Rhapsodies

Today’s sketch debuts my new Canon Pixma MG5420 multipurpose scanner and printer with the “The Exchange of Produce” (yes… really… while it is supposed to be allegorical I’m pretty certain the name looses something in the translation) by Francois Boucher in 1768 from the Seattle Art Museum’s Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough exhibit. It’s a nice example of the pastoral subject matter that was all the rage in the Rococo style.

As I mentioned last week the last time I was there and did this picture, the place was packed and I really couldn’t  get into my zone so the sketch has some major mistakes with the placement and size of the figures… Though in hindsight and looking at the original again I must say it’s not quite as bad as I remembered.