Neighbour's House - 2023 05 25

 This is a series of work in progress.


This is an experiment - I haven't done much architectural drawing. But I love this house so much. It is one of Vancouver's beautiful heritage houses that has been carefully restored and maintained. And it is on my block.

I had this idea of putting a larger than life cat into the picture - this was the photo that served as the reference for the cat drawing. However, after sketching the cat in, I decided I just liked the house on it's own. It has so much character and many stories to tell.

First layer is a contour drawing of the edges.

Second layer I added translucent tinted ink to define the main areas of local colour. I still have no idea what I am going to do about the sky or the surrounding shrubbery.



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