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| 2/27/14 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Canson XL 140 lb. paper |
After spending three hours focusing on the essence of the human form, I took my car in for an
oil change, which gave me about 45 minutes to kill. The day was unexpectedly dry
and mild, so I walked over to University Presbyterian Church for a sketch.
It occurred to me too late that I might have benefited from
applying life-drawing principles to architecture. The building wasn’t going
anywhere; why didn’t I spend several minutes trying to capture its essence with
a few short “poses” before going in for the form and details? I think I missed
its essence completely.
It is funny how we don't think about warmups when painting architecture. Nicely done! I'm heading down your page to see the life drawings.
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