This weekend I was in a beautiful city of Belgium called Gent. Famous for its University, beautiful churches, castle and veggie friendly menu, I have grown a liking for this place. The city center is one of the prettiest of all the historical city centres I have seen. Having come here many times, I was always let down by the cold rainy weather, because of which I couldn't sketch. This time I checked the weather forecast beforehand, packed accordingly and on a beautiful sunny day I was able to sketch down St. Niklaas Kerk (St. Nicholas Church) at Korenmarkt.
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Among many other buidings, I was particularly fascinated by the architecture and facade of this church. The interiors were very ornate and the most striking feature is the massive organ inside it.
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Things I observed while sketching:
1. Structure the building's important parts first to avoid running out of space later
2. Creating shadows using line width. I haven't figured that out yet! Next study will be focussed on that. (I will be sketching in Vienna soon with a good friend. What a place to study!)
I will post a good close up of my sketch soon.
Here is an interesting
photograph of a sculpture I found in this church.
