Instead of colourful, I went for sculptural - a corner of a small ivory of the Last Judgment, which I forgot to photograph, but you can see the whole thing here - is that a fish swallowing the sinner? and another of Mary Magdalene and companions finding the tomb empty (the crumpled cloths were what drew me to it) -
and a larger relief of Saints Philip, Jude and Bartholomew, from the cathedral of Vich, Spain, about 1150 -
which I tried to make "contrasty" but it hasn't really come through in the photo. Comparing the two a week after doing the drawing, I can see where proportions needed adjusting (you can easily miss this at the time...) - never mind, I really enjoyed doing the zigzag lines of the garments -
Janet, who seems to be fond of drawing horses (in armour), found a donkey -
and also enjoyed the Three Standing Figures, which represent three ranks of the retinue of a noble family: a knight, a squire, and a man-at-arms. Made of oak about 1550-1525, they are linked to the Dacre family of Cumbria and would have been placed high up in a great hall, and may have held flags -
Sue was having a lion sort of day -
These Drawing Tuesday posts run a week behind. We should have been drawing Barkcloth at the British Museum today, but due to a flood or something in the gallery above, it was closed. Rotten luck - but we migrated to the African gallery.
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