Framing design sketch studies for Entry Gate

 

Cliff House project

details of Initial study drawings for a design proposal for the #sutrobaths and #cliffhouse settings in San Francisco looking to combine history, sustainability, education, nutrition, and a bit of mystery and awareness #dougwittnebel #artistsoninstagram #architectsoninstagram #design #climatechange

Design proposal for Cliff House in San Francisco

 

Initial study drawings for a design proposal for the #sutrobaths and #cliffhouse settings in San Francisco looking to combine history, sustainability, education, nutrition, and a bit of mystery and awareness  #dougwittnebel #artistsoninstagram #architectsoninstagram #design #climatechange

Future workplace design studies

Drawing of the rooftop for the Future Workplace Studies

Color design study sketches

Colored plan design sketches

Ink and pencil on trace with marker wash

Front headlight and fender sketch view - Datsun Roadster in yellow!

The front fender does have a very rounded crease at the crest where the side fender rolls up and over and into the junction of the hood or bonnet...

And below a quick study in yellow!

Weijian, and the colorful metal roof tops of Taipei, a careful study of the views from above, looking down from the rooftop of the Shangrila Hotel...

Palm study time

Mexico City view

Painted view looking to the south west from the 21st floor of the Torre Diana building, where the AT&T Foundry is located.

The pointed top building is by LBR + A, the tallest in Mexico City.  It sits triangular in plan and features two perpendicular concrete elevations and one glass facade of the hypotenuse of the triangle.  https://www.archdaily.com/office/lbr-a

The BBVA building in the middle features a distinctive fuschia and bright yellow exterior spiral staircase element, and designed by Ricardo Legoretta. 

Pine Cone, Lake Tahoe, California

Whiteboard drawings and studies of space layouts

column and capital color study at Forbidden City, Beijing, China

...color study of the wonderful polychromatic columns and capitals in the Forbidden City, Beijing...

Cityscape 9

Another version of the cityscape series, a set of paintings that explore the landscape of cities and urban environments ...

Perspective sketching for Interiors class at U.C. Berkeley Extension, and a bit on Masaccio and Brunelleschi...

 

A progress stage photo from the Sketching for Interiors class at U.C. Berkeley Extension,  this time a focus on the rectangular volume, sitting and standing...and thinking a bit about Masaccio and Brunelleschi...

 

 

 

and a short bit on the art of perspective from: 

http://www.op-art.co.uk/history/perspective/

First Perspective – Fillipo Brunelleschi & Masaccio

 

Masaccio – The Tribute Money c.1426-27 Fresco, The Brancacci Chapel, Florence

 

 

 

The first known picture to make use of linear perspective was created by the Florentine architect Fillipo Brunelleshi (1377-1446). Painted in 1415, it depicted the Baptistery in Florence from the front gate of the unfinished cathedral. The linear perspective system projected the illusion of depth onto a two dimensional plane by use of ‘vanishing points’ to which all lines converged, at eye level, on the horizon. Soon after Brunelleshi’s painting, the concept caught on and many Italian artists started to use linear perspective in their paintings.

 

Masaccio (1401 – 1428) the first great painter of the early Renaissance period, was the first artist who demonstrated full command of the new rules of perspective; the figures in his paintings have volume and the buildings and landscapes realistically recede into the distance. Masaccio is seen now as being the initiator of the new style of Florentine Realism.

Lichen in Lake Tahoe

Early days of June and the blossums of the Jacaranda tree, a drawing study

urban towers painted version gif test

Work in the city 2

Work in the city 2, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Progress on concept sketch aerial view of Oakland environs...

Oakland Field Notes cover

Oakland Field Notes cover, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

another test cover design for Urban Field Notes

start off the new year of the horse with a test color study

it just feels right to kick off the new year of the horse with a test study combining several apps ... welcome 2014...