Ozymandias

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Very well drawn Debs with such detail!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 18 Jun 19:39:57

Thank you Louise, it was fun to draw!

Posted by Debs Jones on Tue 18 Jun 22:58:03

A super pen and ink, and lovely to hear your thoughts when painting him.

Posted by Lesley Dabson on Wed 19 Jun 07:49:06

Hey Debs, fancy meeting you here! Love the drawing!

Posted by Cheryl Nielson on Wed 19 Jun 08:14:52

Great idea well executed.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 19 Jun 08:31:25

Thanks Lesley Cheryl and Gudrun for such good feedback!

Posted by Debs Jones on Wed 19 Jun 12:24:13

I love your quirky take on things. Poetry and painting all together - very highbrow, Debs! As always, a beautiful drawing with lovely detail. I really like the expression on the elephant's face - perhaps he doesn't appreciate poetry! Very unusual subject, which you are so good at finding, very well executed.

Posted by Thea Cable on Sat 06 Jul 12:11:30

Wot - an elephant that doesn't appreciate poetry?? Thea you're having a laugh..... !! Thanks very much for the comment, me highbrow? - never x

Posted by Debs Jones on Sat 06 Jul 19:49:17

Thanks Debs for your lovely comment on my pastel playful puppy, you got any of those aceo's on the go yet!

Posted by Ros Patterson on Sun 07 Jul 09:06:30

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01/04/2015

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Pen and ink wash. Inspired by Cheryl Neilson's photo on PMP. The statue is outside the Parthenon in Rome. When I was working on it though I couldn't help but remember the poem 'Ozymandias' by Shelley. Yes I know he wasn't an elephant, but I'm sure the king of kings would have had such statues littered around the place! Love the following lines:- 'My name is Ozymandias,king of kings: Look on My Works, ye mighty and despair! Nothing beside remains.Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.'

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