“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 find? We’re as far from the truth as ever.” This quote was from the novel, City On Fire, by Garth Risk […]
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28Sep
2016
EMOTIONAL HAZARDS
2016
It is amazing what might be around the next corner. During one of our walks out of the tourist zone in Split, Croatia, we were doing our typical architectural spelunking. I mentioned one irresistable building at this page, MODERNIST PURITY. When you come around the corner of another building, and the vista below is presented […]
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26Sep
2016
STOP, SNAP AND ROLL
2016
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 or two, and then be immediately on your way. When on the bike, I used my phone to take pictures. I […]
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23Sep
2016
PICTURE TAKING EQUIPMENT
2016
I just got a new camera. For years, I was content to snap photos with my iPhone. For years, I resisted purchasing a digital camera given how soon it would be outdated. Plus, I have not gotten over the emotional loss of not being able to use my beloved SLR, my Nikormat FT2. I thought, […]
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21Sep
2016
NOT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
2016
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 a 35mm SLR. I loved that camera (Nikormat FT2). And I always had a latent desire to take National Geographic quality […]
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19Sep
2016
ATTRACTION
2016
I am really enthusiastic about Focused Photography. Yesterday morning, I was drawing my first drawing since we got back from Croatia and Italy. In Split, Croatia, a very simple house which is immediately adjacent to the Mausoleum Diocletion caught my eye. I guess I am always a sucker for anything that looks Lutchens like. During […]
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16Sep
2016
JAMAICA DINING ROOM
2016
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 breakfast. And then I took a photo of what I was drawing. Then I finished the sketch a short time later. […]
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14Sep
2016
FOCUSED PHOTOGRAPHY
2016
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 students. This entire city is made up of simple forms that are fully integrated with the landscape and the people who […]
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12Sep
2016
TRANSPARENT TRAVELING
2016
Keeping with our travel theme for the moment, we travel when we draw buildings which we did not visit. Let’s consider Transparent Traveling. Within the methods of Transparent Drawing, we of course highly encourage drawing from photographs. Many times these photos are ones that you took. You were on the site. You sensed the air. […]
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9Sep
2016
MODERNIST PURITY
2016
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 our usual walking tours of the out of the way neighborhoods that we like to explore. Once you get beyond the […]
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