Digital Drawings or Work in Progress

So I have been teaching myself SketchUp its a google digital drawing tool and while I dont do much the correct or fast way yet it is a new an exciting way to draw and be be able to look at the work in a more three dimensional way.  For instance the piece below is actually done, well the middle part is obviously it looks a quite a bit differnt I didn't end up useing the purpleheart (purple color) but either way sketch up allowed me to rotate the piece digitally which is helping me figure out how the stand should look and work.

The wood and glass is finished for this peice I have a little bit more to do to set the copper on the wood but this one should be done soon as well 

 I actually just glued up the wood for this yesterday and hopefully will glue the glass on this weekend typically I have been glueing the glass in with a silcon glue but since only one face I will mostly glue the peice useing the fancy ubber clear epoxy from epitec (spelling?)

 This peice I am trying a new technique for the wood ... its purple heart and burnt white oak ... I belive the technique is called Suji and the wood looks really nice.  I just need to get the shape of the curves a 100 percent right and then make the copper peices and backing and it will be good to go.

Lastly I figured I would put a digital drawing followed by the finished peice so obviously my drawings are only getting there but ive been enjoying a new way to draw.  

                                   

Hopefully the above peices will be finished and photographed within the next month.  However, I have a lot of other things I am working on as well and been having a small case of project ADD and bouncing back and forth betweeen stuff a lot.  Plus the weather this past week has been glorious and being outside is always nice fortunately for me that means I can do almost all my wood working outside.