3/ Leaning tower of Pisa

Leaning tower of Pisa – Drawn by Gome @reposedthought

Here’s the 3rd sketch in a series of architectural landmarks from around the world that I am attempting to illustrate. Much like the first sketch of the Colosseum, I seem to have developed an affection and appreciation of ancient Italian architecture by drawing it. By developing the practice (and somewhat discipline) of drawing, it helps you pick up on things that could so easily bypass the naked eye. These hidden ‘truths‘ if you like, can trace the layers of a buildings history.

All through architecture school, sketching has been a fundamental tool for communicating ideas. I hope that this series will be enjoyable for you as it is useful for my practise.

I intend to add colour highlights at a later stage with my trustee white Posca pens.

Let me know what you think and keep up to date on social media @reposedthought

Thanks for stopping by

Gome x

2/ Rio De Janeiro

Architecture, Art, Life, Travel

The second sketch in this series of architectural landmarks, comes from the city of Rio, Brazil.

I joined Urban Sketchers Bristol on their fortnightly Zoom sketch meet up, one that’s been going strong since the first lockdown happened in March 2020.

When I think of Rio, there’s one particular view that immediately springs to mind – that of ‘Christ the Redeemer’ statue overlooking the city.

In order to try and do this view justice, it was important to start with the most important thing, the statue. This was soon followed by a loose and light etching of the horizon and shore lines, and subsequently the building outlines. As the buildings were so far away, it was not necessary to show too much detail, rather a simple outline that still gave a 3 dimensional feel.

Finally, to give greater contrast on this mid toned paper, I added grey promarker shadows and white Posca highlights for light faces of buildings. All in all, I am quite pleased with the outcome and approach of capturing the most important thing first.

Till next time.

Blessings x

1/ Colosseum Rome

Architecture, Art

Heritage architecture, buildings of character or architecture of the ancient world. The title will come to me. I’ve always wanted to draw a series of significant buildings from around the world of architectural importance.

Heritage (and the preservation of it) is such a hugely important topic and I wanted to explore it more through sketching. There’s a reason why certain buildings still stand today after centuries and there’s a lot that can be learned from them.

This first sketch is of the famous Colosseum in Rome. The most challenging aspect of drawing it was working out the angles of the curves. Most building elevations typically show a flat 2D projection of a single side of a building. With the Colosseum, however, it tapers down on both sides as it curves round.

The main tip for drawing is to align the top left and right corners as well as the bottom left and right.

Stay tuned for drawing number two.

At the time of writing, this drawing is available for purchase in my art store: Etsy.com/reposedthought