Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Drawing Fayoum Portrait # 2


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.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah!oui celui-la il me plait beaucoup,
ses grands yeux un peu mélancoliques,sa petite bouche en...
bouton de rose et sa fossette au menton, non il n'a vraiment pas l'air méchant.
Tu sais que l'on a jamais les 2 yeux semblables,bref, je dois préferer les
hommes.Epagneul triste

franswazz said...

Mon Petit Epagneul Triste,
Les portraits des Fayoum ont presque toujours des yeux immenses qui semblent te parler...
Tu as raison a propos des yeux, je suis sure.
Je commence ma journee, grosses bises a toi et a + tard.