Day one hundred and ninety-three: I guess it’s going to be a hit-and-miss kind of week. I rushed through this sketch inspired by a theoretical building design by the 18th-century French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée. I saw the original in the study gallery of the Uffizi in Florence a few years ago, and stumbled across a snapshot this evening. My sketch in no way represents the real work of Boullée, a neo-classicist who reveled in symmetry and monumental grandeur. It would be worth exploring more of his designs, when I have more time to tailor the forms and shadows. They’re amazing. Check out a few of his drawings at http://myartcanon.net/works_on_paper/built-and-unbuilt-temples-by-etienne-louis-boullee.
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