After yesterday, after Degas....

Yesterday, I had mentioned Degas's notebook and the note to "Cut things a lot .... No one has ever done monuments ... seen from low down, from beneath, close to, as one sees them passing on the streets." I said I would assign a trial drawing to myself. There is something about the sheer scale and majesty of the Temple of Dendur ... so I have tried to see that "cut" and "close to":

The next time I pass any kind of monument, I will look at it as Degas urged us to ...