Ink version of the four caryatids.

I used Quink writing ink for this. It is water soluble and loses its blackness when water is added. The colours separate into subtle blues and browns. Presumably the blue is a pigmant like Ultramarine but the browns I strongly suspect involve oak gall. Oak gall has for centuries been a basic component of ink.

Four Caryatids from the Erechtheion in Athens. Pencil sketch on 300 gsm paper. A version in Quink ink is underway and will be posted later.

Agamemnon, Electra and Orestes.

These three are gouache paintings derived from the initial drawings, (see previous), done to try and get some idea how the finished work might look. I have already shown the protagonists

in the November 27 posting.

From these two triptychs I have made a computet simulation of how I would like the finished work to be presented in a gallery. You can see this here.