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 from the Asian Art Museum and is a stele of Maha Devi Durga (The supreme goddess Durga) made in central India during the 11th and 12th century out of sandstone. (The god Ganesha makes a nice little[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today, it’s back to the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Indian Sculpture collection. This time it’s Vishnu‘s third incarnation, Varaha the Boar done in sandstone from North central India in the 11th century, I’d done this one once before. But I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch I did last night at the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s free thursday to break in my new sketchbook. I don’t know what it is about the first page in a sketchbook perhaps it’s just a supersticion unique to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, Now that I finished the Halloween Challenge I can get back to doing this. One of the current exhibits at the Seattle Art Museum “City Dwellers: Contemporary Art From India” a selection of contemporary art from all around India.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the advantages of the house sitting I’ve been doing this month is the place is walking distance from the Seattle Asian Art Museum. This had given me the opportunity to catch up on my sketching. This has found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
