Rhapsodies

Well I did the free first Thursday at Seattle Art Museum. yesterday. Because I have a membership I generally avoid it because the usually large crowds make it difficult me to get into my sketching zone. But I had gone downtown for The Pioneer Square Art walk and decided to stop at the museum as a way to finish my evening. (and use the bathroom before a long ride home)

This time I was actually enjoying being there to watch people look at the art. But I did get around to looking doing some quick sketches.

These are mostly pieces I’ve sketched before but I found looking at them at different angles to be interesting and informative.

The top right picture is a Congolese Hemba mask. the rest are examples of  the Igbo people  from  Afikpo  in Nigeria the one on  the bottom right is a “Mma Ji” or Knife Yam mask .