Today’s sketch is of the painting “Boys Blowing Bubbles” a Flemish painting attributed to Michelaena Woutiers (The best article I could find on her was in Dutch, Sorry) Done in the 1640s in oil and is one of the Museum’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided to throw in this sketch today because I noticed one of the better signs that summer is upon us. In this instance I am referring to the Lake City Way farmer’s market and fair season in general. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch comes from a very interesting exhibit the Seattle Art Museum did a few years back on the origins of Impressionism. The point is that all of the pioneers and experimenters of the time had to have a foundation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well another Fourth of July is past us and for those who haven’t caught it yet a very happy 236th birthday USA. For the most part I spent it like I had every other year. That is to say treating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is just a small collection from one of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Roman art rooms. Mostly a bunch of generic portraits. I’ve always liked this facet of roman art that takes a mostly realistic approach to portraiture[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is one of Rodin‘s many studies for his statue of Balzac. This one being from the Seattle Art Museum. (Of course there have been several times when I have been surprised when a Museum does NOT have a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is a group of details from the painting Christ Before Pilate by a “Painter from Cologne” It was done sometime in the 16th century in oil on wood and is an example of Antwerp Mannerism. I have to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went to Seattle Art Museum for their first free Thursday for the first time since I let my membership expire last year which means New Material! Today’s sketch is Hagar and the Angel by Bernardo Strozzi A very nice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is yet another detail and angle of Lamentation of the Dead Christ by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, previous sketches can be seen here and here. As I’ve mentioned before this is one of the pieces I keep coming back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s sketch is more Roman sculpture from the Louvre. This one is a portrait of the Empress Livia, wife of Augustus, as the goddess Ceres.
