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This week our homework theme was "Greek myths." One of my favorite Greek myth characters has always been the Oracle. I don't know why, she just seems so mysterious and special and awesome. image source I came up with this composition where most of her body is in the light, but her face is in shadow. I drew a quick little thumbnail. I knew that getting a photo reference would help a lot for this. The only tricky part would be finding a place with such strong light. Luckily it was a sunny day…

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Priestess of Delphi by John Collier, showing the Pythia sitting on a tripod with vapor rising from a crack in the earth beneath her (1891) Art Gallery South Australia (Public Domain) Priestess Of Delphi, Ritual Clothing, John Collier, Npc Art, Witch Apothecary, Oracle Of Delphi, Frank Dicksee, Eugene Atget, Giovanni Boldini

An ancient oracle told by a Pythian priestess says, “But when the time shall come that the female conquers in battle, driving away the male, and wins great glory in Argos, then many wives of the Argives shall tear both cheeks in their mourning.”

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John Collier - The Priestess of Delphi [1891] | Flickr - Photo Sharing! John Collier, Oracle Of Delphi, Pre Raphaelite Art, John Everett Millais, Pre Raphaelite, Paul Klee, Painting Reproductions, Wassily Kandinsky, Rembrandt

John Collier (January 27, 1850 - April 11, 1934) was a leading English artist and author. He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painter of his generation. Both his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley. He studied painting at the Munich Academy where he enrolled on April 14, 1875at the age of 25. [Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide - Oil on Canvas, 16 x 8 cm]

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