29 January 2008

Etruscan

An Etruscan big shot depicted on a carved sarcophagus from 200BC. Drawn at the Royal Academy exhibition in London.
Pencil 12cm x 16cm. Click to enlarge.

5 comments:

JO said...

Beautiful expressive drawing.

Anonymous said...

Fantastic drawing--what a regal nose that guy had.

Fossfor said...

great nose!

Richard Franklin said...

Ellis, you never fail to amaze me with the fine quality and eclectic mix of your work. Particularly your watercolours - never over-worked, always “al dente”. Very satisfying!

Joanna Goddard said...

love his face. i always see people sketching at museums and wish i was able to do the same!