Monthly Archive: April 2014

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...