We hadn't been to the Petrie for quite a while, and there's always lots to choose from. And tables to sit at, right in front of the cases!
The 2nd-century funeral portraits always captivate me, and there's a book about them lying on the big central table.
An earlier effort to "get a likeness" had (ahem) mixed results, so I decided to have another go.
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| Warm up: continuous line drawn blind with non-dominant hand |
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| Drawn with biro. It's worth getting the proportions right! |
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| Then and now... |
Janet B's pots, large and small, in one case -
Carol's fragment and entire portrait head - "getting it to look ike gold" -
Sue's reconstructed tile floor -
Mags' accumulation of pots, using her new earth-coloured marker pens -
Extracurricular acitivities
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Carol had a go at the life-drawing on the RA website |
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Mags had a great time at a textiles retreat, "mapping"
her walks on long strips of fabric |
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