Acrylic painting of a winner of the |Heraea

Painting project - winners of the Heraea were allowed to put a painting of themselves in the Temple of Hera (though there are no existing examples). Resonant of Greek painted sculptures I have  used appropriate colours to make an imagined self-portrait of an ancient Greek winner. They wore their hair loose and flowing, she is  around 13 years old. See notes of research about the race. This could be a model for a bust as well. Winners could put a statue of themselves in the Temple. 

Below: imagined armour for a 'guardian' of Platos Republic. Sited from his chapter Women and Family. Guardians could be women but had to live with other guardians and not in a family. I imagine she could run with armour as part of her war training and could run in an Olympic Race in Platos system.

Oil bar painting on canvas - primed with gesso (in part - I left the area around the armour plain - just as an experiment. This would have to be done in finished painting. Layers need to be built up to get modelling correct. The final layers would be oil paint to highlight small areas where a sheen might be still there. It could also be done as a brand new armour piece in oils or oil bar. More experimentation needed.

Armour could be sculpted in fine mild steel mesh. Chicken wire could be sculpted to be finished in plaster bandage and then painted in emulsion to seal and oil paint or acrylic over that.

(Original in large collected sketchbook)  This painting could also be used for a print series also