Are Those Mummies In A Jar?: Daily Art Practice
Couch Talk
Ever since I was a little girl, I loved the art of Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians use of color and pictures is fascinating to me, especially papyrus art. In 2007, my husband and I went to see the exhibit, Tutankhamun: Golden Age of the Pharoah’s. It was full of beautiful artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask. Above is a model of what they believed Tutankhamun to look like, based off forensics of his body. How cool is that? It was an exciting experience, and I would like to see more exhibits that are similar. For now, I will settle with watching tomb excavations and documentaries on Egyptian history.
Do you have any favorite resources for Ancient History?
Daily Art Practice
I have always wanted to do a study on Ancient Egyptian artifacts. I made these few studies to practice my sketching and gouache skills. I got the various reference photos from museums and Pinterest.
This second page was made from reference photos at The British Museum in their Death and After Life Exhibit.
I enjoyed this study so much, that I am looking forward to doing another. Maybe on scarabs or canopic jars.
Tea Day
I am joining the tea day ladies, hosted by Elizabeth and Bleubeard. My tea today is Honey Vanilla Chamomile. I drink this in the mornings before I can have caffeine. The flavor is delicious and calming.
Happy Tea Day,
Kate
Your interest in Egypt is leading you to some interesting art work! They were so amazingly creative and for such a long time. And so many people find them fascinating. I’ve been following the Egyptian government’s insistence that the ancient Egyptians were not African, either culturally or racially. They have been reacting to an exhibit in the Netherlands that in fact has a completely different thought anyway — it’s about the way that America Black music has used ancient Egyptian themes. There are so many streams of thought involved!
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I love ancient Egypt history too. The stories are super interesting to me, and I love reading novels about mummies. Your artwork is wonderful. Colorful and well done. Great sounding tea too. Happy T-day and hugz to you, Kate.
I think I saw that same exhibit. We were taking a vacation in and around PHiladelphia and there was a Tut exhibit we visited. It was pretty amazing, and I think ancient Egypt is pretty fascinating. . Your drawings are also fantastic.. Are you going to have your tea parties with your children this summer again? Have a super T day and week ahead Kate. hugs-Erika
What interesting art work. The idea of researching antiquities interests me. I hope you show us more art along this line.
Love your Egyptian art, it’s fabulous. I saw the exhibition some years back in Cologne, it was great. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
It shows in your lovely art how much you enjoyed painting these. I have been to a few of the traveling exhibits and there is nothing like seeing them. Have a happy day today.
Sorry I am late visiting. Lightening took out the electricity last night in my neighborhood. I spent the night in sweltering heat and only the electricity of my portable OTT light.
I got to see the original King Tut exhibit when it first came to the states in the late 1980s. I agree it was fascinating. You would LOVE the Kansas City, MO art museum. It specializes in ancient Egyptian art. Although it now appears they have expanded and now include a lot more than Egyptian art, feel free to check out here: https://nelson-atkins.org/collection/ancient/
Your drawings are lovely, of both the pottery and the death masks.
Your tea sounds good,, but I am sadly not a fan of chamomile. Thanks for sharing your art and your tea with us for T this Tuesday, Kate..
You made some very beautiful art, Kate. I saw the Tut exhibits in Cairo in the Egyptian Museum almost 30 years ago and I also went to his (unspectacular) tomb in the Valley of the Kings. I still remember it very vividly as I do the entire trip. It was truly fascinating.
Dear Kate, I agree, Egypt’s excavation finds and the hieroglyphs have been very interesting to me since my childhood, too and in 2010 my husband and I went to the British Museum and saw the amazing Egypt collection there. Your sketches are impressing me again.
Happy T-Day (Honey Vanilla Chamomile Tea younds good!), sunny June greetings 🌸☀️🌸 and all the best,
Traude
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Dear Kate, I agree, Egypt’s excavation finds and the hieroglyphs have been very interesting to me since my childhood, too and in 2010 my husband and I went to the British Museum and saw the amazing Egypt collection there. Your sketches are impressing me again.
Happy T-Day (Honey Vanilla Chamomile Tea younds good!), sunny June greetings 🌸☀️🌸 and all the best,
Traude
That Honey Vanilla Chamomile. sounds wonderful! I just had some honey chocolate nut ice cream. Uhmmm. good.
I do like Egyptian artifacts. We saw a whole wing of it at the Louve, when we were in Paris, 30 years ago. Huge displays. I really like your drawings. I think I like your style. 🙂 Happy T Day.
Very cool seeing what Tut looked like. I met a woman in a class who was a forensic artist. This was before CAD and such so she assisted police in murder investigations by sculpting victims faces out of clay using a skull. Cool, but creepy. Your pottery paintings are very beautiful. Happy T Day
Oh I am loving your Egyptian pottery pages Kate! They look fantastic. It’s really interesting that they are able to reconstruct what they think his face would have looked like. Sorry for my lateness, I’ve been out all week. Happy belated T Day Elle/EOTC xx