Saturday, March 16, 2013
"Peaceful and Reconciling Ptah II"
10:43pm


Digital version from the original, ink pen and colored pencil on acid free paper, 17.8 x 25.3 cm (7 x 10 in.)
   
Original version with text and reversed version.

While the colors of the original are influenced by those of the stela of Penbuwy, (British Museum, EA.1466), afterwards I shifted the color hues to create a more peaceful mood:

Next, taking these colors, I lightened the background and Ptah's skin. Not happy with the white area where my ugly handwriting had been, I took the stripes from the throne and adapted them for its base.

            
The transformation...

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