It’s a few days before we go on our Easter Break and there’s a lot to  do for studio.  This weekend I didn’t do much other than work on documenting our new project site.  The site is the behind the most known market in Barcelona the Boqueria.  Its now a parking lot, but is being renewed. 

 

 

I go to Turkey in 3 days!!!!  I’m really excited to go.  The next week and a half is going to probably be the most intense traveling I’ve done to date.  Turkey for 5 days then I’m back in Barcelona for 2 days and then Morocco for 5 days!  It’s a lot, but worth it.  Speaking of Morocco, Cristi showed us where we were staying there today; there are really no words that describe how nice this place is.  It’s pretty much a palace, which is really called a Riad, and this place had only 12 rooms in the whole place and we are occupying 10 of them!  I’m in a deluxe room and its super nice.  Jacuzzi Tubs with rose petals and big beds!!!   We are living like royalty there.  One of the girl’s rooms is two stories.  We have an Arab bath in the hotel too!  Here is our hotel site.  If you go to the Suites link, I am staying in the Al Mohandes room!

Riad Fes - location riad fes: Votre riad de luxe alandalous à fes, riad fez, Maroc

 

Here are some sketches of my attempts at both water color and pen.

Water Colours!

We are starting water coloring in our Arch 517 sketching class and we had a tutorial yesterday on how to use the medium.  Here are my attempts at tonal values and an orange.  I liked working with the medium and hope to use it more often.  I bought a water color field box and also buying a water color sketch book.  I’m sure you’ll start seeing more of this!

Sketches from Spring Break in Greece!

This sketch is of the New Museum for the Acropolis.  This building is under construction in Athens, Greece next to the Acropolis.  The structure is built on top of ancient acropolis grounds and the interior of the building pays respect to that.  The floors are partially glass that illuminates the ruins under it.  The sketch studies that connection from the old to new and how the new construction respects the old.  

This is a sketch of the Church of the Holy Disciples located in the Ancient Greek Agora.  In this drawing I wanted to look at the special axis of the church.  Also,  I started to explore the         contracting and expansion in such a small space.  The three entrances to the main hall all have different special effects that I found interesting.

This sketch was done in Santorini, Greece studying one of the many churches on the island. The thing that is most striking and noticeable about the church is the classic double crossed barrel vault and that’s what the sketch is exploring in axon, plan, and section