This is Casa Papelillos, designed by architect Diego Villaseñor. It's located in a quaint little fishing village called Punta de Mita, Mexico. It's a 19,000 square foot residence consisting of a main hacienda and a guest house. It's capable of housing about 20 guests comfortably, and is located in the Ranchos Estates (an exclusive, gated community). It has all the modern accoutrements you could want, the list goes on. Suffice it to say that you need to visit Villaseñor's site to see more of his works, and the Papelillos site to see more of it. This house is one of the reasons I want to be an architect so much.In any event, this is only one view of the estate, but is one of the most beautiful. I had to sketch it. And here it is...
In case you're wondering what that smudge is in the lower-right, it's my signature. I'm not keen on posting that to the web for obvious reasons. Anyway, I'm not that great...yet. But with practice I hope to become great. . And along the way, perhaps I'll gain more inspiration. I can tell I'll be studying Villaseñor's works for a long time. As soon as I get it back, I'll post my other, non-freehand sketch (a gridded enlargement).I will try to keep this blog updated at least three times a week. Perhaps more often as I get into sketching everything in sight, but between homework assignments, work, wife, kid, house, temple, etc, it will be difficult sometimes. Still, I love doing this, and god-willing, even if I become a Starchitect one day, I'll still be keeping up this blog.