Half-timbered Turret at Autoire, in Quercy

This one was based on a photo in Eyewitness Travel Guides‘ “Dordogne & Southwest France.” The original photo was only abour 1″ x 2″, which made it quite difficult to see some of the details and forcd me to use my own imagination on some places.

I drew this one in Moleskine Watercolor Notebook, thinking that I wanted to add watercolor later. After adding all the details on texture and shadow, I’m not so sure about it anymore. It feels “done” to me, and I don’t know if watercolor will add more charm to it. I should’ve stopped drawing when I finished the outline, but I had too much fun and wanted to try out Noh Young Wook’s style.

Noh Young Wook, a young Korean, spent over a year travelling around the world when he quit his tiresome and boring architect job. Not having any particular destination in mind, he went from one country to another by feelings. He picked up Spanish on the way, got rubbed in Brazil (lost all 5 sketchbooks among others), got stuck at places more than he liked, got sick plenty of time, got homesick whenever he heard Korean, and got taken advantage of more than he deserved. As the journey continued on, he drew the places he set his foot on. I don’t envy his trip (too harsh and too stinky for me), but I hope that one day I’ll draw as well as him. His ability of simplifying architecture and adding charm to it is impressive! It must be great for him to draw buildings without his old stiff rulers!