you can see from the staged renders, that my 3d environment is coming along nicely. I incorporated ideas from the windows with that of a staircase from another reference image as well as adding pillars into the mix. i spent a good deal of time organising the outliner in my last class as well as getting to grips with the duplicate shortcuts, my favourite being shift+D to duplicate with a transformation - helped a lot with the staircases and then the window muntins (the panels between the glass in a mosaic glass window)
the next stages will to comprise of making furniture, maybe a piano along with some stools and chairs scattered around, then texturing and lighting will follow once the modelling stage is complete.
