Tuesday, July 14, 2009

FUN WITH TALL BUILDINGS!

I have over 25 of these Moleskine accordion sketchbooks. When fully opened they are nine feet tall. I have done a series of tall building sketches in these. They are fun and make you wonder what a half mile high skyscraper might look like.







I photoshopped myself in here so you can get a sense of the scale....






I know it is nuts but I also built a model of one of my sketches. It only stands at six feet tall. Here is a photo of the model photo collaged into the OKC skyline.



Here is a view of some of the sketchbooks, notice the way the line work shows up on the edges, creating a quasi section diagram of whats inside.



I have been fortunate enough to have my sketchbooks displayed at the OU College of Architecture, in conjunction with a lecture series.


I was also invited to display them at the IAO Gallery in OKC





And for several months a rotation of the sketchooks graced the lobby at TAParchitecture.

Monday, July 6, 2009

More OKC sketches.....

Going back through some of my stuff......here are some more sketches of Oklahoma City architecture.




Oklahoma City University tower - NW 23rd Street



OKC National Memorial - 5th and Harvey




Stage Center - Hudson and Sheridan



Harding Middle School - 33rd and Shartel



Milk Bottle - 23rd and Classen



OKC National Memorial - Chairs - 5th and Harvey




Founders Tower - NW Expressway




Iron Star BBQ - 36th and Shartel



Chesapeake Boathouse - Oklahoma River

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Of course sketching buildings makes sense for an architect, but I also love PORSCHE.........


911 Convertible



911 Carrera




911 Turbo



911 Turbo



Carrera GT



Classic 911



911








OK so these aren't PORSCHE'S, but a little cartooning is fun sometimes too......


Friday, June 19, 2009

After posting my sketches from our San Antonio trip I thought....hey why not post some of my other sketches from traveling around?? So here are some of my "travel sketches"



New York City - Grand Central Station



Oklahoma State Capital - OKC



Kimbell Art Museum - Ft. Worth TX


OKC Arts Festival


US Capital and Lincoln Memorial - Washington DC



Jefferson Memorial - Washington DC



Washington Monument - Washington DC



Museum of Modern Art - Ft. Worth TX




Oklahoma History Museum - OKC



Mockingbird Station - Dallas TX



Hopewell Baptist Church - OKC



Cistercian Monastery - Ft. Worth TX


Brooklyn Bridge - NYC


Grain Elevator - Henesey OK

I have not been able to travel as extensively as some people but as you can see there are plenty of things close to home to sketch.....but some day Italia!!




Monday, June 8, 2009

Sketches from San Antonio Texas


Last week we took a family vacation to San Antonio.  Between the outings to Sea World etc. I did manage to get several sketches done.

Embree and Hogan got in on the sketching action too.........

Mission San Jose



San Fernando Cathedral


Mission San Jose


The Alamo




The Riverwalk




Mission Espada



Mission San Juan Capistrano


Mission San Jose 


San Antonio tall buildings



Arneson Theater

San Antonio Public Library


San Antonio Public Library


County Courthouse

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Mission Concepcion


Mission Concepcion