Hallowed Grounds: Classical monument design in a modern contemplative park

Memorial, peacock sanctuary, contemplative refuge, or concert venue: the place of the dead has played many roles, and continues to evolve as our cities and relationship to the dead change. Founded in 1899, Hollywood Forever Cemetery is one of the country’s early examples of the Nineteenth-Century’s Lawn Cemetery, designed to be an uplifting place of […]

Hollywood Forever sketching class with Winston Chappell

October is right around the corner, so it’s time for the ICAA Southern California’s signature Halloween & Dia de Los Muertos field sketching class at the iconic Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Join us for drawing among some of Hollywood’s most famous deceased and their classically inspired “forever homes”. You are welcome to choose whether to make measured […]

Halloween Sketchbook-Field Drawing with Winston Chappell at Hollywood Forever

Autumn is here, so it’s time for the ICAA Southern California’s signature Halloween & Dia de los Muertos field sketching class at the iconic Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Join us for a measured drawing class amongst some of Hollywood’s most famous deceased and their classically inspired “forever homes.” Since the Renaissance, architects have sketched and measured […]

The Architect’s Sketchbook-Field Drawing with Winston Chappell

Kickoff Halloween season with a field sketching class at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Since the Renaissance, architects have sketched and measured all facets of architecture in portable bound books. Architects have used the sketchbook to record historical artifact in both representational sketches evoking three dimensions and carefully measured drawings drawn to scale.