I didn’t do very much on this model today but I did a little bit of refinement of it, the abstractness of this is a bit different to me, and the low relief makes it a little more complicated to get right because the various levels of the surfaces are very subtle and they don’t vary very much, making more use of outlines and angles to delineate the shapes and forms more than any projection. A little further refinement today on this should be evident. And today as well

I decided to dig out some model ideas I had stored away in a folder, and as I went through the photos I came upon a couple which I wanted to do a couple of years ago but didn’t pursue. The photos were of the 1927 Chanin building and I decided to look for more information on the building last night. I learned there are 8 panels in the 2 lobbies, of which I very much liked 3 panels, here is a picture of one of them. I like what I call the “Atlas” look, or as some articles refer to these as; “hyper-masculine” style of these kinds of figures…