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…
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…
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…
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 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…
