Well since it was such a nice summer day today I decided to stop vegetating at my usual haunts and go to the Seattle Arboretum with intent to do some watercolors. Unfortunately in my rush to get out of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just thought I’d share a little doodle I did in my sketchbook while watching Iron Chef a few days ago… cleaned up and colored of course. I haven’t decided if it’s a Hamster or a Guinea Pig (Gopher and Capybara[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of my favorite exercises and pastimes is to take my sketch book to an art museum. This has several uses. The most obvious being the exercise of drawing, drawing and drawing some more. The second is that it forces[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s sketch is from the Rhode Island School Of Design’s Museum in Providence Rhode Island. The Salonn d’Or Hornburg by Willliam Powell Frith. You can see what it’s actually supposed to look like here.
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is of The Triumph of Neptune by Luca Giordano at the Seattle Art Museum
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…
Today’s sketch is another one from the RISD Museum‘s main gallery. Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne, Portrait of Antoine-Georges-Francois deChabaud-Latour and Family. 1806 This one is fun. Not only is it a beautifully crafted piece, that took me an hour to get right,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene by Georges de La Tour as part of the Seattle Art Museum‘s Light in the Darkness exhibit. It’s a nice example of Chiaroscuro and was an interesting exercise and for the[…]↓ 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…
