Category: Atlanta Watercolors

Atlanta watercolors by artist and architectural illustrator, Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, with JPEG & PDF scan and prints of Atlanta watercolors #025Q.

Atlanta skyline watercolors at sunset in Piedmont Park
Watercolor skyline painting of midtown Atlanta in Piedmont Park at sunset by artist Stephen F. Condren.
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Madison Wisconsin Skyline #317Z

Madison skyline drawing #847A pen & ink cityscape overlooking Lake Monona.

This article is about Madison skyline drawing #317Z, of, and written by artist and United States Navy Veteran, Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery ~ the rendering is done first as a pencil sketch, then followed by the finished work of art, which comes with JPEG & PDF scans for making prints, note cards, and stationery. Prints & Scans Of This Drawing #340Z ~ Order Here.

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Madison skyline drawing #317Z

Cityscape

Downtown

Wisconsin State Capital.

Pencil Rendering For Madison skyline drawing #317Z

  • Clinker Stylus Sketch

This pen & ink drawing of the city of Madison, Wisconsin, is from Lake Monona. We are looking to the northwest along the shoreline. In the background of the skyline you can see the dome of the State Capital Building. This building is one of the tallest domes in the United States. The Capital building is the tallest building in Madison, and laws have been passed forbidding any building to be taller than the pillars that support the dome.

Scans

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Scans of Madison skyline drawing #317Z are available in JPEG or PDF formats for making prints, note cards, or posters.

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Male Figure Drawing #317Z As Fine Art

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Condren Galleries is pleased to have been to participate in the execution of Madison skyline drawing #317Z.

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Madison skyline drawing #317Z As Figure Drawing

  • Artist

As an artist I have made Madison skyline drawing #317Z a staple of my figure drawing art.

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Madison skyline drawing #317Z with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren at Condren Galleries.

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Atlanta Skyline Watercolors #162Z

Atlanta skyline #867A sunset cityscape watercolor is popular because of it's view of Piedmont Park.

This article is about Atlanta skyline watercolors, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. Watercolors are a very popular medium for cityscapes and skyline paintings, drawings, and prints. Since watercolors are translucent they work very well with pencil and pen & inks to delineate architectural elements.

Pen & Inks With Atlanta Skyline Watercolors

Pen & inks are the best compliment to watercolors because they offer a sharp and clear line. When the time calls for it, you can water down the ink to make it lighter and then make use of more hatching for shadows. 

Atlanta skyline watercolors and brown pen & ink drawing
Pen & ink skyline drawing of midtown Atlanta in Piedmont Park overlooking Lake Clara Meer by artist Stephen F. Condren.

As you can see from the watercolor above the ink nice works in the details of the structures while the watercolor give a balanced tone to the work of art. Since both works above are on Lake Clara Meer in Piedmont Park it is easy to compare them. The pen & ink below without doubt show the beauty of the park, the pen strokes are small and gently reflect the water. A unique feature of Piedmont Park is that it has a very large lake (Clara Meer) right in midtown. No other major city such as Manhattan, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Dallas have such a large body within the city boundaries.

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Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago ~ BFA

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Atlanta Skyline Watercolor Of Downtown At Night #031Z

Atlanta skyline night watercolor downtown

This is about Atlanta skyline #031Z night watercolor downtown., which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. This article is about my watercolor painting of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, at night. Prints & Scans Of This Watercolor #031Z ~ Order Here.

Skyline Watercolor Of Downtown Key Points:

  1. Take extra art supplies and food with a blanket.
  2. Study the city lights and take in all their ranges of color.
  3. Look at the buildings as figures rather than structures

A most difficult task indeed, doing a watercolor of the city at night, but it is done. The one thing that I had to watch out for at all time was the loss of detail in the watercolor washes. In other words, as I applied the washes of color to the paper I had to do it in such a way as to keep the lines clear and not muddied over. It is amazing how even a light clear stroke can cloud up a pen & ink line!

It is all about lights and street lights to be exact. With the son far gone you need the source of the street and traffic lights to illuminate your skyline by reflecting their shine onto and around the building. The light of course pours into the sky but this is very difficult to catch because in the process you can muddy up details of the structure to capture a vapor. It is sort of like stepping on dollars to pick up dimes. Just go with the flow of light as you see it and then put it down on paper, do not be concerned with be so exact and precise ~ this is what watercolors are all about!

