Another beautiful panel. I swear Klio, you just keep getting better. Your Roman stuff is undoubtedly the best yet. The three-dimensionality of the atrium, with pool repairs in work, makes it feel like you could just walk right into the pic. Yowza!
Thank you SO much. Something’s clicked and/or snapped and I’m finally on a roll (knock wood). Maybe because I stopped trying to force myself to draw the new chapter as vertical “pages” in terms of dimensions and went back to the horizontal “strips” format it’s been in for a decade. (A decade!!!)
Hm. I wonder if he has a mentally unstable son that he can foist off on Iusta?
Nevertheless he should take care hiding behind curtains. Not a safe place to be.
It was going to be sculpture studio, but the logistics–noise, dust, acceptable locations, etc.–were too much. A painter’s workshop is a more manageable substitute. Also–something I had completely forgotten until after I started drawing this–one of the first scenes written for an earlier version of the characters was Iusta having her portrait painted, so it’s nicely circular.
Good thing I coincidentally have all that detailed info about wax painting at my disposal 😀
You’ll find a bit under polychromatic wax sculpture on the Wallace collection site. They note the Romans used wax for portraiture, but I have no idea if they were doing life-sized or miniature stuff. Apparently the wax is amenable to lots of pigmentation, so the artist can get skin tones right. Tell Justa I’ll be glad to help her with that. She can come over tomorrow for a skin-tone analysis. She will need to expose a fair amount of skin, however.
Iusta’s game for an analysis of course purely in the name of art. And of course she’ll have to bring along the babysitter as a chaperone, so they’ll have to bring the baby, and the babysitter’s bratty daughter, and her bodyguard, and Damon because you really just can’t leave that kid alone anywhere….
Another beautiful panel. I swear Klio, you just keep getting better. Your Roman stuff is undoubtedly the best yet. The three-dimensionality of the atrium, with pool repairs in work, makes it feel like you could just walk right into the pic. Yowza!
Thank you SO much. Something’s clicked and/or snapped and I’m finally on a roll (knock wood). Maybe because I stopped trying to force myself to draw the new chapter as vertical “pages” in terms of dimensions and went back to the horizontal “strips” format it’s been in for a decade. (A decade!!!)
I love the cleaning materials, including the paint set! You really convey how rapidly this move is happening.
It’s a warning to tenants everywhere: you never know when the landlord will make a surprise inspection, so if a volcano erupts, start sweeping!
GA! Who’s Creepy McCreeperson hiding behind the curtains there?!?
I think the McCreeperson is the girl, probably a slave, who was cleanin the atrium. She is very anxious about the owner coming to stay at the house.
It seems that Iusta’s father had rented the house to some artisan. Or that the caretaker set up an unauthorized shop when the master left.
Larry is pretty much right. She’s just shy and nervous maybe, which…hmm…can look creepy.
The McCreeperson would undoubtedly be Justa’s own personal Polonius. No doubt he’ll begin by offering good advice about business loans!
Hm. I wonder if he has a mentally unstable son that he can foist off on Iusta?
Nevertheless he should take care hiding behind curtains. Not a safe place to be.
In Denmark, definitely avoid the drapery. In Rome, hiding behind the curtains might get you made emperor (just ask Claudius).
Didn’t figure it’d take you too long to work the encaustic paintings into the story. Looking forward to see how that’ll play out.
It was going to be sculpture studio, but the logistics–noise, dust, acceptable locations, etc.–were too much. A painter’s workshop is a more manageable substitute. Also–something I had completely forgotten until after I started drawing this–one of the first scenes written for an earlier version of the characters was Iusta having her portrait painted, so it’s nicely circular.
Good thing I coincidentally have all that detailed info about wax painting at my disposal 😀
The Wallace Collection in London has lots of beautiful wax bas-relief miniatures. Maybe you can find pic online….???
I’ll hop in the googlemobile and see what I can find.
You’ll find a bit under polychromatic wax sculpture on the Wallace collection site. They note the Romans used wax for portraiture, but I have no idea if they were doing life-sized or miniature stuff. Apparently the wax is amenable to lots of pigmentation, so the artist can get skin tones right. Tell Justa I’ll be glad to help her with that. She can come over tomorrow for a skin-tone analysis. She will need to expose a fair amount of skin, however.
Iusta’s game for an analysis of course purely in the name of art. And of course she’ll have to bring along the babysitter as a chaperone, so they’ll have to bring the baby, and the babysitter’s bratty daughter, and her bodyguard, and Damon because you really just can’t leave that kid alone anywhere….
In fact, the more the merrier!