Who am I kidding? I have horses and four dogs with separation anxiety, a vacation is a grocery trip. I traveled as far as the computer and found some Egyptian relief sculptures and painted them up in acrylics. Horus is 9x12, Isis is 11x14. I've been wondering lately why art techniques are so easy for me, I've been doing relief sculptures since I was a kid, making huge reliefs on the beach out of sand instead of castles. When I was introduced to calligraphy I held the pen accurately, made very pretty letters the first day and couldn't understand why everyone else had problems. Been drawing obsessively since age two, have had no problem with etching, litho, engraving... outside of not much liking the precision involved, thinking "this is something that should be handed to technicians. The only thing I can't master is all prima, even though I had lessons in this starting at age 10 for about three years. It's like I can handle anything pre 19th century and am lost to anything from impressionism on. and now I have to deal with digital and It's all over. I really need to find a cave and some ocher and bear grease and do what I know how to do.
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