Sketching at the North Carolina Museum of Art

I'm still madly and happily painting volcanoes, but I miss frequent sketching. My husband and I went to the North Carolina Museum of Art this past weekend to remedy the situation. Here is what resulted: 

This polychrome 18th century German, 'Adoring Angel,' calls to me. I've sketched this before,

but wanted to connect to the angel again.

Another view:

On a (very) different plane, here is a self-portrait:

and a vignette from the African Gallery:

The second batch of volcanoes should be ready to share soon. I can't rush the process, much as I wish I could.

Comments

[Bhavna]

Well ya better print more 'cause I want one :D
Keep it up Laura..

[Anne]

Lovely sketches, full of energy. The angels are living, not sculptures.

[marly youmans]

Lovely. I like the combination of angels and volcanoes! Glad to see more sketches...

Is that possible, that facebook-here business? People often comment more on fb than on blogs, I note. Then all that cleverness goes poof! into the fb-distance.

Hope you have a good egg hunt scheduled for tomorrow. Something grand about a little one and an egg hunt. Maybe because they were eggs not long ago!

[Dana]

Love these, Laura! Your sketches are always so beautiful.~

[Laura]

Oh, great. Now I've made my comments disappear! I was trying to make it possible to comment here from Facebook. My mistake. Will try to undo.

[Laura]

Thanks so much, dear Sue and Sandra. This angel and the Bernini ones in Rome are so compelling to me right now.
Sandra, my sketches are drawn on site. Always. I used to try to add paint on site, too, but that is just too time-consuming, messy, and sometimes not allowed... as is the case in museums. I add paint later. Sometimes I don't add paint at all, as you see in the self portrait. When I'm illustrating or making larger paintings, I will use photographic references and my own sketches, too, as information sources. Sandra, you are just, well, adorable. It had to be said ;D.