Florence sketch

Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence on same trip. Took way too long to do and not good on the back

I am trying to keep the art of architectural drawing alive as computers are taking over our architectural offices! Very beautiful architectural images can be made on the computer but they are a completely different art form to the traditional intricate pencil and paper drawings. I work solely in pencil, and as you can imagine they take days to complete. People often ask me how I have the patience and I think that if you are interested in your subject matter then it is an absolute pleasure…

The Duomo. Florence cathedral has the largest brick dome ever built. It’s so large that when they started building the commissioners did not know how it would be built, they had faith that someone would come up with a solution. That someone was a jeweller who kind of bullshitted a bit …Filippo Brunelleschi but he worked it out. Nice! #florence #florencecathedral #watercolour #watercolours #watercolor_sketch #illustration #archlovers

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Quick sketch of the dome of Florence, drawn from the second floor of the Uffizi

Florence, Italy by Inma Serrano I spent a express Christmas in Florence, Italy. The whole city was filled with a magic feeling and I felt very overwhelmed by the Renaissance beauty around me. So much beauty and I am sure that the real perfection in art is not to have good technical knowledge. The point […]

Florence Drawing