Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.
Elizabethan Aziraphale and Crowley in the style of the 16th century miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard. Hilliard didn’t like chiascuro, or any sort of shadow really, which makes getting the resemblance quite hard. The lockets are genuine pieces I pulled from museum websites for mock-up only.
Aziraphale’s inscription: Si tabula daretur digna animum mallem. It translates to “if one could but paint his mind.”
Crowley’s inscription: Alget, qui non ardet. It translates to “he becomes cold who does not burn.”
went to my first tea-tasting event today! 07/28/2019
「i took these when i was there! it was lovely!」
Regency Aziraphale and Crowley in the style of Ingres’s portrait drawings.
I remember copying Ingres at school was gruelling but equally rewarding. It usually involved hours at the Met drawing room with a magnifier. Each one of his lines is expressive, and every edge is finely controlled. An Ingres copy wouldn’t have the feel of the original at all if it’s not done this carefully with a SHAAARP pencil on very smooth paper. (Ironically, not Ingres paper...)
I took out the same magnifier and all the Ingres catalogues I could find at my place for this drawing too... The struggle is real (?)