{"id":1500,"date":"2010-01-22T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2010-01-22T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T14:40:54","slug":"david-macaulay-an-exercise-in-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/david-macaulay-an-exercise-in-frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"David Macaulay: An Exercise in Frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>first rough sketch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/line-drawing-finished-choir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1501\" title=\"line drawing finished choir\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/line-drawing-finished-choir-500x323.jpg\" alt=\"line drawing finished choir\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/line-drawing-finished-choir-500x323.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/line-drawing-finished-choir-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/line-drawing-finished-choir.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">more detail to show buttresses and flying buttresses more accurately<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1503\" title=\"apse\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-500x463.jpg\" alt=\"apse\" width=\"500\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-500x463.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">some shadow to give it all volume<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1504\" title=\"apse2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse2-500x428.jpg\" alt=\"apse2\" width=\"500\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse2-500x428.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse2.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">fixing the flying B&#8217;s in the upper left<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1505\" title=\"apseagain\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain-500x422.jpg\" alt=\"apseagain\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain-500x422.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">a little color, almost there<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apsebluish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1506\" title=\"apsebluish\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apsebluish-500x440.jpg\" alt=\"apsebluish\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apsebluish-500x440.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apsebluish.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">more color, looking good. Oh no. The chapels are too fat and the buttresses closest to us are too far apart.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/finished-apse-wrong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1507\" title=\"finished apse wrong\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/finished-apse-wrong-500x403.jpg\" alt=\"finished apse wrong\" width=\"500\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/finished-apse-wrong-500x403.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/finished-apse-wrong.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">new sketch under the original with corrected chapels etc.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-corrected-rough.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1510\" title=\"apse corrected rough\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-corrected-rough-500x395.jpg\" alt=\"apse corrected rough\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-corrected-rough-500x395.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-corrected-rough.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">almost there and this time things are in proportion and in the right place. But wait, the walls have gotten a little muddy.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1508\" title=\"apseagain2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain2-500x393.jpg\" alt=\"apseagain2\" width=\"500\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain2-500x393.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apseagain2.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\">That&#8217;s better.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-finally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1511\" title=\"apse finally\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-finally-500x391.jpg\" alt=\"apse finally\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-finally-500x391.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dalton.org\/sketchbooks\/files\/2010\/01\/apse-finally.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>first rough sketch more detail to show buttresses and flying buttresses more accurately some shadow to give it all volume fixing the flying B&#8217;s in the upper left a little color, almost there more color, looking good. Oh no. 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