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This time it’s Simon Baker as Patrick Jane from The Mentalist.

This one was done from a photo that was taken from a weird angle. I spent too much time on it already, and decided to upload it anyway. This is Rona Kenan, one of the best Israeli rock singer-songwriters of recent years.

One of my best, if I might say so. Took me 30 minutes, more or less.

Yesterday I did not present you with a doodle, so to make up for it, here’s a giant doodle with lots of portraits, all taken from Firefly, one of the best sci-fi shows ever.

This theme involves really quick portraits, no more than an hour total. And today’s doodle there’s no need to introduce.

Today’s ancient synagogue is the one from Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum כפר נחום, in Hebrew). It was built in the 4th century A.D, and it has the shape of a basilike: it is an elongated square and has the elements of a common church (that is of course a very short description).

Drawing soldiers from classical periods turned more difficult than I thought. They require some research for finding references, and since I did not want to copy (too much) other people’s work, I figured I’d  better neglect this theme for a later time. Still, not wanting to stray too far from this fascinating cultural and historical period, I found out a collections of articles on Wikipedia about ancient synagogues, with lots of pictures. So today I start this theme and hopefully it will be easier and faster.

So the first synagogue I sketched is located in Bar’am National Park. It is dated to the Talmudic period, which was from about 4-6th century A.D. This doodle took me about 30 minutes to complete.

Today I drew the hetairoi, which was the elite cavalry of ancient Greece, especially of the Makedonian Army.

I know, last theme lasted only two doodles, but I just really wanted to start drawing the soldiers. Anyway, today’s the Greek hoplite. The hoplites, named after their shield (hopla, in Greek), were the middle-class soldiers in the city-states in ancient Greek. They had to buy their own gear, which included a shield, spear, helmet and sometimes armor.

And today I sketched the chlamys – an ancient Greek piece of garment, which is basically a square piece of sheet worn over the shoulders. It is tied over the right shoulder using a fibula (ancient brooch). The chlamys is usually worn by soldiers or messengers.