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Atlanta Skyline Sunset Watercolor Of Piedmont Park #030Z

Atlanta skyline #867A sunset cityscape watercolor is popular because of it's view of Piedmont Park.

This article is about Atlanta skyline #030Z sunset watercolor, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. This article is about my sunset watercolor paint of Piedmont Park in midtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Skyline Sunset Watercolor Key Points:

  1. Sunset
  2. Water
  3. Pen & inks

This watercolor is a joy and reflects my feeling about the great and wonderful city of Atlanta. I wanted the color of the sky to be the dominant element of this watercolor from the start. Therefore, I had to diminish the detailing of the landscape and skyscrapers so as not to draw attention to them. The looser the better because nothing in this seen is looser than the gases of the atmosphere which is man manifest in the vast colors of the setting sun.

Elements

It is all about color and space not line. If you think of opera you will know that the musicians are the support element of the opera and the voice is the main element. Though the orchestral themes can be very powerful and grand they should never upstage the voices on stage. The same holds true in this context of watercolor painting. It is my intention to have the watercolor, especially in sky, be the voice of the painting, and that the line that form the buildings and landscape is the orchestra.

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Atlanta Watercolor Sunset Of Piedmont Park #029Z

Atlanta watercolor sunset Piedmont Park

This article is about Atlanta skyline #029Z watercolor sunset Piedmont, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. This article is about my red pen & ink night time watercolor of Piedmont Park, midtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta Watercolor Sunset Of Piedmont Park Key Points:

  1. Delineation
  2. Blue colors
  3. Skyline

This watercolor was difficult to execute do to the fact that the water of Lake Clara Meed becomes the same tone as the evening sky. Thus, I had to work more with the ink to bring out the contour of the buildings in the background and the structure of the trees and bushes on the shore. I used extra ink via cross hatching along the shore’s edge to delineate the land from the water.

The bottom third of the watercolor is devoted to the lagoon. I have made the blue of the water a bit darker than the sky since it has no luminosity from the city lights to ease the darkness.

If you look carefully you can see that directly behind the buildings the sky is lightest and then as you move your eyes upward the sky darkens into the clouds. This is all due to the city light in the background and from downtown Atlanta, which is not so far off.

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Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist

312-303-0207

School of the Art Institute of Chicago ~ BFA

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Atlanta Skyline Watercolor Of Piedmont Park #028Z

Atlanta skyline watercolor Piedmont Park

This article is about Atlanta skyline #028Z watercolor Piedmont Park, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. This article is about my watercolor painting of the Piedmont Park skyline in midtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Skyline Sunset Watercolor Painting Of Piedmont Park Key Points:

  1. Water
  2. Landscape
  3. Ink

This lovely watercolor is from the edge of Lake Clara Meer looking toward the midtown skyscrapers. I have carefully done the watercolor of the water so that it reflects both the trees and the buildings in the background.

I have made it a point not to use very much ink in this painting and let the watercolors have the stage.

The horizon line is gently below the center so that the base of the buildings would be adequately supported by the image of the trees and the reflections in the water. The green is heavily mixed with lemon yellow to give a lighter tone to the foliage.

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Atlanta Skyline Pen & Inks ~ 6/17/2018#161Z

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Atlanta Skyline Watercolor Painting Of Midtown #022Z

Atlanta skyline #848A pen & ink watercolor is popular because of it's view of Midtown.

This article is about Atlanta skyline #022Z midtown watercolor, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. This article is about my watercolor painting of the midtown Atlanta, Georgia, skyline.

Atlanta Skyline Watercolor Key Elements:

  1. Watercolor
  2. Landscape
  3. Pen & Ink

Midtown Atlanta, is located adjacent Piedmont Park and inside the park is the love lagoon name Lake Clara Meer. The setting of this park and lake make for a wonderful vista to paint your cityscape. Common views of midtown, Atlanta are seen looking across Lake Clara Meer. There is no doubt that this is a quiet and tranquil setting which makes for a great juxtaposition with the hustle and bustle of the vast city of Atlanta!

I have chosen to make this watercolor from the lawns leading down to the lake, which cannot be seen here. Resting upon the grove of trees stand the towering skyscrapers that make midtown Atlanta so famous. I have made the skyscrapers the dominant element in the watercolor and used just the tops of the trees for the buildings to rest on. I am very pleased with the result for the buildings actually compliment the landscape rather than crush it.

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Atlanta Skyline Art ~ 6/16/2018#159Z

Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist

312-303-0207

School of the Art Institute of Chicago ~ BFA