A History of Art part 34

Back to the Studio for a few hours this afternoon. Today's effort was directed at the upper third of the tower (top photo). Consuming most of the time was working on my Piranesi inspired prison. I completely redrew the large arch on the left, and also adjusted the horizontals on just about every block to bring some consistency to the point of view. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to assign light and shadow in there, but I decided for now to make that a coloring issue rather than a cutting issue. I cleaned up a few lines on the slot machines in the casino above, as well as resolved the ceiling a little more. Over at the upper right corner I made some minor adjustments to both of the models.

So that concludes the round of major revisions, bringing the drawing to the state shown in the second photo. That doesn't mean I'm done drawing- I'll likely look again at each area, even bringing back source material, before I cut many of the areas. And there are a few details I know I have to fill in (such as a rear view mirror for the station wagon). But I do know that all the main elements are in place, so I don't have to worry that late changes to one area will affect other areas. Which means that I can begin cutting next time. Luckily that shouldn't take as long as the drawing did.