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Rue St. Jacques, Paris
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$50.00
*All of my Travel Sketches may be re-painted by commission. If you see one you like that is sold or you'd prefer in different colors, contact me!*
Making my way from my dorm room to the Ecole d’Architecture along Paris’ Rue St. Jacques was a pleasure. One morning, I decided to draw sections across the street and through the varied building forms lining the Rue, their interesting rooftops punctuating the sky and a plaza opening up from the street canyon toward the south, close to my dorm. I may have been late to class that day. This drawing sat on my desk for a while - I wasn’t sure what watercolor could add to it, or to section drawings in general. Then I finally started in and realized the texture of brush marks to build in those varied architectural forms was quite lovely. This is one of my favorites!
I made the ink drawing while living in Paris for three weeks just after graduating from architecture school at Virginia Tech, invited by my professor to participate in an international design charrette. I used watercolor to interpret and enliven the drawing during pandemic quarantine, Spring 2020.
Watercolor Paper 140gsm
11” x 14”
Frame not included.
I'm excited to bring nearly 100 of my architectural Travel Sketches, created in mostly Italy, but also Switzerland, France, Spain, Greece, Hungary and Czech Republic from 1998 - 2012, into a Collection: lines drawn on site now illuminated by watercolor. Together, they reveal my personal evolution in architectural travel sketching and offer a piece of travel art that can remind you of your own memories in place, invite you into these spaces with your own experiential vision.
Thanks for helping to DO GOOD and GIVE BACK: 25% of the sale of each piece will be donated to Lifting Hands International* (LHI), a 501(c)(3) public charity that specializes in international and domestic relief and aid for refugees of war-torn countries of origin.
I'll also donate 5% of the sale of this piece to the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech for student assistance/scholarship for travel study abroad.