A drawing assignment from last term had me trawling through websites like the always excellent British Museum‘s galleries. I’ve loved the artwork from the ancient near middle east for a long time (for example, my early project The Queen of the Night). It felt like a good time to revisit. Here are some pencil sketches and the collages made from them.
The paper for the Mesopotamian monster came from a good-quality women’s fashion catalogue (thank you, Gudrun) with some watercolour accents. I particularly liked the way shading came naturally from the stripes, text and dot patterns.
For the slightly-bonkers Roman goddess, I pulled out all the stops — aluminium foil packaging, cut-up business cards, scraps from the hole puncher, ink splatters and various pens. She’s rather magnificent in a mad sort of way.
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- Ancient Mesopotamian monster from a clay seal (sketch)
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- Ancient Mesopotamian monster from a clay seal (collage)
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- Goddess head from a Roman coin (sketch)
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- Goddess head from a Roman coin(collage)
