Sketching Architecture
My work in the medium of watercolor began during a year of travels made possible by a sabbatical from the office where I worked as an architect for fifteen years. These travels were a quest for what I came to see as the essence of architecture: an understanding of how a highly sophisticated and organized armature can give focus, order, and meaning to the experience of a place, and indeed to our existence as human beings. The elements of this armaturewhich include scale, proportion, color, light, and meaningI found to be best experienced and understood through the extended contact with them gained through sketching and watercoloring.
When one is obliged to remain in one spot for longer than the snap of a shutter, sketching or painting with patience and concentration, one gains a sense of total immersion, not only visually, but through the sounds, smells, and (most rewardingly) tastes that a prolonged stay in these favorite places makes part of the experience.
Thank you for introducing this wonderful painter.
Merci Alessandro de nous faire découvrir cet américain. Voilà quelqu’un qui n’a pas de problème de perspective. Merci @+