Sunday, February 27, 2011

St. Peters Day - sketch video!

Another video of me sketchin away in Rome!





the link to share:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3BJkopn0o

St. Peters Day - more!

More pics from my day at St. Peters!























St. Peters Day

Friday I went to St. Peters Basilica, in the Vatican City --- this was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to, and I cannot wait to go back! We spent the morning in the piazza and the Church, and the afternoon was spent in the Vatican Museum, and we even went into the Sistine Chapel (sorry I don't have any pictures of that, security was TIGHT to say the least....)

I really enjoyed myself though, I really love this place


Wonderful place















St. Peters dome



Class in session



sketchin away!



chillin in the Vatican courtyard











Sphinx?



Rug room? -- These were awesome



Map room --all of the walls are lined with frescoes of maps of Italy, very accurate too!



Not sure what this was -- but they sell it in the gift shop 







Action shot -- of course


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Jam Sesh

Well, there was once a time when I deemed myself a decent musician, this was not one of those nights...








Sorry for hurting your ears, but I thought I would at least share them with you!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Darkness

Got up early this morning, made a FRESH POT of cappuccino, my new and current addiction, and immediately left for studio to finish a paper (last minute procrastinating, of course).

Entered the studio -- darkness was the mood, no sound or light from any direction -- i slowly crept toward the first lightswitch I could find, shuffling my feet lightly as to stay balanced. My hand reached toward the wall as I located the switch. I pressed directly into the upward direction, the lights above my head began to flicker slightly....then.....nothing but darkness again.

A second or two passed by, as my thoughts began to spin thinking about what was happening. All of the sudden lights appear. not bright lights, but not dark either, and at each door opening.

 Took me a second to realize it, the emergency lights had just turned on, what had just taken place? I tried the swtich again, nothing. I immediately walked to the next doorway and tried another, still nothing. What had I done?



---- turns out, we all lost power, for about 3 hours. go me. Now to write that paper -- -- ----

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Friday, February 18, 2011

Cajon Box Drum

My new side project -- a Cajon Box Drum

So, I miss my drumset a lot -- so to try and cope I am going to try a build a drum on my own...In Rome.

Ferro, one of my architecture professors is going to take me on a journey to meet some restorers to see if they can help me recover some recyclable wood to build this thing. Should be interesting...






Thursday, February 17, 2011

Tiber River day

went for a nice long walk along the Tiber River today -- some pics and a video of me being a huge dork






Even angels can rage on a guitar...






Update

Referencing back a couple posts ago --- if you would like to see a video of me drumming for our drawing class visit this site : http://web.me.com/polytekton/rome2011/News/News.html



Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Fun at the Pantheon!

Check out some speed sketches me and Paul did at the Pantheon yesterday!






ME ^^



PAUL ^^



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Sketchin!

Did a lot of drawing yesterday -- here's some sketches -- check em out!



























yes, Shannon --- I stole your balloon




More drawings

The other day in studio I was asked to perform some of my mad skills to the class so they could try and sketch me and my motion -- it was a lot of fun!
Thought I might have been able to get a video of it, but wasnt able to. Check em out!


































Mike also played that day on his guitar -- so here's some sketches of him!


^^ This one is mine!