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Artifact Illustration Lessons by Donna M. Walker – Note: Please scroll down when changing pages, the logo appears at the top of each page.

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Upcoming Classes!

Event: Artifact Illustration Class Sat. 12/3/2022

Place: San Diego Archaeological Center Address: 16666 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92027

Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm (Center closes at 2 pm) Cost: Special Rate of $35. Please indicate the date(s) you’ll be attending upon check-out.

Thanks to SDAC for letting our illustration class use their educational room and teaching collection.

Artwork

Early Bronze Age Pots Illustrated for UCSD
Early Bronze Age Pots Illustrated for UCSD
Applique sherd from Puerto Rico pot circa 40-60 AD. Always pencil first!
Applique sherd from Puerto Rico pot circa 40-60 AD. Always pencil first!
Completed Applique. Both a detailed and a line drawing best represents the artifact.
Completed Applique. Both a detailed and a line drawing best represents the artifact.
Jordan - Early Bronze Age
Jordan – Early Bronze Age
Obsidian Point
Obsidian Point
This is a photo of a drawing Oct. 2021. Early Bronze Pottery, Jordan. Fun to do.
This is a photo of a drawing Oct. 2021. Early Bronze Pottery, Jordan. Fun to do.
SDCAS' Celebrating the Art in Archaeology art show for 2021: Winner, Donna Walker for 1st Place in line drawings and also Best of Show!
SDCAS’ Celebrating the Art in Archaeology art show for 2021: Winner, Donna Walker for 1st Place in line drawings and also Best of Show!
Turtle Scraper
Turtle Scraper
Ceramics - Lug handle from Jordan with exterior, profile and interior views.
Ceramics – Lug handle from Jordan with exterior, profile and interior views.
"Where's My Comb" SDCAS Celebrating Art in Archaeology Oct. 2021.
“Where’s My Comb” SDCAS Celebrating Art in Archaeology Oct. 2021.
Finished Steatite Bead
Finished Steatite Bead
Donut Stone - wear zones indicate it may have been used for polishing.
Donut Stone – wear zones indicate it may have been used for polishing.
Venus of Willendorf - illustrated using a replica.
Venus of Willendorf – illustrated using a replica.
Ceramic sherd with comb markings. Scale 1:1
Ceramic sherd with comb markings. Scale 1:1
Jordan - Interesting vessel with a bowl in the handle; possibly for pouring.
Jordan – Interesting vessel with a bowl in the handle; possibly for pouring.
Mano
Mano
Fluted Point
Fluted Point
A French curve ruler is good for drawing and inking in curved vessels like this one.
A French curve ruler is good for drawing and inking in curved vessels like this one.
Ceramic sherd with designs are drawn as if the design is intact.
Ceramic sherd with designs are drawn as if the design is intact.
Completed Curved Vessel Early Bronze Age (Diagonal lines indicate burnishing). Note: Scale is 1:2 because of it's size.
Completed Curved Vessel Early Bronze Age (Diagonal lines indicate burnishing). Note: Scale is 1:2 because of it’s size.
Shells in pen and ink and Prismacolor.
Shells in pen and ink and Prismacolor.
Jordan Pottery
Jordan Pottery
Map of Negev
Project: Map of Negev Desert, Israel. The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant Figure 5: Simplified geological map indicating major geological formations in the vicinity of the archaeological sites with ceramic samples included in this study (based on Sneh et al. 1998. Prepared by D. Walker). Article Citation: Margie M. Burton, Patrick S. Quinn, Anthony Tamberino & Thomas E. Levy (2018) Ceramic composition at Chalcolithic Shiqmim, northern Negev desert, Israel: investigating technology and provenance using thin section petrography, instrumental geochemistry and calcareous nannofossils, Levant, 50:2, 237-257, DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2019.1625656
The Popular Atlatl
The Popular Atlatl
"House of the Ladies" in Akrotiri on Thera. Fresco of a Minoan woman illustrated in Prismacolor.
“House of the Ladies” in Akrotiri on Thera. Fresco of a Minoan woman illustrated in Prismacolor.

Contact: Donna Walker

858.829.5861
donna.walker05@gmail.com

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