Welcome to the Art Space section of Studio Notebook, February edition!
This month I’ve made a little 3d model tour of the partially built studio I’ve been working on with my partner. I was really trying to get the tour finished up at the end of January, but was stuck trying to figure out the roof design — so here it is a few days later than I hoped!
I’ve also put in my order for the postcards I’ll be sending out to paid subscribers — so if you are a paid subscriber and would like a free postcard sent to you each month, please reply to this email with your mailing address details —- I can’t wait to send a postcard your way! (I’ll send it blank, in an envelope, so that you can choose what you want to do with it!)
And now for the details on the backyard studio build:
January has been full of building design work, so I haven’t been working too much on outdoor drawing — and also just enjoying a break from daily practice. But handily the 3D modeling software I’ve been using to visualize client work has also been helpful for designing our little studio building. Sketchup is fairly user-friendly and has a rendering plug-in that makes the model look photorealistic, complete with fun ready-made props such as trees, rocks, furniture, moody lighting effects, etc. (My mind tends to go down the rabbit hole of potential art projects using this program: recalling dreams? composing paintings?)
For the studio building project, I’ve been making a model in order to figure out the roof design, estimate material amounts, and plan the landscaping — the building is situated on a hillside, so grading the surrounding soil is tricky.
Here’s where we’re at with actually building the studio, having broken ground last spring, working on it whenever we could squeeze in a few free hours:
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