The Drawing Board #20
Tower<->Mom Check-In & Art Analysis Revival
Hi friends! It’s been a while…
Welcome to The Drawing Board, my newsletter where I share my creative process as an artist (painter) and architect and writer, with you. Occasionally I’ll throw in some architecture/interior design analysis, or cooking experiments. My goal here is to inspire you to pick up a pen, paint brush or spatula and create something spectacular.
Tower<->Mom Check-In
Not many moms get to say they’ve seen the insides of their baby.
And by baby, I mean the luxury residential tower I worked on as an architect for some years (and wrote about last year). She recently experienced a growth spurt and shot up 15 floors, in what feels like, overnight.
I got to visit her job site recently and see where the contractors marked the locations of ALL her walls ~ the ones I drew several years ago.
The red lines etched in the concrete are a guide for the construction guys. It’s where they’ll mount horizontal steel tracks that support vertical steel posts. Drywall will then get attached to either side of the posts, and eventually get patched with plaster, sanded smooth, and painted over. Some walls, like this one, will hide pocket doors between the drywall.
My Art Analysis Revival
In the early days of The Drawing Board, I analyzed historic paintings and posted my findings on Twitter. My goal was to quickly learn what makes great art so great, so I can apply these principles to my own work.
I’d pick a painting I saw at a museum or online, and deconstruct the visual composition of the painting while learning the painting’s historical significance. It took a great deal of effort to do the research, draw the diagrams, and craft the writing for a whole Twitter thread that would only last on the feed for 5 seconds.
I abandoned this mini-project after only 6 editions.
Lately, I’ve been itching to bring this project back to life, but on this Substack. So I might…
If you haven’t seen these before, or would like a refresher, I republished them all on my substack here. I recommend reading them in order, starting from the beginning:
Thanks for joining me for another creative week. See you next time! ~E
So cool to see inside the building baby! I would love to see your art analysis come back to life. Would you consider making analysis on more modern painting and illustrations too?