This Christmas gift from my good and right now far away (and greatly missed) friend Marion has been chosen for my New Year wishes to all of you, friends, family and beloved visitors.May you enjoy peace, virtue, good health, affection, love, laughter, rewards in your job/hobbies/art making, fun and discoveries in your travels, tranquility, freedom, delectable food, luscious beverages....and plenty of bubbly throughout the whole year!....What did I forget?
Don't worry, we had another Christmas tree inside....but that is how Brussels sprouts grow for those of you city dwellers, of course not in a pot!
May the blessings and the spirit of the infant Jesus be with you now and in the coming year!
Em baked these for our party, delicious!
A soldier circa 110-130
I was not happy with his left eye (he had looked cross-eyed to me) so I dabbed a bit of white paint and redid the iris part...never mind that one is bigger than the other. I also touched up both ears...poor guy!
I think that for a soldier he looks rather gentle, don't you think? Can't have been too ferocious, just my thought.
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day.
Dean Martin
This is a pen drawing after a Fayoum portrait (Time of Caligula, 37-50).
We know her name: Eirene, pretty awesome, no?
I like to draw with my Pigma pens...even though there is almost no possible correction, it keeps me freer knowing that my goal is not a close resemblance, that I can always start a new one if I don't like the one I'm working on.
The Fayum was a district of roman Egypt inhabited by a very lively group of Romans, Egyptians, Syrians, Jews, Libyans, Nubians. The portraits were painted on canvas or wood, and were placed on top of the faces of the deceased (their bodies were embalmed) .
popular dish, not in the "gourmet" category but....soooooooo good in winter with fluffy biscuits
I'm in love...
