Sketch of the day: Alexander & Menander
Sunday, 8 May 2016 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spqrbluesThis is art for one of the Kickstarter prints. I originally hand-watercoloured it, but that didn't print well, so I redid it digitally and got better results.
The print includes a verse from Catullus:
Not so much grim but an encouragement to enjoy life while you can. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, and all that.
A couple of watercolour tests I did to see how they'd print:
The print includes a verse from Catullus:
Value all the old men's gossip less than copper coins.
Suns set yet rise again, but when our brief light sets
that long night will be an endless sleep . . .
Not so much grim but an encouragement to enjoy life while you can. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, and all that.
A couple of watercolour tests I did to see how they'd print:
