Sketching Gaudí
Posted: July 8, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 14 CommentsHow do you sketch a building as complex as the Sagrada Familia? It is impossible to draw all the details unless you have lots more time than I did. The solution: cross your fingers and do your best at giving an impression of the general shapes, the lights and darks and possibly an indication of colour.
Well done! I recognised it at once.
The unfinished look matches the unfinished church too 🙂
That’s a very good point!
Thanks George!
Looks amazing. Could not be any other building. Gaudi was an artist. So are you!
What a crazy thing to draw. And I didn’t even attempt the interior although other sketchers did. I just looked.
Nice impression of a classic building. Make sure that you take care when sketching Gaudi’s work… the story goes that Gaudi was killed when he stepped back in the street to get a better look at one of his buildings under construction and was hit by a passing car… dangerous architecture to admire.
The only thing that I would have been hit by while sketching this was any one of a number of tourists who were trying to get a better view than the one I had while standing in the park across the street. Luckily none of them were feeling violent today.
That church!:)Bravo!!
Thanks Monique.
Wow – I adore Barcelona – the city, to me, seems an artist and art/architecture-lover’s dream destination. Great to see your drawings of the place – you definitely captured the spirit of Sagrada Familia! Looking forward to seeing more of your stay there..
Thanks Uma. It is a dream to be here, in every way. I am trying to take it all in but three or four days is just not enough.
Love it; seems like the kind of architecture where you just need to draw everything in your path, and come back with a memory-inducing sketch instead of a drawing that is simply “right”, yet forgettable in the long run. Just a few color washes, key details, and enough lines to hold it all together, and my favorite are the cranes and scaffolding!
I was happy about the way I dealt with this one Jason. I only had a few minutes before my time slot to line up for entry to the church so I had to put down only the essentials. It’s probably the best way to deal with a structure like this.