At last we are getting rain instead of snow. A gray day today, but that is fine with me. The temperatures were in the 60’s yesterday so spring is on the horizon.
A grand house
I have been looking at working with this set of photos for a quite a while, but have been slightly intimidated by the deck behind the crenelations. I need to define its presence to separate the fore structure from the large window and the perspective works against it. I decided to just dive in and let the shading handle it.
The soft brownish brick has accents of limestone surrounding the windows and door. The whole left gable has zig-zaggy brick for added visual interest. The bay window is a weathered copper and the roof, as would be expected in a home this elegant, is slate. The pencil up is mostly finished and I will start the inking today. Sorry about the paleness of the photo, but the pencil never shows well on the very white board.
This one doesn’t feel quite like a true Tudor to me because the timber work looks somewhat like an afterthought, but I rather like it anyway.
