Showing posts with label Artefacts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artefacts. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Temps bon baisant nécessaire à Paris

Drawings at Musee du quai Branly - Stuff the French pillaged from ancient civilisations.

There was South American, African and Asian sections. The Aztec stuff was intense, the weapons were amazing to draw, the huge sculptures and tiny figurines. the first couple below show some textile patterns on aztec rugs, blankets, clothing and so on.


Some axes, staffs, bats with assorted spikey things poking out to damage mofos.

these were sweet.

Je t'aime.

Trojan records Ancient civilisation box set

Most faces on a face

La plupart des pipes

Most stupid dog

Most threadbare cat,
cheekiest mouse.

Most evil doll wench with a big spike, for no reason.

Most doll apartheid

Most cool unicycle / unfinished motorbike

Most snobby bartender. Die. Most made up heads

Most drunken style

Most nostalgic Kickers.

Most money exchanged for a pint

Gitane with the most dying brother, and the most gold teeth i ever did see on a homeless person.

Most unjust no booze rule, most manboobs on a security guard.

Most rats, with hats, on shoulders



Tuesday, 13 January 2009

British Imperialism Stolen Goods Storage

Here are some scans of drawings I did at the British Museum. From the top there is:
  • Head from a bronze cult statue of Anahita, a local (Greek?) goddess shown in the guise of Aphrodite.
  • Portrait of a Queen, possibly Berenike II of Cyrene (273 - 221 BC)/ Nike (winged messenger goddess)
  • Bronze plastic lamp in the form of a grotesque head / Terracotta model of a circular building, perhaps a shrine or tomb
  • Molossian Hound
  • Forepart of a running leopard / Portion of gold necklace (330 - 320 BC)/ Roundel of a bearded man with oriental head dress / Detail: Roundel of an elderly satyr
  • Icarus / Novelty drinking cup
  • Details from the epicrantis (ornamental band) of the Erechteum (415 BC?) / Details from the Parthenon








I reckon these are probably some of my best examples of drawing from life and the start of my improvement of sketchbook page composition. Gold star for me, well done.