Sketch: Looking across the Amstel

Brexit and A Relapse of Nationalism

Everyone has had a lot of thoughts on today…and by “today” I mean Brexit. What I specifically have been thinking about is the ideological repercussions of Brexit, especially concerning nationalism. Also, I’d like to establish that Brexit sounds like the name of some muscle-building whey protein shake. BREXIT™: EXTREME MUSCLE, a breakfast substitute.  Anyway, there are two main reasons I find…

Sketch of Poznan, Poland

Here is a glimpse of my Tuesday night of last week: 

Teleportation through Sketching

There are many possible motivations for sketching: an obvious one is to remember the physical appearance of an object or scene; another is to represent a concept or feeling by illustration; yet another is to feel indefatigably rich as the limit of possible designs you can create is imagination itself. The list can go on, but I want…

Sketch of Amsterdam

Amsterdam is my favorite city to sketch. I get to use the most creativity when sketching this city because each building has its own idiosyncratic character, which somehow does not look like an over-elaborate mess when placed next to all the other buildings. For many European cities, you have to obey certain architectural schemes and shapes…

Essences of Barcelona

Here is a collection of simple scenes in the Catalonian capital of Barcelona, which I captured this summer. Most pictures are of the architecture. I put them here in the hope that you can understand the architectural style of the city, which is truly unique and diverse. Gerard Piqué representing Barça These pictures are of the…

Architectural Glimpses of Europe, Part 1

Here is a handful of pictures I took when traveling in Europe (specifically, in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Venice, Florence, and a few other cities.) To give a theme to this post, I chose the pictures with the most inspiring architectural design. Even the rain can’t kill the vibe of Paris. A pretty typical street corner in…

Sketch of Istanbul

This is the first sketch I’ve done of a non-European city. But I’m not sure if that’s fair to say since Istanbul is perhaps half-European. Either way, it was a very different type of sketch. For “classically neat and proper” cities like Amsterdam and Paris, it’s easy to know what specifically confers the beauty of…

A New City and a New Instagram

It’s finals week right now at USC, and I need ways to keep myself sprightly and creative. And so, I turn to the blank page and let myself go:   This is just an imaginary city street, based off of styles from different European architecture. Also, I want to add that this site (The Quantum…

Back to Amsterdam

Here is my latest sketch, which is once again of Amsterdam (it seems I like this city.) This one took a lot less time than my last Amsterdam sketch took (https://thequantumthought.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/sketches-of-paris-and-amsterdam/), but it was tricker since the vertical and horizontal axes of the scene were different from those of the paper. As always, click on…