The inked Victorian
I spent several days inking in the Victorian house. It was somewhat more complicated than you might think. There was a lot of secondary detail drawing as I moved through the various parts of the portrait. I first did most of the lower landscaping including the front tree and then the windows and screened porch and called it a day. The screen porch took a lot of concentration so it didn’t get too dark. I do like to move all around as I work on a piece so that I don’t over work an area and can keep the lights and darks balanced.
The next day I moved to the fish scale shingles and siding. Again, that needed a lot of preliminary pencil layout so the siding and the shingles didn’t get bunched up. Then I worked on the upper windows, barely visible behind the tree. I couldn’t make them too visible or it would look odd behind the foliage. Lastly, I inked in the background foliage and touched up various places that I thought needed something extra. After I apply the color I will probably redefine some areas, mostly the semi-hidden upper windows.
Mar 22, 2015 @ 15:32:08
Love Victorian homes (even though ours kept us broke for 22 years!). This looks great, Ruth.
Mar 22, 2015 @ 17:35:00
Thanks, Dix. I like Victorians too. It’s a bit different with the porches screened in.
Mar 22, 2015 @ 16:50:37
Looking gorgeous! And don’t worry, we can tell it is complicated! 😀
Mar 22, 2015 @ 18:01:20
Thanks, Cindy. The house is white and gray so I’ll liven it up with foliage. Fortunately that is a line of day lilies along the sidewalk.
Apr 06, 2015 @ 10:41:43
I like the black and white of this. A lot!
Apr 07, 2015 @ 09:12:35
Yes, if I hadn’t had to color it, it would have been fun to layer in the depth in the foliage. I would have to be careful, because of the darkness of the screened porch.
May 13, 2015 @ 13:33:15
I love this drawing. Thank you for sharing your work.
May 13, 2015 @ 16:58:02
Thank you. I hadn’t done a Victorian in a long time so it was fun.