Canopic Jar - Part II

I start layering on the paper-mache over the wireframe.

After layering the paper-mache on several times, I end up with a fairly smooth exterior.

First, I paint the exterior white. This gives it a good base for other colours to go on, as well as ending up with kind of a plastered look.

On my first day of painting, I end up with a couple clean lines, but only finishing one half. The other half is left with what looks like a grunge pattern over its side. I joked that I would get more marks for a faded, more realistic look.

This view excludes the unfinished side.

My canopic jar head beside the model of one of my friends.

Here is what it looks like on the day I finished. The picture quality is notably greater here as I used my DSLR for these shots.

I end up with clean, crisp lines.

Once again, my head is set to dry beside one of my friend's.

Canopic Jar - Part I

I don't know how I could've forgotten to post about this, but one of my major projects in my art class last semester was making an Egyptian canopic jar. The materials we got to use were mainly paper mache, with a bit of wire mesh. I'll detail the entire project through several posts, starting with this one.

I started trawling the web for actual historic canopic jars before starting my own. My teacher had given the class freedom over animal design for the canopic jar heads, but I wanted mine to look the part.

My searches were centred on the head of the god Horus, which was derived from the head of a falcon.

Our teacher had given us a standard jar size, which I felt was a bit on the large side. I started sketching the design for my chosen head below.

I was able to get my hands on some wire mesh, which was vital to making my head. However, despite all it's advantages over other mediums, I learned while cutting it that it was notoriously sharp around the edges and it would get stuck on my shirt and give me cuts.

Here's a comparison with my sketches.

After finishing the face, I moved on to completing the rest of the frame.

Winter

I haven't gotten around to organizing my photos on my camera in a while, and so here are some pictures I took a couple months back.

Mother's Day

Well, instead of drawing some roses for this Mother's Day, I've bought my mom 3 carnations. But I couldn't resist setting them up for a picture though, the light through the curtains looked absolutely amazing. Here are some photos below.