Peeling plaster completed

In this stage, I have finished painting all of the peeling plaster, which shows the terracotta underneath.

Adding shadows helps to give the illusion of the plaster peeling away with time..

Terracotta and plaster sarcophagus

Every now and then, my head likes to have a complete flight of fancy in a painting.
This is that painting.

It started with a sarcophagus, terracotta in construction and with paler plaster over the top, with traces of gold left upon it.

Then my imagination kicked in..

I can't show you the drawing as all of this was drawn and painted within my two hour stint at art club..