Attributed to the Euerigides Painter and the potter Euergides (Athens 510-500 BC)

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🏺I have lost the reference ceramic…🏺

drawing of a detail of Greek ceramic on a white background representing an Antefix with palmette decorations

In same time it's too neat and too sketchy...

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🏺Training at the art museum🏺

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🏺One Empire, many peoples🏺

After several weeks, I finally took the time to visit the Gallo-Roman Museum in Lyon, and their latest exhibition is… fascinating!

Basically, the museum is incredible: the architecture, the collections, the view of the ancient theater, everything is magnificent! And if you have blue skies and bright sunshine, then your visit will definitely end with a tanning session on the theater's bleachers!

But today is a special day; there's a new temporary exhibition on display! And this time, they've pulled out all the stops!

The goal? To follow the life stories of six inhabitants of the Roman Empire who all ended up in Lugdunum.

It combines archaeological finds, interpretations of each person's daily life in short audio vignettes, reproductions of objects, deciphering of Latin texts, etc. You finish the exhibition feeling like you've gotten to know these people and shared a little bit of their lives.

Furthermore, the artifacts in the exhibition come from the museum itself as well as various loans, including some from the Louvre (especially those relating to the Palmyrian people).

PS: Sorry for my English mistakes, it's not my native language.

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🏺Reading advice from an amateur🏺

My last archaeology-related read. The best book I've ever read on the historical reality of the Amazons! (On the one hand, are there many?)

If you're afraid of its 500+ pages, don't worry, it's extremely well structured! If you want to debunk preconceived notions, the first few chapters are for you.

If you're interested in historical reality or just a specific aspect of "Amazon" culture, you can directly read the dedicated chapters without losing the thread.

After the 300-page mark, the author immerses us in "Amazon" myths around the world (because, yes there are plenty of them!)

As a fan of history and archaeology (unfortunately, I'm only an enlightened amateur at best), I can only recommend this book made by Adrienne Mayor.

However, I recommend having a map of the Black Sea as a reference (although the book has some), so that you can easily locate places such as Pontus and other ancient regions.

ISBN: 9782707194664

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🏺this one is going to be hard to ink🏺

The proportions are not perfectly respected, I will do better next time

I will share the reference with the final version