BERLIN Watercolor Map + Sketch: PRINT Size:16 x 20 friendships are fierce and culture

friendships are fierce and culture abounds

with a maze of graphite line fields and just a hint of a watercolor river

To experience the District's overlapping grids and diagonal boulevards and many spaces of commemoration is awe-inspiring

I used a figure/ground method to convey this contrast

BERLIN Watercolor Map + Sketch: PRINT Size:16 x 20 friendships are fierce and cultureBERLIN, Germany. Its tragic and redemptive story is written all over the city, from pockmarked old buildings to new architecture of the 21st century, from the grand monuments to the humble memorials. The city plan is carved out by the River Spree and canals. A view of the river, with the dome of the Berlin Cathedral rests along the bottom of the piece. The map drawing centers on the Altes Museum and the Spree River and includes the eastern portion of