Sketchy Saturday l 013

This week’s sketchy selection has been particularly inspiring, with all kinds of interesting works coming in. Our readers have been especially imaginative with these. This is why I’ll start this selection with a quote from one of this week’s entries by Emilie Marques Jordao: ‘You should give hand drawing a shot even if you have a non-artistic background. Find something that inspires you and your sketching abilities will flourish!’ No. 10 by Nancy Sarai Vazquez, Landscape Designer, USA

‘This sketch was drawn while on a study abroad trip to Italy. We were in Venice that day and the views of the harbor were just spectacular. Since that trip, I have traveled with my sketchbook, always stopping to draw only the things that grab my attention, be it people, places, or things. The materials used were a #2 lead pencil on acid-free cartridge paper.’ No. 9 by Pung Jia Chyi Janet, Architecture Student, Malaysia ‘It was a Sunday morning in Kings Street, Penang. However, it was not an ordinary Sunday because it was bicycle day. I tried to capture people’s motion and observed their contact with this heritage site. The situation was chaotic, full of people along the street but I felt people’s curiosity about the city. I hope this heritage site and even more other historical attractions in Malaysia could be noticed by more people around the world. Thus, letting more people know about this beautiful country.’ No. 8 by Brandon Cornejo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Landscape Architecture student, United States ‘This is a section elevation of a design solution to a circulation issue on campus over a riparian corridor. It features a powder-coated steel bridge that connects the eastern side of an arboretum to the western side of a student housing complex. This sketch was drawn with pencils and markers on bond.’ No. 7 by Ronak Roshan Gilavaee, Architect B.A., Rasht, Iran ‘I am really fond of historical villages since they have a strong visual structure and the potentiality to feed the imagination. Such places can provide you with a wide range of possibilities concerning drawing different natural shapes and forms. This one named Abyaneh is located in Kashan, central part of Iran. The sketch is done in free hand style with a pencil in about 20 minutes.’ No. 6 by Khalil El. Khadiri, Landscape Engineer, Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Institute, Morocco  ‘As part of the renovation of a villa in Marrakech, Morocco, the client asked to design two different styles of gardens: a garden with a contemporary style and the other with an Andalusian-Islamic style. The sketch shows the junction between the two gardens initiating entrance to the Andalusian garden.’ No. 5 by Marko Momirov, Belgrade based Landscape architect, MLA Aristotle university of Thessaloniki ‘The sketch was made as a part of my student project based upon the space of the city square. This entire presentation is hand-made, using only some pens and markers. The location in the sketch is the main city square in the town of Sremski Karlovci in Serbia.’ No. 4 by Andy S. Quevada, Architect cum Landscape Architect, Abu Dhabi, UAE ‘This sketch was made digitally and represents the docking and surrounding area of a new proposed building in Abu Dhabi. The docks are of course mainly about tourism but the surrounding area itself is more of a promenade and semi-garden for the people who visit it. The sketch is quite detailed and focuses on the utility and grandeur of the area.’ No. 3 by Amaury Neto, Landscape Architect and Agronomist Engineer, Brazil ‘I did this piece to illustrate the conceptual idea that I have for this garden in a residence in São Paulo, Brazil. It’s all freehand drawing, only using a ruler to guide the straight lines and it was colored with markers and white gel pen for the highlights.’ No. 2 by Emilie Marques Jordao, M.L.A Student, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, U.S.A ‘This is a sketch by my design of a contemplative garden at a Buddhist community in Massachusetts. I am new to L.A. and I didn’t know about my hand drawing abilities until I was faced with my first studio. I only used vellum and pencil! You should give hand drawing a shot even if you have a non-artistic background. Find something that inspires you and your sketching abilities will flourish!’ No.1 by Miguel Lievano, Colombian Architect based in California, USA ‘This drawing was part of a series of sketches commissioned by Drawing Elephants in Switzerland. The project involved sketching a few iconic buildings mainly in Europe and this is one of them. This is a quick ink and watercolor drawing on a 140 lb heavy weight watercolor sheet.’ Seeing this Top 10, I would definitely advise you to take Emilie’s advice and get the sketches flowing towards us and your work might be published for the world to see! And if you want to get inspiration for a start-up, check our full Sketchy Saturday album and send your own work to our address. Good luck! Article written by Oana Anghelache.

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