Nefertiti.. by Jim Morris

Nefertiti..
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Excellent Jim. Love everything Egyptian. Have they found her tomb yet? There was a programme on TV recently.

Thanks Margaret and Dorothy, and no, the tomb-find was a false alarm. There was nothing in the rumour. She lives on in mystery..

Lovely painting, Jim.

What a great image, looks what she was, enigmatic.

Lovely work Jim, love the way you have highlighted the bone structure, it's beautiful 😀

She has the look of a superior being Jim! Very well done.

Good work, Jim. My wife's just looked over my shoulder at your pic and said, that's Nefertiti. It certainly is. I would have said that charcoal and watercolour don't go together (based on my own efforts), but you've proved me wrong.

Cheers Lew, and wife, for the comments. I used charcoal pencil Lew which is harder and doesn't blur/ smear as easily as normal charcoal.

Thank you Cesare, Stephen, Carolyn, Linda and Tessa for the kind comments.

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10/05/2019
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A watercolour and charcoal pencil version from the mask. 12 x 8 watercolour paper.

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Jim Morris

I've reached 85 ( September 2024 ) years young and love to paint and draw. Watercolours are my preference used also with line and wash. I paint or sketch something most days of whatever takes my fancy. Glad to have found this site. I don't feel I have a set painting style but I tend to go for…

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