Papyrus Painting - Wepwawet

My latest painting is of Wepwawet. All of the Netjeru love gold, but I've long had the feeling that Wepwawet is also extremely fond of bronze. So naturally, I used lots of bronze-colored paint in this picture.

I may have overdone it a little....

Papyrus Painting - Mut

A picture of Mut that I painted. I thought about putting a was scepter in her empty hand. I've not seen a picture of her holding one, but since she's a queen, I think it would have made sense. But in the end, I painted her so that she's holding out her hand in a summoning gesture, calling for her follower (which would be me).

Papyrus Painting - Serqet

Here is a picture of Serqet that I painted for one of my friends for her birthday. Because blasphemy is fun, I took the liberty of depicting the scorpion atop her head in a more lifelike fashion, rather than the stingerless, legless manner it usually is.

Serqet, She Who Causes the Throat to Breathe

Papyrus Painting - Sekhmet

This is my latest bit of artwork, a picture of Sekhmet that I painted for my beau. I don't think her face turned out quite right (a lioness head was harder than I thought it would be!), but I'm confident that I'll get it next time. Other than that, I'm very happy with it.

Dua Sekhmet!

Sekhmet, the Red Lady

Papyrus Painting

I've fallen in love with the imagery of the Egyptian gods. But who can blame me? They're striking, to say the least. I've long wanted some nice statues of the Netjeru for my shrine, but since I can't afford to go out and but any, I decided to paint images of them instead. Creativity is my favorite – and in my opinion the most meaningful – form of devotion, so while I admire (and pine after) their statuary, I also welcome the chance to create something beautiful on their behalf.

Before diving in and painting images of my Beloveds and other Names of Netjer, I thought it would be best to first get a little practice painting on papyrus. Here is the finished product of my first attempt, a winged disk: