So I Found This Stunning Violet Carpenter Bee The Other Day 

sketches for mary and gabriel <3

Cupid from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses 🌹🕊 🏹

[prints avaiable here!]

and anyway my best friend instructed me about the existence of the magic wand tool just yesterday 

and that’s how random i am when using the graphic tablet 

today I was thinking about the fact that i've drawn romano as the son of ancient greece once, implying that he was the magna graecia... and that would mean that he and ancient rome have more or less the same age

i'm trying to understand my own headcanons now

And finally I completed the challenge ❣️

dear people who follow me, a heartfelt thank you for all the support you have given me this year!! i do not have a big audience, but i’m honest when i say that i am extremely grateful for how thoughtful and kind the one i have is. i read every comment and message that you leave under my paintings, and they really make me feel happy about my art and comfortable with experimenting with new subjects and styles. i feel that in this moment of my life both my art style and the concepts behind my pieces are switching to something more deliberate, and i’m excited at the prospect to explore this new creative path in 2024 and to share the results with you

may the new year bring you clarity and serenity. thank you again 💌

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT, you have warmed my heart 💌 may you spend a lovely day whether you celebrate christmas or not!! ⭐️

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thank you so so much, you have answered my question and expanded the theme so beautifully! i had catched glipses of elements borrowed from the gospels in other episodes of the dyonisiaca, but the link between the tree-climbing and zacchaeus didn't occurr to me.

and your research sounds incredibly interesting; now i am absolutely looking forward to get to the parts with ampelus and pentheus

question not related to art (yet):

lately i have been reading the dionysiaca by nonnus and just yesterday i have reached the part in which actaeon's myth is told. nonnus makes acteaeon climb a tree in order to spy on artemis, and i wanted to ask - how popular is this element in this myth? because it is very clear that here nonnus intends to draw as many parallels between actaeon and pentheus as possible (as he should) and if i remember correctly in ovid there are no mentions of actaeon climbing a tree. does someone knows any other classical versions in which this element is present?

thank you in advance

i'm trying to learn how to paint traditionally and this is my first attempt with acrylics - it is a bit all over the place but i don't hate it?

you understand my vision of associating every single plant in existence with dionysus. thank you for having voted <3