Today’s sketch is of the painting “Boys Blowing Bubbles” a Flemish painting attributed to Michelaena Woutiers (The best article I could find on her was in Dutch, Sorry) Done in the 1640s in oil and is one of the Museum’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is of the Lamentation of the Dead Christ by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, I’ve done multiple sketches of this piece before but the beauty of these baroque bronzes is they are so detail heavy you can draw them hundreds[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided to throw in this sketch today because I noticed one of the better signs that summer is upon us. In this instance I am referring to the Lake City Way farmer’s market and fair season in general. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch comes from a very interesting exhibit the Seattle Art Museum did a few years back on the origins of Impressionism. The point is that all of the pioneers and experimenters of the time had to have a foundation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is one of the best ones I did during Folklife 2010 . It’s of a crowd watching Rum Rebellion perform. I even found a clip of the performance.
Today’s Sketch is two admittedly rushed sketches from the Portland Art Museum. (I had my camera with me and that always plays havoc with my ability to draw.) Two examples of neoclassical sculpture, The Dead Pearl Diver by Benjamin Paul[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is just a small collection from one of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Roman art rooms. Mostly a bunch of generic portraits. I’ve always liked this facet of roman art that takes a mostly realistic approach to portraiture[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is one of Rodin‘s many studies for his statue of Balzac. This one being from the Seattle Art Museum. (Of course there have been several times when I have been surprised when a Museum does NOT have a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is a group of details from the painting Christ Before Pilate by a “Painter from Cologne” It was done sometime in the 16th century in oil on wood and is an example of Antwerp Mannerism. I have to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went to Seattle Art Museum for their first free Thursday for the first time since I let my membership expire last year which means New Material! Today’s sketch is Hagar and the Angel by Bernardo Strozzi A very nice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
