I kept a A6 sketchbook of random things, with no restriction to keep track of what attracts me. Though perspective always confuses me, houses, castles, churches, temples, etc always catch my eyes.

Page from my A6 sketchbook

A plein air painting of a hexagon temple I did in the area of Temple of Literature – a tourist attraction in Hanoi.

A Hoi An street, I could walk around this place for hours.

Still quick sketches of traditional structures in the area of Temple of Literature. The place organizes many exhibitions every year so I actually went there a lot.

I get excited by Italian architecture as well, though I got dreadful quickly because I can draw every detail of the church.

An interesting about churches is that many were designed with a smaller budget and area than we might think. Especially later in history, when Christianity was divided into different sections and cities developed quickly, people need a medium church close on their street rather than a grandeur one.

These studies turned out to help me improve my perspective skills, which made it easier to tackle commissions wit complex point of view like the one below.