Week Five--Second Semester

I was a busy bee this week, starting on a lot of things for my map. Some got finished, others didn't. I'm going to work on them this weekend, and then next week I want to get all my roads glued down. Yes, that is correct. ALL the roads glued down. I have decided, too, that while the pattern is not that of an actual road, roads, in general, and navigating the city was such an important part of my summer experience that I need to give the roads more presence and excitement than what an actual, 'road' color can do. I'm going to line areas of roads with a curb and other areas will have sidewalks abutting the main road but I have decided this is what I'm doing. I have also decided that vertical roads will taper and will be kind of squiggly in some areas and straighter in others.

Now, getting back to what I did this past week, I will provide a list. I do not have pictures of everything but will try and upload those I do not have a picture of upon their completion.

1. Four more strawberry stands.

2. A tram car coming vertically down a road.
3. Two bus stop signs (finished but have not yet scanned). Here is a picture, though, of what they actually look like in Berlin, except the poles are yellow/orange:

4. A post office (not done yet).
5. Cafe Sowohl Als Auch (not done yet).
6. A fruit stand (not done yet).
7. Mao Thai Restaurant (not done yet).
8. Television tower elevated on foam core (not done yet).
9. More trees.

*I also tweaked Impala Coffee--I got rid of the man and dog sitting at the table because I didn't like them; I added a little more tan and goldenrod to Konditorei Krautzig because there was too much white and I added little windows to kleine Eiszeit because, again, there was too much white.

Utilization of time:
Looking at books I checked out: 1 hour
Browsing eBay to buy stamps for my map: 1 hour
Collaging: 16 hours

Max und Moritz