I chose this bowl to sketch because I was looking for an object that had mostly lines in (on) it, as opposed to areas that were defined by shading. What did I discover? The rim and the ribs are defined by shading, not lines. And proportions? What proportions?
Not close enough for a game of horseshoes
Ribbed bowl
Sketch 036: Ribbed Bowl
Neck needs to be longer
Water Bottle from Tutankhamun’s Embalming Cache, ca. 1336–1327 BCE
Sketch 035: Water Bottle from Tutankhamun’s Embalming Cache, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Last year I came across the Moustache Cup Collection at the Bell County Museum. I was quite taken with the exhibit. Tea time was a serious business!
Our electricity went out this morning for just over an hour. I sketched this cup while sitting near the dining room window, which usually has a ton of natural light. This morning, however, there is heavy fog and visibility is limited to about 100 yards. This is how the cup looked to me in the fog light.
How it looked, in the fog light
I managed to find two moustache cups at an antique store, although I don’t think mine are really antique. It seems they were popular from about 1860 to 1930.
Moustache Cup
From a bygone era
Sketch 034: Moustache Cup
Sketch of a sculpture
Marble Head of a Horse, Greek (Attic), 2nd half of the 6th Century, BCE
Sketch 032: Marble Head of a Horse, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
I think it’s a cactus root. My sketch makes it look as if it’s been attacked by watermelon seeds.
Cactus root, probably
Sketch 030: Cactus Root
It's a long story ... 