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Newberrytiger
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:31:49 +0000

Hi mechninjaro!

I’m a visual artist, not an architecture student, but I thought I might offer some advice.

First of all, I love all of your architecture pieces. Perspective seems to be good, I enjoy the simplicity of your drawings. My favorite is “pedestrian city”. It seems like you have a good sense of design.

Now, your fine arts pieces could be expanded on. My suggestion would be to experiment with different mediums and loosen up a bit. I would try working in indian or walnut ink or with an acrylic wash. You can dilute these with water and wash the page with them or grab a brush and paint with these and they do well in the sketchbook. Try out different techniques such as gesture. You seem to work well with crosshatching, so practice with that. When you draw with graphite, I would avoid smudging with fingers/paper stumps and try working with lines and line weight instead. Some of your work has excess negative space and I would avoid this.

If you have any questions for me just ask! I’m also applying to Cornell but for fine arts (: