This is the first year I’ve ever completed a September art challenge (although it admittedly took me a /little/ longer than expected for me to crawl over the finish line, but I did)! I’ve had so much fun with these classical prompts provided by Jenks, please check out her linked website.
I tried to keep some consistency between each design and decided to base every image on an actual ancient artifact, rather than making up completely new scenes (maybe I’ll do that next year…). Admittedly, in the chaos of an illustration a day (for the most part), there are a couple that slipped through the net of potential non-ancient origin, but these will be indicated below. I also tried to follow a similar design style throughout the series whereby the main image would be painted in gouache, with details being added with more solid blocks of gouache and coloured pencil. I added a watercolour background with leaf details to the first image and ended up carrying that motif throughout the whole series, with slight variations on the leaf designs.
I have tried to research each artifact as best I can and have provided the provenance of each item, along with a link on my website so you can see the original. However, from many an undergrad experience, I’m sure some of my dates or descriptions aren’t precise enough so please do let me know if you spot an error so I can amend it!
Illustrations for Sale
If really like any of these illustrations, I have digitally cleaned up each image and finally opened a Redbubble store where you can purchase a variety of products. I will also be adding some of the originals to my main shop soon!
