Monthly Archive: April 2014
VILLA SAVOYE
Of all of the iconic buildings that I have been bombarded with over the decades, Villa Savoye always seems to be near the top. Every time that I see an image of this building,...
PAZZI CHAPEL
Years ago during a family trip to Italy, I dutifully brought along my sketchbook. We stayed almost a week in Florence. This is a pencil sketch that I completed during that trip. I made...
CHING AND TRANSPARENCY
A book that we have all been given as a basic drawing resource is Architectural Graphics, by Francis Ching. Almost every drawing in the book is opaquely drawn. Yet Ching does address transparency in...
LA TOURETTE
I’ve never been to La Tourette, which as you may know, is the Dominican monastery designed by LeCorbusier. I became curious about La Tourette as I gave a monastery project to my design students. ...
COFFEE CUP
Transparent Drawing can be done for any object that you see. A couple of mornings ago, I was wondering what to draw. Why not draw something that is right before me? So I drew...
HOLLOW OBJECTS
The Natural Way to Draw was used in my introductory drawing course. I will refer to this iconic book from time to time. It continues to maintain a position of reverence on my bookshelf...
LINE AND WORD
The education for most of us has had a far more literary than artistic focus. When you write a story in grade school, it of course is rough. And you are given encouragement...
ADOLPH LOOS. STEINER HOUSE.
Adolph Loos. Steiner House. Vienna. I recently gained a new interest in Adolph Loos. This is principally because of a recent article that I read about his work. This house was designed for an...
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