Wonder at Night

A view of naval architecture: the two funnels of the Disney cruise ship Wonder at night, standing on Deck 10. Marker and pencil on tracing paper, with sky added later using Paint Shop Pro, 5" by 7" original size, drawn from sketch notes, May 2012.

Epcot France

A quickly drawn sketch of a portion of Epcot France at Disney World in Florida. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, 8 1/2" by 11" original size, done May, 2012.

Millennium Park

A sketch of the open-air theatre, the Pritzker Pavilion, at Millennium Park in Chicago. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, 6" by 7" original size, done April, 2012. 

O'Hare Office Corridor

A cartoonish view looking east along the Kennedy Expressway from the Dee Road bridge near O'Hare airport. The small office building corridor is familiar to thousands of Chicago area rush hour motorists. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, approximately 8" by 6" original size, drawn March, 2012.

Log Home

Exterior view (top sketch) and interior view of the great room (bottom sketch) of the log home project in northeastern Illinois from 1995 from a previous posting. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, 6" by 4" original sizes.

Boulevard Saint-Michel

Two scraps of drawings from my Paris sketchbook, each no more than 2" by 3" original size, of the Boulevard Saint-Michel. Felt tip marker and pencil on paper, drawn on site, October, 1971.

Petites Écuries

A pencil sketch on paper of a sculptural keystone medallion at a window arch on the façade of the Petites Écuries, Versailles. 6" by 8" original size of drawing, done in January, 1972.

Èze

Back to Èze. A pencil sketch on paper, 7" by 10" original size, December, 1971.

Èze

Another view of Èze. Pencil on paper, approximately 7" by 10" original size. Drawn on site, December, 1971.

Èze

My old Michelin green guide calls Èze, "étrange village isolé en nid d'aigle sur son piton qui domine la mer de 427 m, constitue un site de premier ordre," "[a] strange isolated eagle's nest village on its peak dominating the sea at 1383 ft., constituting a site of the first order." It is located along the Moyenne Corniche, midway between Nice and Monaco. The pencil sketch on paper here is approximately 7" by 10" original size, drawn on site in December, 1971.

Vence

Another view of Vence. The upper illustration is approximately 7" by 10", pencil on paper, drawn on site, December, 1971. The lower illustration of the same subject, done in a more abstract style later, is felt tip marker on paper. If the scenes of Vence appear that the town was deserted of people, it was, in fact, not. But the sketches were done in early afternnon, when people activity was more subdued.

Vence

A view of a small square in the old part of Vence. The town is situated to the northwest of Nice. This was one of the sites I frequented with a group of architecture students in what was called the cadre de vie (or environment) team. The task was to sketch urban architecture in the south of France. This sketch looks as if it took a lot of time. Drawn on site, pencil on paper, December, 1971. Original size: approximately 8" by 12". 

Nice Vieille Ville

Pencil sketch on paper of a doorway in the old quarter of Nice. Original size: 6" by 8", done on site, December, 1971. Image posterized in 2011.

Nice Vieille Ville

I had the opportunity to spend a month in Provence while I was studying in France in 1971. This is a typical street view in the vieille ville section of Nice. The location listed below is not the place where the sketch was done, but it gives the general atmosphere. Original size: 7" by 12", done on site, pencil on paper, December, 1971. The drawing image was posterized in 2011 using Moodboard.

Le Marais

This elevation of a student project that I worked on during my study in France in 1971 had the lofty title of "International Center for the Study of Diplomacy." The site was in the Marais district of Paris, near Place des Vosges. The building was a boomerang shape in plan that surrounded the Hôtel Salé (which much later housed the Musée Picasso). Ink and pencil on vellum (with Ock D. Eng); sepia tone added to image in 2011. Original size: 24" by 18".