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Bast: The Egyptian Cat Goddess (Artwork)

February 21, 2008 08:33 PM EST

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Some of you might be familar with Bast, some not so familar. Here's a sketch I did years ago inspired by her. The one arm never was completed. Hands are difficult for me to draw with satisfaction, lol. The eye of horus is seen behind her head.

Drawings submitted for the Jungle Drawing Challenge.

Here's the full view (apologies on the dark nature of the photos. My scanner is not on the PC that has internet access)

http://media-files.gather.com/images/d864/d601/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

A bit of a closer view.

http://media-files.gather.com/images/d867/d601/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

And finally just her head and shoulders.

http://media-files.gather.com/images/d870/d601/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

I figured a photo essay format was best to display the closer and full shots of the sketch.

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Tags: drawing, pencil, pen and ink, freehand drawing, creativity, egypt, hand drawn, mixed media, free hand, art, bast

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Comments: 11

Kimber L. Feb 21, 2008, 8:47pm EST

It is great I really like it!

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Jennifer F. Feb 21, 2008, 9:04pm EST

She's beautiful! What a great piece of work.

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*Holly *. Feb 22, 2008, 12:24am EST

Bast is a beautiful Goddess and this was a beautiful drawing!
Thank you for posting it.

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Emma L. Feb 22, 2008, 1:28am EST

Great drawing! I think we all have something that we struggle with....my friend swears she'll never be able to draw a human face...

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Alice N. Feb 22, 2008, 1:49am EST

Very interesting interpretation. I am very drawn to Bast. You captured her.

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Linda K. Feb 22, 2008, 3:40am EST

Very nice~I love the delicate nuances in your sketch work!

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René Allen Feb 22, 2008, 4:32pm EST

Jen ~ No colorized version? What!? (smiling)

Somehow the Eye of Horus in this drawing is reminding me of superman. I don't know why.

Are you going to attempt to finish this? It would be nice if you would copy it and work on it some more. That way you'll still have your original copy.

Thanks for posting this one Jen.

Blessings ~
Rene A.

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Jennifer N. Feb 22, 2008, 6:32pm EST

I don't know I might finish it one day Rene. As for the color I find I tend to ruin things with color a lot. Often I've redrawn something just to have it back in pencil... oops. lol.

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