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Vintage Photo: Teddy Roosevelt and Horse, Shrouded for Maintenance, Museum of Natural History NYC June 1988
When I took this one, the workers were sandblasting, painting or doing something else messy. Teddy Roosevelt, his horse and Indian Guide had to be wrapped up. I just heard that there is some talk of removing this monument, given the interest in removing offensive statuary.
Vintage Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC – Shrouded Statue
Statue and Aura
I came across this little statue in a wonderful shop. They sold plants. Off a ritzy main drag of a well-to-do town, this shop took me back in time. The entryway was just like any other store. Once inside, it was a tunnel of greenery. I saw this little figure on an out-of-the-way shelf, way […]
Proportions
Today’s experiment: I remember how difficult it used to be for me to estimate proportions in my drawings of faces and figures. It is still not my forte. On a whim, I wanted to see how I would fare with a sketch today. Sketch subject – my Jaguar Begin digression: Before I describe today’s sketch I […]
