Adrian Goldsworthy & Graham Sumner

 Salvete Omnes,

a short entry - UK historian and novelist Adrian Goldsworthy hosts UK illustrator (working in gouache), reenactor and author Graham Sumner (eg author of the books - Roman Military Dress & Roman Warriors). 

the  video of the interview is on dr Goldsworthy's  Yt channel -

all artwork copyright @GrahamSumner and under the fair use licence.

Enjoy

Valete

Maestro Marek Szyszko -

 Salvete Omnes,

[in Polish]

  Maestro Marek Szyszko udzielil wywiadu IPNtv pt 'Historia ilustrowana. Marek Szyszko o tym jak malujemy przeszłość - cykl Uczy i bawi.'

 prace mosci pana Marka wykonane w technice gwaszowej dla Karwansaray Publishers 

Ilustracje - Copyright @ Karwansaray Publishers .

Valete

Joseph Heicke - riders and horses

 Salvete  Omnes,

Maestro Joseph Heicke is another Austrian painter of this year... 

k.k. Hussar 

Austrian or Austo-Hungarian (Kaiser und Konig - k.k.) ulan (lancers) 

He was known for his equestrian works from the wider spectrum

self portrait

- Middle East (Orient), Hungarian lands of the Austrian Empire and Wallachian subjects.

lady riding side saddle

the Wallachians/Hungarians - costumes, cattle and horses

Oriente Lux - Arabs, Turks, Bedouins and their camels and horses 

enjoy

Valete

Farewell Old Year 2024

 Salvete Omnes,

and the last hours  of the old 2024 - Adios  Old Year.

and I will share some drawings of mine with you - I have been posting much of my art. 

These drawings I draw and painted on paper, with pen, ballpen, watercolor and gouache, mixing techniques.  

.. I like to think we once had shamans who had been eating Amanita Muscaria (muchomor czerwony in Polish) and then dreaming about the world within and without.

Cheers

Valete

Ballpen drawings & Sketches of Old Polish horsemen and horses

 Salvete Omnes

the very end of the year, it has been not a bad year AD2024 ... but for the wars and mayhem all over the world. 

I have not been posting my own drawings & sketches lately. 

So in the spirit of the New Year's Eve,  San Silvestre, Sylwester or la Noche Vieja coming tomorrow night, I am pleased to share  some of my Old Poland horsemen theme drawings & sketches in ballpen on paper, with some gouache and/or watercolor or gesso (some little resizing etc in GIMP and Krita)

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Enjoy

Salvete

Stammbuch Andreas Huber - Cod.Don.899

 Salvete Omnes,

a short entry to this extraordinary Stammbuch of Andreas Huber - a mix of gouaches and woodcuts (of Jost Amman's workshop) from  1584 or the last quarter  of the XVI century. Held at the Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (FR of Germany)- follow this  this link. 

enjoy

ps
caveat -
the war between Russian Federation and the West being fought in Ukraine, with horrendous losses to the people of that poor country,  has just gotten darker and more dangerous - Russians fired a new type of a hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine - prof. Ted Postol talks about this development with US Army colonel(retired) Daniel Davis (on his Yt channel) .  Our world is moving closer to a nuclear war? 

Valete