The North Dakota capitol sketches: #1.

written by Julie R. Neidlinger      1 comments      link this post     





I've heard a fair share of insults about the appearance of the North Dakota state capitol.

Usually, it's from reprobates wearing NASCAR caps that mistakenly think all government buildings must be Neo-Classical architecture or they are, and I quote a relative, "butt ugly."

On the contrary.

I find the state capitol to be an absolutely beautiful example of what I like to call "stripped down" Art Deco. And inside, it is quite lovely as well.

I like an Ionic and Corinthian column as much as the next guy, but I sure get tired of the insults.

So, today, after studying for almost six hours, I headed up to the capitol to do a little sketching. I'm considering doing many sketches of the building over the next weeks/months and seeing how my interpretation of its essentially clean lines and forms change.

As it is, here is the second drawing I did of the capitol today. The first can be seen here.

I also did a sketch of the mastodon skeleton inside the Heritage Center at the capitol, which you can see here.

You can buy all original three sketches for $12 (plus S&H). Really. That's a pretty good deal.

Materials: Watercolor and/or ink on heavy rag paper
Size: 8.5 X 11
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $12



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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger  8/19/2008 06:32:00 PM   (1) comments   Links to this post    

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