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[Por Murray Dewhurst en Auckland] Todo gracias al Libro Gris, que me obliga a poner primero las luces sobre la página. Cuando funciona bien, ayuda a atajar la temida tendencia de "primero el lápiz" que intenta colarse de vez en cuando. Creo que cuanto más suelto sea el blanco inicial, más [...]
Villa Torlonia

Going to the park, start to drawing with my cousin and see the Reality through new eyes, what a beautiful time to spend with her! I suggest you encourage everyone to draw with you: this is a practice that will change your perspective in many ways!
Villa?

I’ve been enjoying drawing these old places we call ‘villas’ in my part of town. No idea how they came to be called Villas, as I’m pretty sure a Villa is really one of those ancient Roman houses made of stone or masonry. Our villas are made almost entirely of wood, built by decoration mad Victorians […]
Ponsonby

I always enjoy walking past this funky old place in Ponsonby, all 3 (or is it 4, it’s really hard to tell) storeys grow organically up the bank to meet the road – even then it’s inhabitants need to walk up some stairs to meet the footpath. I Love the double doors to nowhere on the […]
Salvar el patrimonio de Auckland

Vivo en un país relativamente nuevo que tiene muy poco patrimonio construido. Christchurch, probablemente nuestra ciudad más bonita, perdió casi todos sus edificios patrimoniales en los terremotos del año pasado. Mientras tanto, Auckland lleva décadas destruyendo sus edificios con carácter en favor de nuevas estructuras, a menudo bastante horribles. Últimamente, las casas antiguas [...]
Villa Lante

Every July I teach a college drawing course in Viterbo, Italy as part of Montserrat College of Art’s Summer Italy Program (http://drawingviterbo.blogspot.com/). This year I took a short drive with my sketchbook from Viterbo to Villa Lante, a beautiful renaissance garden. Maxfield Parrish painted an illustration of the garden as part of his early book […]
SketchCrawl in VIlla Spada 18.04.2009
Villa Spada is a great place for drawing. It’s a big house of the XIXth century with a big garden full of amazing places and views. It was the first time I was there and from then on I’ve come back several times. Here’s a video that gives some idea. In the garden there’s a […]