Christine’s Journal

Tired ramblings:

random thoughts

And an study of an Aztec blood letting ritual: Please don’t try this at home kids, its not clever.

Aztec Ritual Threading

Incidentally…I saw the sculpture/relief carving of this in the British Museum earlier this year when I went to see the Terracotta army with my Fiance.
I was asking one of the curators (I assumed he was any way…) where the Mayan stuff was, and he … Continue Reading

These are some relatively quick study paintings based on a photo of Sharon Stone I found on Miles Teves website. (Link) It is not a complete copy of the picture as such; I made the hair bigger, and I don’t think it looks like Sharon Stone anymore. I think she would make a great elf noble. I thought the layered hair was really interesting to paint.

I did a version with the scratches down her face as well as one without, which though a tad morbid was surprisingly fun.

This is using some brushes I have been working on over the … Continue Reading