Ancient Greece – Double Exposure Collection
 
Step into the world of Ancient Greece, where marble temples rise above sparkling Aegean waters, olive groves line sun-warmed pathways and stories of courage, wisdom and mythology have echoed through the centuries.
Designed as part of the Pearlywinks Double Exposure range, this collection brings together atmospheric scenery, realistic characters and beautifully detailed embellishments to give you everything you need to build artwork that can feel dramatic, peaceful, powerful or completely timeless.
The characters have been created in our distinctive low-key photorealistic editorial style. Rather than flat silhouettes or fantasy illustrations, they retain realistic skin, hair, fabric and facial detail while remaining dark and defined enough to work beautifully with Double Exposure techniques. From philosophers and scholars to warriors, priestesses, noble figures and everyday characters, there is plenty of variety for storytelling.
Alongside the head-and-shoulder portraits you will also find full-length characters captured in natural poses and actions. Warriors prepare for battle, philosophers carry their scrolls, speakers address unseen crowds and figures move naturally through their ancient world. They can be used as Double Exposure subjects or simply added directly to your artwork as premium character elements.
The collection also includes a carefully chosen selection of animals connected with Ancient Greece and its mythology, including Athena's owl, the eagle associated with Zeus, horses, wild boar, stag, Greek wild goat, bull, dolphin, ram and serpent. These give you another completely different way to build your compositions.
A world to place them in
The focal backgrounds transport you into Ancient Greece as it may have looked in its own time, rather than the ruined archaeological sites we know today.
Expect:
magnificent working temples
marble terraces and courtyards
coastal sanctuaries
Aegean harbours and sailing vessels
amphitheatres overlooking the sea
olive groves and mountain paths
processional avenues and grand stairways
peaceful island horizons
These are complemented by a second selection of simpler, less detailed backgrounds, created specifically to sit quietly behind your main composition without competing with your focal imagery.
That gives you the choice between a spectacular scene that becomes part of the artwork itself, or something calmer when you want your Double Exposure character to remain the star.
The finishing touches
To help everything work together as one complete creative collection, Ancient Greece also includes gorgeous botanical and floral elements inspired by plants closely associated with Greece and the Mediterranean, including olive, laurel, myrtle, lilies, poppies, crocus, cyclamen, grapevine and more.
You will also find beautifully styled word art, featuring phrases such as:
Age of Heroes
Echoes of Athens
Gods & Mortals
Temple of Light
Wisdom of Athena
Song of Apollo
Along with a collection of highly decorative framed sentiments, combining marble, aged gold, olive branches, Greek-key borders and classical architectural details.
And because sometimes the artwork deserves to become the centrepiece, we have also included a selection of Ancient Greek-inspired decorative frames in rectangular, square, circular and oval formats.
Made to mix, layer and explore
What I really love about this collection is that you aren't restricted to creating one particular style of project.
You can build a striking Double Exposure portrait using a Greek temple or Aegean coastline inside a character silhouette, create atmospheric scenic artwork, combine characters with animals and florals, make cards and journal pages, or simply use the individual elements normally.
Everything has been designed to work together, but nothing forces you into one way of creating.
Ancient Greece is a collection of heroes, wisdom, mythology, nature and incredible landscapes — giving you the pieces to tell your own story from one of history's most fascinating worlds.
Ancient Greece – Double Exposure by Pearlywinks
Where history, mythology and imagination meet.