Rachel Wright · @virtuosew
560 followers · 1989 posts · Server mathstodon.xyz

This is also from a photo I took at "Tutankhamen: His Tomb and Treasures" some years ago. I had to stand to one side so my reflection didn't confuse the picture, so it's slightly skewed. But this shows what practice will do - a year ago, I wouldn't have attempted something like this!

I've used a bit of body colour so the light blue and light red are closer to right, but I tried to reserve white paper for highlights.


#painting #gouache #watercolours #worldwatercolourmonth #tutankhamen #dreamsofamarna

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Daniel Dvorkin · @medigoth
130 followers · 158 posts · Server qoto.org

Seen on Quora: this is the best possible answer to the "we have to preserve " argument for keeping monuments, bases named after Confederate generals, etc.

"A cannon from a Civil War battle is history. A uniform worn by somebody at is history. Jefferson Davis’ desk is history. Robert E. Lee’s sword is history. A monument made by the in the 1890s or 1950s isn’t history of the Civil War. It’s just a monument made by the KKK or similar racists, and is no more history than a statue I sculpt today of Pharaoh is 'history' of ancient ."

#kkk #tutankhamen #egypt #confederate #history #gettysburg

Last updated 2 years ago

Daniel Dvorkin · @medigoth
129 followers · 158 posts · Server qoto.org

Seen on Quora: this is the best possible answer to the "we have to preserve history" argument for keeping monuments, bases named after Confederate generals, etc.

"A cannon from a Civil War battle is history. A uniform worn by somebody at is history. Jefferson Davis’ desk is history. Robert E. Lee’s sword is history. A monument made by the in the 1890s or 1950s isn’t history of the Civil War. It’s just a monument made by the KKK or similar racists, and is no more history than a statue I sculpt today of Pharaoh is 'history' of ancient ."

#tutankhamen #egypt #confederate #gettysburg #kkk

Last updated 2 years ago