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The love pact between the nymph and the faun – Charcoal drawing – Mythological illustration.
This artwork depicts a nymph making a pact of love with a faun, and she presents him with a magical orb as a symbol of love. A large wild boar can be seen witnessing the scene. The atmosphere surrounding the figures is twilight-like and dreamlike. This piece was created using the traditional dry technique of…
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Tragic love in the dreamlike environment of dreams. Illustration. Symbolism. Drawing.
In this mixed-media work (markers and pastel chalk), the foreground shows a woman fleeing from something that terrifies her; that something is Death, lurking on the right side in the background. The woman seeks safety in the arms of the man in the middle ground, who could be her partner, but the horror is inevitable.…
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The nymph and the faun
Illustration created with markers on paper. This is the drawn version of the previous oil study. Lines are used consistently in various directions using the hatching technique. It depicts a faun encountering a nymph on a mountain. Next to the nymph, a fawn is seen resting, and behind her, the skull of a faun. Could…
Luis Paredes 