Paper and Threads

Pat, Benedicte, Teri and I went to Christie's Auction Previews for Asia Week on Friday - primarily to see the Contemporary Asian Art.   I am beginning to have several favorite artists and I'm always surprised by the contemporary sculpture.  This time I of course gravitated toward the Elephants - the subject of my winter project several years ago. 

On Sunday I spent an hour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art sketching Tiepolo Caricatures before the exhibit ends.  I discovered that I LOVE Tiepolo drawings - father or son - at several drawing exhibits at the Morgan Library and Museum.  And the five caricatures by Tiepolo the elder did not disappoint.  Here is a composite drawing of 3 of them.  There were many more drawings by Tiepolo the younger - all of Punchinella in a life story arc from birth to burial.  But I didn't attempt one of these detailed drawings.

On my way out of the Museum I saw that the Rockefeller Primitive Art exhibit was almost closing and LOVED this seated male wooden sculpture from Mali - 18th-19th C.  So I tried to capture his wonderful face.