Kom Ombo 8x10 Oil on Gold Leaf © Margret E. Short 2011 Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two It seems perfectly fitting to use gold leaf as a base support for the ancient Egyptian pigment project paintings, especially considering so many antiquities are made of precious metals such as gold. First I applied twenty three carat gold … [Read more...] about Kom Ombo
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Feluccas on the Nile
Feluccas on the Nile © Margret E. Short 2011, 12x5 Oil on panel Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two Feluccas on the Nile, is inspired by a lovely warm January afternoon sailing around an island near Aswan while watching the sun create long dark shadows across the dunes. As far as the eye can see the feluccas elegantly glide over the water … [Read more...] about Feluccas on the Nile
Felucca Study #6
Felucca Study # 6 Oil on Gold Leaf, 7x5 ©Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA, Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two … [Read more...] about Felucca Study #6
Felucca Study #5
Felucca Study # 5 Oil on Silver Leaf, 7x5 ©Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA, Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two … [Read more...] about Felucca Study #5
Felucca Study #3
Felucca Study # 3 Oil on Gold Leaf, 7x5 ©Margret E. Short, OPA, AWA, Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena Lessons from the Pharaoh's Tomb, Part Two … [Read more...] about Felucca Study #3
From the Vizier’s Studio
This detail of one of the finished Part ll Project paintings shows how the vizier's paintbox might have looked in his studio. The colors in the box, red iron oxide, malachite, yellow, and black were all used in my painting just has he most likely would have used. Writings below the box are on papyrus. … [Read more...] about From the Vizier’s Studio