Greatest Hits

Coming up to six months since I established this blog, I thought that the audience might like to know which posts have been viewed the most. The view of the Tuileries from Place de la Concorde in Paris (top sketch) has received the most hits, followed closely by the sketch of Paris' L'Arc de Triomphe (middle sketch). The most hits in one day goes to the watercolor of Bunny's Liquors in Urbana, IL (bottom sketch). Now, how does one explain the audience's interest? Some of it has to do with the subject matter of the sketches, I suppose; or it might be the medium that the drawing was done in; or it could be the style of the sketching technique. In order to make it easier to find a type of sketch or technique or media, I recently added more labeling gadgets.

Leaning Tower

A sketch of the Leaning Tower.....of Niles, a suburb of Chicago. This half-size replica of Pisa Cathedral's campanile is located at the Leaning Tower YMCA. A quick study, felt tip marker on tracing paper, 6" by 8" original size, done March, 2012.

Place Charles de Gaulle

A sample of one of the pages of my Paris sketchbook showing views of the Arc de Triomphe, one of which was previously posted. Felt tip marker on Canson tracing paper, approximately 11" by 8 1/2", done October, 1971.

Place Charles de Gaulle

Back to the right bank of Paris with a sidewise view of the Arc de Triomphe. Drawn on site in felt tip marker on tracing paper, October, 1971.

La Grande Arche

Regarding the subject of public arches, I made this drawing for a sketch problem, during my studies in France in 1971, to build a grander monument for Paris. Apparently there was already discussion at the time to construct La Grande Arche de la Défense. The original drawing  is approximately 8" by 12", felt tip marker on paper. The scale of the project that now exists is much larger.

L'Arc de Triomphe

To start off my blog, in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of my architectural studies in France, I am presenting a view of this famous Parisian monument. I drew it on site in October, 1971 using a felt tip marker on tracing paper. The original size of the drawing is approximately 4 in. by 3 in. I added the sky color to the scanned image in 2007 using Paint Shop Pro. I rather like the loose drawing technique.