The first challenge concentrated on urban architecture and on learning to look at buildings without feeling the need to draw every brick, window and piece of stonework. For Challenge 2 I took some of those lessons into the world of classical architecture.
Temples, columns, arches, capitals, pediments, ruins and monumental buildings provided the subjects, but this was not an architectural drawing course. The aim remained loose sketching: understanding enough of the structure and perspective to make the building convincing, then deciding what could safely be left out.
Some days involved complete buildings, while others concentrated on just part of a structure — perhaps a row of columns, a capital, an archway or a section of an ancient ruin. I particularly wanted to explore whether studying these smaller elements could help me understand the whole building without becoming obsessed with detail.
The challenge ran from 4 September to 3 October 2026 and covered Days 31–60 of my sketching journey.
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