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Do you know when we stare at a color (Blue for example), we actually saw the opposite color of the color wheel (Orange), these blue and orange colors are known as complementary colors in the color theory (see below left for a test). 

Therefore two colors (Blue-Orange, Red-Green, and Yellow-Purple) complement each other and create…

The final blog of this series focuses on Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt work. As with the great architects and designers in our own time, not all of the great and innovative designs produced in their minds will ever be built or realized. The buildings in this blog highlight FLW's thoughts about urban planning,…

Zala Springs Resort is Hungary’s first master planned and biggest golf and thermal spa resort community, which is unique both in Hungary and in Central Europe. The $125 million, five star residential and golf complex on a 500 acre (202 hectares) estate alongside the Zala River, will encompass a Robert Trent Jones Jr. 18 hole championship golf course,…

Part Two of this series focuses on Frank Lloyd Wright's Concrete Textile Block Residences. There are four residences in all, and all four are located in southern California. After finishing his Hollyhock House and the Imperial Hotel, Frank Lloyd Wright began to push his ideas concerning patterned concrete…

“It was exciting being with him and watching him designing, or just watching him sketch.  He was in the business of making architecture, and his drawings were a means to that end." - Bruce Pfeiffer, Former FLW Apprentice…

This month's blog highlights one of my favorite architecture studios here in San Francisco, Aidlin Darling Architecture. Aidlin Darling bridges the demands of artistic endeavor, environmental responsibility, functional pragmatics, and financial considerations. As a multidisciplinary firm,…

This blog highlights using Revit Architecture and hand drawing as a hybrid approach to create quick concept drawings. I am finding this process more and more efficient in utilizing both digital and hand techniques as I work through various kinds of projects…

A number of BeLoose members have requested a blog about the process of digital illustrative plan renderings. I have been doing these kinds of renderings over the last couple of years and although I prefer the hand drawn approach to illustrative plan drawing, the digital process can also be a powerful design method based on understanding of color, line weights, drawing depth,…

By Carol Hsiung of FX Fowle Architects

Pencil Sketch: Eleven Times Square

In the days of the “Ecole De Beaux-Arts,” the…

James Wines: Drawing and Architecture

 By James Wines, 2009

Wines’ 2003 drawing for the Residence Antilia, a private residential tower, which sits on top of a hillside overlooking Mumbai

Next week…

We are featuring an illustrator David Watkins from Colorado.

David Watkins Brief

I have been a professional illustrator for 37 years.   I graduated with a degree in Architecture in 1971 at the University of Texas-Arlington.  The instructor who taught me is Richard Ferrier who is an excellent illustrator and my mentor.  He is still on staff there and I…

Just uploaded a video we produced for a Vimeo workshop. It is loosely based on one of our published short stories (flash fiction) with the same name. If you have 2 minutes to spend on alien conspiracy speculations ...with a twist, take a look at "Roswell Revisited". Enjoy!

Roswell Revisited - We're Back in 2012!

... sometimes the truth is really out-there :)

Recently, I have been doing more and more drawing hybrid overlays that began as views from Revit Model and Sketch-Up Model views. This process has been an effective and efficient way to test out ideas quickly and then using Photoshop to add quick color and entourage to generate convincing spaces for design team collaboration and interim presentations for the…

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Dick Sneary, ASAI, past president of American Society of Architectural Illustrators, is considered by his peers as one of the best architectural illustrators in the world.  We are honored to have him as part of our growing graphics community at BeLoose.com.  For over 30 years, Dick, who is also a seasoned architect, has shared and collaborated his talents and gifts to…

Hi,

I recently added a blog on www.PresentingArchitecture.com with a list of the overseas schedule for the upcoming Beloose Workshops.  http://www.presentingarchitecture.com/blog/2011/08/22/beloose-graphic-workshops/.

Our overseas members have a great opportunity here!

Rob