Rhapsodies

Friday Museum Sketch

by wpmorse on May 31, 2013 at 6:53 am

Posted In: Art

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 of the afternoon visits and I happened to see it in a new angle that made it look as if the central figure was being framed by the other five masks. I just had to do it again.

Anyway the figure is wearing a hinkeet’san (sea serpent) headdress. She is surounded by two other hineet’san and three ho’koma (human) masks.

I’m afraid this came out a bit sloppy partially since I only had a half hour before closing and partially from being a bit punchy from a bike ride to Georgetown and back.

└ Tags: Native American Art, Sketches

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Tuesday Rhapsodies

by wpmorse on May 28, 2013 at 7:16 am

Posted In: Test

Today’s Rhapsody is “In A Summer Garden” By Frederick Delius performed by the Hallé Orchestra directed Sir John Barbirolli

└ Tags: Classical Music, Frederick Delius, Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Music, Rhapsody

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Folklife Day 4

by wpmorse on May 28, 2013 at 12:17 am

Posted In: Test

Well that’s it for another year. I have to say this year went by like a blur to me without much really sticking out in great detail. Today was mostly spent trying to find more things to draw while trying to keep the paper dry.

└ Tags: Dance, Folklife, Music, Musicians, Seattle, Sketches

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Drum Circle.

by wpmorse on May 27, 2013 at 12:06 am

Posted In: Art

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 quality of it gave me lots of ideas for future works of art but because everyone was moving around I might as well have just made stuff up. I tried it again today and just really got into it. It felt as if I was improvising as much as the drummers and the dancers were and it was all I could do to keep up… but in a good way..

└ Tags: Dancers, Drum Circle, Drummers, Folklife, Music, Seattle, Sketches

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Folklife Day 3

by wpmorse on May 26, 2013 at 11:21 pm

Posted In: Art

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.

└ Tags: Dance, Folklife, Music, Seattle, Sketches

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Folklife Day 2

by wpmorse on May 25, 2013 at 11:40 pm

Posted In: Art

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 obsessing about that a little too much I didn’t see quite as many acts as I would have liked.