Buildings
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Marina Bay Sands – Singapore
This is quite a building! They only finished constructing it in 2010 but already it seems to be quite an icon for Signapore, which just maybe was the idea when it was built. I have heard it described as a (cricket) wicket, which accurately summarises the basic shape of the structure, but somehow misses out…
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Venice – Grand Canal
In my art group I have a reputation for drawing “a lot of detail”, or sometimes even of drawing “too much detail”! Often I think this criticism is justified, and I do try to limit the detail in most my artwork. Sometimes however I feel that the detail is justified, and I’m happy about every…
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Venice by Lamplight
There is an almost infinite choice of vistas and objects to sketch in Venice. Nevertheless originality is still rather difficult since almost every wannabe artist who has visited the place in the last few centuries has had a go! So here, without any claim to originality whatsoever, is one of my contributions. This scene is…
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La Pyramide du Louvre
This rather well known juxtaposition of ancient and modern architecture needs very little introduction from me. Suffice it to say that this combination has its fair share of both admirers and detractors. The contrast between old and new is somewhat muted in this picture by the twilight illumination and also by both being rendered in…
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Lisu Lodge, Mae Taeng – Balcony Sketch
In Thailand we were lucky enough to spend a few nights in an amazing hill tribe village. The buildings were to all appearances very traditional, but also very comfortable and not at all lacking in mod-cons, so perhaps they were more “traditional” than traditional. Anyway, the bamboo building we were staying in had a large…
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Bruges Arcade
There are many beautiful sights and buildings in Bruges, some quite famous and some not. There is for example the big market square, dominated by a tall belfry tower and filled with cafes and tourists. There is also this arcade, which is just around the back of the building which supports the imposing belfry. This…
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Shadows in Sienna
Sienna in the sunshine is also very full of dark shadows, which to me suggested the use of a very stark black and white effect, drawn here using a vector graphics package called Linearity Curve. The vector graphics technique creates straight and extremely sharp edges, which gives a rather striking effect. However, it must be…
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A Perspective on Stowe
Stowe House sits in the middle of the equally magnificent Stowe Gardens, now run by the National Trust. The house itself contains a school about which regretably I know very little – which I’m sure is my loss rather than theirs! However, I do know that the gardens and buildings of Stowe offer many amazing…
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Battle Undercroft
Battle is of course famous as being the place where “William the Bastard” (or “Guillaume le Batard” as he was known back home) became “William the Conqueror” by beating the incumbent king Harold Godwinson. An abbey was subsequently built to mark the spot and the occasion, the remains of which are still standing. This particular…
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