Today’s sketch is yet another detail and angle of Lamentation of the Dead Christ by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, previous sketches can be seen here and here. As I’ve mentioned before this is one of the pieces I keep coming back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Sketch is from the RISD art museum and is a bronze statue from South India made in the Vijayanagara period (1336-1565) of the god Shiva in his function as Nataraja, the lord of the dance. He is performing the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is more Roman sculpture from the Louvre. This one is a portrait of the Empress Livia, wife of Augustus, as the goddess Ceres.
Today’s sketch is another piece of Neoclassicismfrom the RISD Art Museum ‘s Pendleton House wing. I confess that earlier I’d facetiously called a lot of this work “black velvet for rich people” and this piece is no exception. Nydia, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is another one of my old ones from the RISD museum. I’m embararased to say I don’t know enough about it to talk about it much. It’s a piece of medieval sculpture done in wood and I’m pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is from the Seattle Art Museum’s porcelain collection. This one is called Children Drinking Milk. It was made in Sevres France between 1766 and 1773 and done in soft paste biscuit porcelain. The model is by Étienne Maurice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently I’ve been making an effort to start working on my professional portfolio again. The group of pictures I’m currently focusing on are all from my favorite Mamas and Papas song,. “Dancing Bear” it’s not one of their better known[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is one I get a lot of compliments from. It’s an illustration scene from the Dresden File’s Novel “Small Favor” where “Tiny” the elder brother Gruff enters McAnally’s Pub to formerly challenge Harry to a duel. I enjoy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is some concept designs for Sun Wukong aka Monkey and all of his companions from Journey to the West. I’ve always liked Journey to the West from a beautiful children’s book version called “Magic Monkey” (Can’t find a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since Halloween is right around the corner I figured I’d go with a sketch from one of favorite novels, Mikhail Bulgakov‘s Master & Margarita that I seriously plan to do a finished version of. I love Bulgakov’s writing. Going back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
