Today’s sketch is another part of the Seattle Art Museum’s permanent collection; a Chinese statue of Guanyin from between the 10th and 13th century 10th carved in wood with lacquer, gesso, polychrome and gilding. I did this one ages ago[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Chinese Sculpture. This one is a Lokapala. Specifically the Guardian king of the west.
Today’s sketch is another sample of the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Chinese sculpture. This one being a Dvarapala, or Gate Guardian, usually placed on the sides of a Buddhist alter as an attendant to the Guanyin.
Today’s museum sketch are from two rubbings of a series that were on display at the Seattle Asian Art Museum depicting the Eighteen Arhats (or Lohans) attributed to the monk Guan Xiu. The one on the top is Pantha the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection. It is an earthenware horse from the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Today’s Sketch is more from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s China collection. Both are from the Tang Dynasty (between 618 and 907) the first is a Lokapala Guardian King the second is a tomb attendant. I’ve always liked the tomb[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hadn’t been to the Seattle Asian Art Museum so I was back to drawing a few old friends. This one of a Monk Achieving Enlightenment from the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) is one I’ve drawn many times (nothing in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well I went to see the Asian Art Museum’s Buddhist Silk Road art in the Magao caves. This was all very good. I especially liked a lot of the nearly abstract quality of many of the figures and spent enjoyable[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
