I haven’t been able to get as much of the Seattle Art Museum’s Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough exhibit as I would like. I’ve been either going there on the weekend when it’s packed which does not really lend itself to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is an Allegory of the Four Elements done in 1611 by Louis Finson (1580-1617). I really like this piece. Every time I look at I can’t believe that is was done in the seventeenth century. It keeps making[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well the Street Fair season has begun again. Starting with my very favorite, The University District Street Fair on the Ave! And it had everything it always has Music, overpriced festival food, obnoxious evangelists, arts and crafts, the list goes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Sketch is another from the Seattle Art Museum’s Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough exhibit which ended last week. This one is Anne, Countess of Albermarie & Son 1777-9 by George Romney.
I got a relitively late start for the first day of this year’s Folklife. Firstly because I was running a little late finishing my week’s quota and also the ongoing construction on Mercer blocked my traditional route under Aurora Ave[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well other than another slightly late start getting out the door. This was another good day at folklife. As far as the sketching was concerned it took me a while to get into my game and perhaps because I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well another day of Folklife has come and went and was perfectly enjoyable. There really weren’t many memorable acts. I’m beginning to wonder if its a case of me obsessing about the sketching so much I didn’t really care. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided to put these in their own entry separate from the rest of Folklife pictures because they seemed to stand on their own quite nicely. I tried sketching the Drum Circle with mixed results on one side the organic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’d done this figure from the Seattle Art Museum before though I never posted it (or at least I can’t find it in my archives) But I was taking a rushed loop through the galleries on one of my end[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is my last sketch from the Seattle Art Museum’s Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough exhibit. This one features Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson and the muse of George Romney in his painting “The Spinstress”
