Merry Christmas, dear friends. It is a wonderful solstice holiday which is underappreciated by the Christian Churches. In the Neolithic period (8000 to 2500 BCE), the agriculturists understood that life grew out of, and was nourished by, the female energies. They understood fertilisation by males so to activate the process of a new life. As best typified by Minoan archeology, society was balanced…
Merry Christmas, dear friends. It is a wonderful solstice holiday which is underappreciated by the Christian Churches. In the Neolithic period (8000 to 2500 BCE), the agriculturists understood that life grew out of, and was nourished by, the female energies. They understood fertilisation by males so to activate the process of a new life. As best typified by Minoan archeology, society was balanced…
Recently, I've been looking to get into Oils and traditional work with a little more conviction. These are various studies ranging from 1 - 8hrs a piece in an effort to break through the weird fear and get a little more comfortable with the medium.
The Kurgan, Highlander (1986)
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Allan-A-Dale, BBC's Robin Hood (2006-2009)
Propaganda
The Kurgan, Highlander (1986)
Portrayed by: Clancy Brown
“He’s tall, with that voice, that hair, he’s beautiful! And in that armour, he’s to die for. That photo of him without his helmet, looking broodingly into the distance is everything to me.”
Allan-A-Dale, BBC's Robin Hood (2006-2009)
Portrayed by: Joe Armstrong
“my baby boy who has done Nothing wrong Ever in his entire life (apart from, you know, pretty much everything)”
Additional Propaganda Under the Cut
Additional Propaganda
For The Kurgan:
For Allan-A-Dale:
"He betrays his friends for money and a cool leather outfit, defo has something going on with Guy of Gisborne, and then dies."
#InternationalSnowLeopardDay: The mythical winged snow leopard on the mountain, now a national symbol of Kazakhstan.
badge from The Golden Warrior burial
Issyk kurgan, ca. 4th-3rd c. BCE
stamped & engraved gold 7.2 × 8.5 cm
National Museum of of the Republic of Kazakhstan collection