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• Sketches and Watercolors by Leon Kravchenko

  The FXFOWLE Gallery presents sketches and watercolors by Leon Kravchenko. Kravchenko's work exhibits simple, evocative forms in "Sleeping Subway" a...

• Sketch Crawl Encore: The High Line

  Following up on the success of July's downtown Sketch Crawl starting at City Hall, we organized a sketching encore along the West Side's High Line....

• Entering the "Sketch Zone"

  Our second annual summer sketch crawl was a wonderful event, complemented by perfect sketching weather. We began with six sketchers, and were joine...

• Thoughts on Sketching

  What lies behind the line of a sketch? Through the line, you can depict your relationship with the object, show character and mood. You can reflec...

• Commuting to Sketch

  Many people complain about their commute to work, but I don't because it gives me time to sketch. Sketching helps me to pass the time, relax, obser...

• Sketching to Remember

  Twelve years after the September 11th tragedy, I found time last week to reflect at the 9/11 Memorial, designed by Michael Arad and Peter Walker & ...

• Perspective Tip 6

  In the latest installment of my top ten perspective tips, I will explain what to do if you want to draw a perspective and don't have access to the ...

• Sketching with FXFOWLE

  At FXFOWLE, new experiences are usually good experiences, so when fellow designer June asked if I was willing to lead a sketch crawl, I was happy t...

• Perspective Tip 5

  Even with an understanding of the horizon line with its point(s), and a reference element using squares to aid in proportions, drawing a perspect...

• A View Above Istanbul

  Every sketch has a vantage point, and selecting one entails more than just finding the best view. The location of the vantage point should be seclu...

• Perspective Tips 3 & 4

  Picking up where we left off in Perspective Tips 1 & 2, remember to start with a Horizon Line and point(s). I remember learning to construct...

• Perspective Tips 1 & 2

  Many years ago, I gave a lunch seminar on perspective drawing. It was my first step in advocating and sharing a "lost" architectural skill, one tha...

• Sketching a Day at the Office

  Architecture seems to be a profession that leaves one either without enough time, rushing to finish deadlines, or with too much time, in between pr...

• The Joy of Sketching

  Webster's Dictionary defines the word sketch as "a rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a prelimin...