Interior: Santa Maria degli Angeli
The Ohio University Architectural Drawing in Rome Program is now fully underway.
Today was our second day drawing. It is often a challenge for interior students to loosen up and draw what they see. They are so normally focused on plans, and final rendering that convey the finished illustration of a space, at least the group of students who are on the trip, who just completed a construction documents studio and an environmental design studio nearly just a week ago. On this trip, we’ve had several conversations about plein-air approaches to drawing. Today the group spent 3.5 hours in the morning at Santa Maria deli Angeli (a church designed my Michaelanglo, which he built into the ancient Roman bathhouse of Diocletian). After a morning of drawing (while a mass went on in the Basilica with a Cardinal presiding at the service) we had lunch at an outdoor pizzeria (YUM), and then went to a shaded park where we had a critique, and further discussion about both drawing, and the history of the site.
San Nicola in Carcare
I found I needed to draw myself during these sessions, both to help illustrate what I was talking about as drawing approaches, and because I really wanted to. It was so great to sit, look and draw – it really took me back to a good place. After our critique session, we headed to more ancient ruins, and drew for a few more hours before calling it a day.
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