This sketch is the seventy-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year…
Day seventy-seven: Today I enjoyed lunch with art history colleague and friend, Andrew H. Last summer we visited ancient ruins in Ercolano, Pompeii, and Paestum, and saw the “Tomb of the Diver,” the only well-preserved example of fifth-century Greek wall painting, now in the museum at Paestum, Italy. This drawing is based on a figure in one of the frescos. The spare, fluid lines are similar in style to those used by Athenian vase painters. This picture may look simple, but I must admit it took me much longer (and more use of an eraser) than I had hoped it would. And it’s not nearly as elegant as the original. The vase in the man’s hand is a kylix, a cup used for drinking wine.
Andrew and me with the Tomb of the Diver:
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