Little House in the City
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Here's a little drawing of a house downtown I've been working on. Some houses can be pretty broken down and uncared for, and giant eyesores...but if every house was a brand new executive in the suburbs there wouldn't really be anything to draw. Buildings have unique character just like people, from the cracks in the walls to the style of window pane.
This particular house had a lot of random unique details that kind of called out to me. Crazy chipped walls, uncut grass, white mod chair, broken shades...the list goes on. I just thought it would be a fun subject to experiment with layering on top of an ink wash. I drew out the house more detailed than normal in pencil, then did a grey wash over top to start. After that I added in some digital colours, tweaking some of the watermarks, and really exaggerating the aged feel with some grunge brush texturing. At the same time I was trying to picture what it might have looked like brand new in all its glory, without the dirt cloud of neglect
This particular house had a lot of random unique details that kind of called out to me. Crazy chipped walls, uncut grass, white mod chair, broken shades...the list goes on. I just thought it would be a fun subject to experiment with layering on top of an ink wash. I drew out the house more detailed than normal in pencil, then did a grey wash over top to start. After that I added in some digital colours, tweaking some of the watermarks, and really exaggerating the aged feel with some grunge brush texturing. At the same time I was trying to picture what it might have looked like brand new in all its glory, without the dirt cloud of neglect
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