Just going through some old sketchbooks I came across this sketch from my first serious sketching trip in 2009 - 3 weeks in the UK and 1 week in Paris with my great sketching buddy Esther.
This is a rare black and white sketch - I don't do many of them do I? The reason is that I lost my paint tin on the flight to Paris....but this is really besides the point.
The thing that I want to share is the mud map that I did before attempting the sketch. This was the way that I explored the building for myself - the way I got to know it. After doing this diagram I found the main sketch a lot easier.... fun!
The more I sketch the less I need to do diagrams like this as I my observational skills develop all the time, but if I am presented with a highly complex building, it is really the only way to get to know.
Wow ...the mud sketch seems to simplify the architecture and provide a guideline to proportions. I'm going to use this technique for my architectural sketches ...
ReplyDeleteThere's this one structure that always stumps me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawa_Mahal) ... i'll try your take on it :)
thanks seema.
DeleteWow! that is some sketch challenge. I would like to have a go at Hawa Mahal!!!!