From contained to open compositions

February 5, 2021 | 8 Comments
Everyday Sketching

We’re now into Lesson 3 of my Sketchbook Design course and we’re exploring open compositions – overlapping, and extending, placing elements randomly and more. This is more my style than last week where I was trying to contain everything. I struggled a little at the beginning of the week to keep each sketch/element separate. But...

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A little Borromini

February 2, 2021 | 5 Comments
Architecture Sketching

Following on from a little Vanbrugh and a little Frank Lloyd Wright I did recently, here is a page I did for Sketchbook Design (Demo in Lesson 3) documenting my favourite building by Borromini (Francesco Borromini, architect in Rome, 1599-1667) – San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino). I have sketched this building on location...

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