Tools in Use, Useful Tools

Okay, so not everyday will be a day for lots of color and texture. Today I was at the Asian Art Museum, shadowing an experienced docent giving a tour of the Gods, Demons and Avatars of Southeast Asia.  I stayed on afterwards in the galleries.  One of the reasons why I love to draw is that it forces you to look long and hard at what you see.  Pretty soon I was drawing the kurtimukka, the gargoyle like monster above the doorway on the little of the right of these terra cotta temple models.  This is a motif that travelled from India all over the archipelago and mainland Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.  I had just never noticed it before.

Making art is about looking! I'm grateful for sight!