Capturing essence in a few strokes

With a few pen strokes, Hugh of gapingvoid captures Barcelona's church, Sagrada Família.

Source: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004359.html

 

The church appears to reach out to heavens in much sadness, if not anger.

The pictures I took of the church (coincidentally at the same time as Hugh was there) don't capture the feeling as accurately as his sketch.

I played with one picture in Photoshop, but the results, even when interesting, weren't art.

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