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Drink & Mingle this Thursday

by wpmorse on February 12, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Posted In: Test

For all of you professional artist types out in Seattle and Puget sound, the Graphic Artists Guild gives you the perfect opportunity to socialize and network with all of your colleagues at our monthly Drink and Mingle event at the Capitol Club on 414 East Pine Street this Thursday. Come enjoy happy hour and enjoy a wide variety of appetizers, including one dollar tacos, and the company of your peers. Always enjoyable.

For more information go here.

└ Tags: Drinks, Graphic Artists Guild, Networking, Socializing

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Friday Museum Sketches

by wpmorse on February 11, 2011 at 7:26 am

Posted In: Art

Okay, today’s sketch is an old one. It’s a statue of the god Shiva from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Indian collection. Apparently it’s from the Chola Period, 10th Century A.D. (unfortunatly this is another one of the sketches back from the time I was more interested in drawing a nice picture than in taking good notes.)

└ Tags: Hinduism, Indian Art, sculpture, Shiva

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Friday Museum Sketches

by wpmorse on February 4, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Posted In: Art

Okay, today’s piece is from the saloon gallery at the RISD Art Museum. I’m embarrassed to say I mislabeled it as the Marriage of Thetis & Pelius, which is in another room and so far I haven’t been able to ID it after the fact. Drawing this one was interesting as I botched my initial layout when getting the fundamental details down and everything kind of overflowed out of the initial rectangle, that I’d put down as a thumbnail for the composition and kind of spilled out onto the rest of the page.

UPDATE

It turns out my notes were right after all. Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael Dutch 1566 – 1638 The Marriage of Pelius and Thetis 1610. It’s just when I looked it up to confirm all of the data steered me to the Marriage of Pellius and Thetis in the Museum’s Renaissance room.

└ Tags: Art, Painting, RISD, Sketches

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Seattle Graphic Artists Guild Presents Graphic Novel Panel this Saturday

by wpmorse on February 2, 2011 at 9:38 am

Posted In: Test

Hey everybody, a quick note for all Puget Sound based comic book artists. The Seattle chapter of the Graphic Artists Guild will be putting on a Graphic Novel Panel this Saturday at Cornish College. Come to hear such greats as Micheal Oeming, Phil Foglio, Mike Grell, Peter Bagge, Jason Janicki and Leigh Kellogg talk about their craft! This should be great and a must see people.

We open at 12:30 with the show starting at one! You can preregister for discount price at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/143787 or 24/7 at Ticket Hotline: 1-800-838-3006

For those who don’t know, Cornish College of the Arts is at:

1001 Lenora St.
Seattle, WA 98121

The panel is in the Notions building on the Terry Avenue Entrance. Be seeing you!

└ Tags: Graphic Artists Guild, Graphic Novels

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Friday Museum Sketches

by wpmorse on January 28, 2011 at 7:00 am

Posted In: Test

Today’s sketch is a couple of samples from the Seattle Art Museum‘s African mask collection. I like how the museum has been displaying these ever since the new building was completed. By putting the masks in their cultural context makes them all the more fascinating.