WEEK ONE: 3D SketchUp Model and Section Swimming & Cover Materials used: Blue glass for the wave and windows. Roofing shingles. Pink brick basket for exterior on ground. Concrete for the bottom floor. Marble next to the windows
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Piece of Great Architecture Architecture chosen : Château de Chenonceau in Central France This building in France was built between 1513 and 1517 by Thomas Bohier along with his wife, Catherine Briconne. It is an interesting piece of architecture as it was heavily highlighted to involve a strong succession of women who built, embellished and restored the building. Its name alludes to 'the ladies Chateau' due to the influence of women upon the architecture of this building.
Original Artwork This artwork is definitely not one of my most skilled, nor cleanest (as evident from the messy paint lines everywhere), but I see the process of painting this piece as unique, setting it apart from my previous paintings. The reason is due to the fact that I had used my hand as a sort of palette for mixing the paints instead of just using a plastic palette. Strangely, feeling the cold, smooth paint on my palm relaxed me and allowed me to visualise a calm aura for the artwork through the galaxy hair, various celestial symbols and greenery.
Photography
c. An original photograph of something beautiful I see photography as a hobby, with over 4000 pictures on my camera, so it was quite challenging to pick just one photograph as I do have numerous favourites. However, I have settled on this photograph of the night sky as it rains softly. As I am an amateur photographer with limited skills and resources, I find it difficult to capture stars in the night sky, let alone constellations. Although some may view this picture as sloppy due to the awkwardly-placed light blurs, this picture of the rain illuminated by flash makes the raindrops strikingly resemble the thousands of stars that would not normally be captured by the camera lens.