Art journal fun

Yesterday I saw this picture in the most recent issue of the Smithsonian.

I love architecture like this- very intricate, yet made of individual simple elements. This example is from China, but I’ve seen a lot of similarly gorgeous Indian and Southeast Asian architecture. Some of the pillars looked like brushstrokes to me, so I thought I’d take a go at distilling the shapes into my art journal. Here’s how it’s going so far:

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