Following the chart to 52 drawings this year.
The scarab beetle was sacred in ancient Egypt. (I am not an Ancient Egyptian, just to be clear). The god Khepri, who was Ra as the rising sun, was represented by a scarab beetle-headed man. Khepri would roll the sun across the sky in the same way the scarab (or dung beetle) would roll dung into a ball into which they laid their eggs so that as the larvae emerged they were surrounded by a food source. (I know, gross, but nature’s recyclers, right?) It was this birth and cycle of renewal that corresponded to the birth of the sun each morning. Here is my scarab beetle:
Lovely! Camel’s fleas next?
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Yuck! Not on your life! 😂
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well done 🙂 should we call him Khepri? :)) sweet name for such scary creature :))
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It is isn’t it? 😃 Thank you!
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💕💕✌️ yep
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Eeek! excellent!
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Haha! Thanks! 😜
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Terrific scarab beetle, Meg! 🙂
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Thanks, Mia! Have a great day! ☀️
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You’re welcome, Meg! Have a great day too! Hope you’re enjoying some sunshine! 🙂
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A little bit then more rain later… the Philadelphia suburbs feel like Seattle!
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So funny you should mention Seattle, it’s been so gloomy here, no rain just gray. 😉
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Wow! Doc, that’s terrific! Putting that studio space to good use, I see. 😃
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I am! I love my new easel, too. I have a couple new paintings finished as well. Fun!!! 😃😃
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Awesome! 😃😃
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Doh! And thank you I forgot to say! 😆
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Hahaha! How rude! 😜😜
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It’s crazy that a stink bug was so respected…love the sketch!
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Thank you!
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Yuk, Meg, but in a very good and lifelike way!
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Haha! Thanks! 😃
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Oh my god… a bug. I’m going to have nightmares. Is anyone else itchy?
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I knew you’d ‘love’ this one! At least its not a spider? 😜
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Oh… spiders aren’t worse. I’m an equal opportunity bug-hater. 🙂
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Hahaha! Got it!
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Great symmetry study on the body.
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Thank you! I actually used a ruler to make sure. And even though the one leg is longer? That’s accurate to the photo I used. 😁
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The legs wouldn’t need to be symmetrical, and in nature the body likely wouldn’t be totally either. But it’s that thing of trying to draw both sides of the “is it vase, is it two faces” optical illusion, it’s amazingly tricky to get it right.
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Most definitely! And I struggle with it mightily!
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I was just watching The Mummy today. These are highlighted in that movie. Funny timing, and nice drawing!
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You know… I almost included a clip from The Mummy. The one where the scarabs consume the bad guy! 😃 Thank you!
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Bugs are not my favourite part of nature but I like your version of this fellow.
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Not mine either, but they are interesting! And necessary! Thanks so much!
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