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135816 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 16:11
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26/11/2022

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The Stromboli as seen from the foot of the volcano, on the city side. It's a huge black shape against the sky. From the summit, fumes and clouds are blending together. It looks threatening and ominous.

135815 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 16:10
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26/11/2022

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A small volcanic island just nearby the Stromboli. It has a lighthouse on top. The island is about 30 or 50 meters high and its shape looks flat on top and there is cliffs on every side, meaning it's a bit like a hat without border rising from the sea.

135814 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 16:09
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25/11/2022

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The Stromboli as seen from the nearby island. On the foreground, a jetee along which a fisherman's boat is attached. On the foreground the Stromboli is ejecting fumes on the distance, and between the jetee and the Stromboli, two small volcanic islands with sharp edges are rising straight from the see.

135813 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 16:08
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20/11/2022

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A volcanic small island in the Stromboli surroundings (Eolian islands). The isle has a triangle shape, with the top point beeing on the left hand side. It is very spiky and the shadows give it a dramatic outlook.

135812 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 10:18
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20/11/2022

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A view across a sea channel. On the background, a mountain landscape and some heavy clouds, some tiny buildings near the shore and an huge antenna. On the foreground, piles of concrete blocks inthe water, dedicated to break the waves.

135811 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 10:17
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19/11/2022

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A mummy seen from the front. The body wears a coat, a shirt and a scarf of some sort. The nose and eyes are missing and the skin shrank, making is mouth weird. Something is hanging from the nose but it is difficult to tell what it actually is...

135810 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 10:17
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19/11/2022

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A mummy's bust, bent forward, wearing a coat and a shirt.

135809 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 10:15
skeleton / mummy
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18/11/2022

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A mummy pinned to the wall. The body is a bearded monk and the skull is completely broken, revealing the inside. The arms are crossed down in front of the belly and is looking a bit twisted. It sits inside a recess of the wall, and alongside are several bunk beds of the like, on which other corpses lie.

135808 author: blunt@mastodon.art 22 Dec 10:15
skeleton / mummy
tags: #MastoArt #art #sketchbook

18/11/2022

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A mummy from upfront, but the head looking straight to the right. The body wears a coat, a thin tie and a shirt. The skin detaches itself from the skull.

135807 author: blunt@mastodon.art 21 Dec 15:35
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17/11/2022

Catacombs of Palermo.

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A mummy bust, as seen from a front right perspective. The body looks toward the left and is wearing a heavy jacket along with an information tag around the neck.

135806 author: blunt@mastodon.art 21 Dec 15:34
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16/11/2022

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A mummy bust, held to the wall thanks to a wire that goes all the way around the neck. The body is seen upfront from the left and looks down to the right. The dried up skin detaches itself from the skull on several spots. The eyes and the mouth are fully open, giving the impression of someone suffocating or screaming.

135805 author: blunt@mastodon.art 21 Dec 15:33
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16/11/2022

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A mummy, seen from upfront, bent forward and hooded, whose face shows only the forehead and the nose. The arms are crossed in front of the chest and the clothes show indentations from the wires that hold the body pinned to the wall. We also see a rectangular tab displaying some infos below the neck.

135804 author: blunt@mastodon.art 20 Dec 08:18
skelettons
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15/11/2022

Last for today, still the catacombs in Palermo.

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A skull has been embedded inside a statue, everything put inside a recess of the wall. The statue is a bust with hair or hat of some sort and there's a hole through which we can see the skull.

Also two other mummies, one wearing a hood and looking down, another with the face wrinkled and twisted by the skin having shrinked throughout the centuries.

135803 author: blunt@mastodon.art 20 Dec 08:16
skelettons
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15/11/2022

The second is from the Catacombs Palermo's. It's a complicated place because it is dark, you can't take photographs out of respect and you need to be careful not to be pushed around by the others since the space is easily crowded.

The staff was extremely nice to me, allowing the use of water and paint inside while it is dangerous for the mummies and that a disaster awaits in every alley. Many thanks to them!

Ballpen, gouache and graphite.

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Three mummies, at different stage of conservation. One has a big rope around the neck and a tag with some information on it and looks down. Another looks up. A third, displayed inside a shallow recess on the wall, wears a hat of some sort, the face is a bare skull, and the corpse is wearing a heavy coat.

135802 author: blunt@mastodon.art 19 Dec 11:24
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15/11/2022

Ok so this is yet another sketchbook from my past holidays in Sicilia. But as I have something from before that I did'nt post, here you go.

So the first sketch is a total failure but it still is interesting despite the mess it is. It's on the northern coast of Bretagne, not very far from Saint-Malo.

It is plein air and took about a couple hours before I just decided that this was wrong right from the start.

Ballpen, gouache and graphite.

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A chucrh on top of a hill that goes straight down into the see. The church has a human statue on top. The cliff itself is very rocky. The sketch is very dark and messy.

135801 author: blunt@mastodon.art 19 Dec 11:23
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28/04/2022

I won't have the time to really work on this before next week I think, but I'm pursuing my tests just with the cheapest ball pen and gouache and it's quite ok.

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