REPRESENTATIONAL TRUTH
“This is the entire history of Western painting, right here. The struggle to represent things accurately. And then, when we develop a language for rigorously rendering 3D shapes in two-dimensional space, what do we...
Monthly Archive: September 2016
STOP, SNAP AND ROLL
A bicycle is the best way to see a countryside. I came to this realization during our recent bicycle tour thru Croatia. On a bike, it is wonderfully easy to stop, snap a photo...
NOT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
When I was a kid, our family used to take National Geographic magazine. I will always remember being absolutely stunned by the photographs. Then, when I was in high school, my parents bought me...
JAMAICA DINING ROOM
I did this sketch about 2.5 years ago. It is of a dining room in Jamaica. It is one of the few transparent sketches that I did in situ. I started the sketch during...
FOCUSED PHOTOGRAPHY
Matera, Italy is mind blowing. I think I would like to offer a course which might be titled Form Appreciation. The course would be of benefit to both practicing architects as well as architecture...
MODERNIST PURITY
Modernism is alive and well in Split, Croatia. In fact, when you really start to look closely, the purity of the modernist buildings is unbelievable. This realization came to us as we were on...
DRAW NOTHING
How do you draw nothing? That question occurred to me while I was reading the excellent article on Michael Heizer, “A Monument to Outlast Humanity” by Dana Goodyear in the 29 August 16 New...
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