Drawing Tuesday - Petrie Museum

This fine fellow caught my eye - a wooden statue of Horus (wearing the double crown of Egypt), with some of his gilding and a beady black eye. The muddle around his legs is thought to be part of the linen wrappings. 

But first I messed about with other artefacts from 30th dynasty (Ptolomeic) Saqqara - and ran out of time for finishing Horus....

Judith collected some pots, in outline, and went on to a larger collection of pots, but ran out of time with that and is taking it home to finish...

Najlaa focussed on some faience fragments "with depictions of Nile marsh plants and birds", about 1350 BC -

Jo got out an "old" brushpen and put it to good use, sometimes in combination with a roller pen -

 Carol now has a collection of shabti at her bidding -

 Janet B's humanoid pots ...

... and pot-buried skeleton -

Janet K too chose various types of pots, whether for their individuality -

 ... or for paying attention to their relation to each other in the display -

 Mags revisited some favourite pots -

Her careful and delicate drawing is hard to see on screen - this detail has been edited (on my phone) to add more light and "pop", but doesn't serve the purpose either -

(Paleness is a problem I often have with my own work - too tentative! - and despite reminders-to-self  along the lines of "Be bold! It's only a drawing for heaven's sake!" it's a hard one to tackle. Perhaps what's needed is to carry only pen-and-ink? The very thought makes me quiver with terror! But hey, "it's only a drawing"....)

Extracurricular activities

Carol couldn't resist cutting up one of those ikea scarf/tie holders and adding "a bit" of layered and interwoven yarn, and a few beads ... voila, a new addition for the Christmas tree! -

 We are keeping an eye on the growth of Mags' train stitching....

Thanks to Najlaa for bringing a 2014 issue of Morley Magazine, in which I appear among the prizewinners - centre front! -