6.6
The Beacon Hill area of Boston,
Massachusetts, contains
fine 19th-century houses and
squares. Here railings and a fire
hydrant add foreground interest
and give the sketch a complexity
which a study of building
façades alone would lack.
6.7
This sketch of an advertising
gable in Ukiah, California, uses
the telegraph pole wires and
parked cars to add further
layers of meaning or character.
The nature of American urban
design was the starting point
for this descriptive drawing.
Composition 55