CLEOPATRA

CLEOPATRA

Pencil drawing on A4 size Medium Texture Artist Canvas Sheet (primed) – 330 GSM. This is the prelim stage and will be completed with acrylic paint. Size: 21cm x 29.5cm
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_I am busy writing a novel about life in ancient Egypt. I will tell you all later what the story entails. My research had me buying a stack of Ancient Egyptian refrence books. Some of the books are colourfully illustrated. Since we had been without electricity (AGAIN!) for a whole day, I started skecthing and painting my own versions of some legendary figures from that time period.
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This is a drawing of Cleopatra after the image of the French actress Claudette Colbert. She was given the part of Cleopatra in the 1934 film of Cecil B. de Mille about the life of Cleopatra.

Cleopatra was the last in the line of her ancient pharaoh ancestors in ancient Egyptian times. The glorious reign of pharaohs came to an end with her death. She commited suicide by having a cobra snake biting her after she heard that Ceasar Octavius of the strong Roman Empire was near her palace. This way she did not suffer the humiliation of defeat by the enemy.

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I go nowhere without my camera, backup batteries, sketch pads, pencils, paints, brushes. It has become a way of life! Lucky me, as no power, means artistic power! So take that, put it in your pipe and smoke it ESKOM!

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Image copyright: Mariaan Krog 2008
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