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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay for this week’s museum sketch we take you to the the Seattle Asian Art Museum and their wonderful Indian Sculpture gallery. I always like drawing in this room. First of course because of the great selection of Greco-Indian Sculpture[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, today’s sketch is another sample from the Seattle Asian Art Museum‘s excellent collection of Northern Indian Sculpture. This one is a statue of a Jain Dancer done in marble from the 11th century. As I mentioned a few times[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch brings us to another visit to the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Indian sculpture gallery with a sketch of Buddha and two Bodhisattvas framed by arches and stupas from the Gandhara region.
Today’s sketch is another from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Indian sculpture. This one is from the famous temple site of Khajuraho in north central India, depicting the Hindu god Shiva and his consort, Parvati. This is a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay today’s strip is another from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Indian sculpture collection. This one is of a Kimnara from either Bhar or Bengal done in the Pala period C 12th century. It’s done in a black stone. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay today we’re doing more Indian sculpture from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection. Today we have a representation of Vishnu‘s third incarnation, Varaha the Boar. This statue is done in sandstone from the 11th century.
Today’s sketch is another from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Indian sculpture collection. It’s a Jain pendant for a vault from Rajasthan done in white marble in the 11th century.
Today’s Sketch is another statue from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Indian sculpture. This one is of two Buddhist monks and the attendants from the Gandhara region.
I’ve done this sketch before. In fact I’ve done it several times. And why not it’s one of the nicest and most challenging pieces in the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection of Indian sculpture. One of the things I like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
