SOME PRELIMINARY SKETCHES

I thought I'd begin by displaying some very literal representations that were done while looking at the subject.


Here's a rendering of a little metal horse statuette that Charles brought into class. The rendering is done in pencil.

Next, here's a gear propped up against my laptop. I was using this as a study in shadow and shading. It's a little warped, but not a bad place to start. I hope it will give this blog that needed element of steampunk.


And here are some Stanfordy arches:


Then there are these drawings of the Hoover Tower and the fountain in front of the Hoover Tower. With the fountain, I tried to capture the downward motion of the water. Very difficult.





Here are some cafe chairs at Bytes (this is my favorite of this group):



And this is a picnic table outside the material science buildings. Charles had a lot of praise for the perspective, but I don't know...