This article is about a house portrait sketch, 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 pen & ink house portrait sketch is for 470 Merrill Lane, Grayslake, Illinois. Property was sold by Nano Engdahl.
Delineation of Watercolor house portrait 6/26/2018
The line work and shadowing in this home will be very nice. The architectural style lends itself to long overhangs and deep eaves which cast lots of shadows.
Hatching & Cross-hatching
The shade and shadows are make from a quick horizonal line strokes. This pen & ink drawing gives you a basic understanding what the house will look like, the angle and perspective most importantly. The photo provide for this house portrait was very distorted and so I took it upon myself to make a preliminary sketch to give the agent some comfort as to how the watercolor will appear.
This article is about Ray Wade sells at Indigo Lake, written, by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans and prints. Ray is a broker/owner of Legacy Texas Properties in The Woodlands, Texas has just sold and outstanding property in Magnolia, Texas.
Mr. Wade is one of the top selling agents in the greater Houston area. You can contact him at 832-531-2011 & [email protected]. Mr. Wade has been one of Houton’s top selling agents for years and he is not looking back. The success of Mr. Wade is his phenomenal knowledge of the Houston real estate market. Not only does he know and understand the market he knows how to sell it.
Delineation of Watercolor house portrait 6/26/2018
This is an interior rending thus using line work to bring out all of the design elements.
Hatching & Cross-hatching
The shade and shadows are not made with hatching lines but with brush.
This article is about Pen & ink house portrait sketch, 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 is a pen & ink sketch done for a proposal for a house portrait for Michelle Nunez of Remax Suburban Realty in Libertyville, Illinois. This is a waterfront property as can be seen by the lake in the background. When you fill in the white areas with watercolor it ads a new dimension to the work of art.
This article is about Pen & ink sketch of a house on a scratch pad, 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 Pencil sketch for a proposed rendering of a house portrait, 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 is a study for a house portrait for my Realtor client, Denise Kurtz of Advantage Realty, in Pennsylvania.
Pencil sketch rendering by artist Stephen F. Condren for Realtor Daniel Soldano.
This article is about House portraits pen & ink by artist Stephen F. Condren for Realtor closing gifts, which are for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. There is no better way to express your gratitude to your clients than giving them a house portrait. The gift that keeps on giving is a house portrait simply because it is a constant source of referrals for you, their Realtor.
The house portrait is a personal gift that will hang on the walls of your client’s home and be shown to all their family, friends, and neighbors offering you endless referrals! As the years pass your gift of the house portrait will be there and you will always be remembered.
This article is about Philadelphia skyline art watercolors, which are for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. Watercolor of Philadelphia are a joy to do for it is such a beautiful city. Watercolors work well with architectural subjects as they incorporate lines as well as paint to make the work of art. Since Philadelphia has such a large and detailed skyline there is much to work with for the artist. The pen & inks of the drawing part of the watercolor bring out the details of the work of art. After the ink is in place I go over the paper with tones of color to bring out the needs tones of the subject.
As you can see from the watercolor above, the fine lines of the pen & ink can be seen on the smallest details of the gazebo. This is why pen & inks work so well with watercolor. The brush of the watercolor is good but no match for the exactitude of the ink line. There is some space for hatching and cross-hatching but with the added support of the watercolor there is no need to do much. If you look at the gazebo you can see a small amount of hatching between the Classical pillars that support the structure.
Philadelphia Skyline Art Watercolors Tones
The watercolors make excellent sunsets for the backdrop of the skyline. As you can see from the watercolor above the greenery from FDR Park blend in nicely with the yellows from the setting sun. The tone of the buildings in the skyline are earthen and compliment the landscape. It is prudent at all times to mix tones that work together and compliment each other. If I were to employ brash tones on the surface of the buildings then they would not be in harmony with the park or the sky. Blues and greens work well together and the best mix for shadows are red and blue.
This article is about Philadelphia skyline pen & inks, which are for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. The city of Philadelphia sends itself handsomely to pen & inks as it has a very robust skyline. Outside of Manhattan Island, Philadelphia has the second largest skyline on the east coast! The fine architectural history and ornamentation on many of the cities building are a treasure.
Delineation
The city of Philadelphia is very old and thus has a vast range of architecture form colonial times to the present. All in all there is a lot of details and ornamentation in the architecture of the city that come out beautifully with pen & inks.
Perspective
Architectural subjects are the most natural subject when it comes to perspective drawings. Though the cityscapes and skyline pen & inks that I execute here are not perspective drawings in the strict sense of the word. An excellent example of my perspective drawings are my famous renderings of the Loeb Mansion from the Leopold and Loeb murder trial of Chicago in 1924, see below.
All of the skyline pen & inks that I offer here are done freehand with 2-point perspective in mind.
Philadelphia Skyline Pen & Inks Landscape
The Philadelphia skyline pen & inks landscape starts with FDR Park, a landmark city park that has been a model to the nation since its inception early in the 20th Century. The boathouse and gazebo have been designated on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. It is sites like these that make pen & inks an excellent medium to create urban and skyline drawings with.
This article is about Philadelphia skyline drawings and prints, which are for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. Drawing can be done with lead pencil or charcoal. The later is more difficult in that the lines are rough and soft so that it does not leave crisp delineations. However, the other side of charcoals is their rich tone and unsurpassed granular tones. Complimenting charcoal is lead, for lead has the same tonal qualities but offers the precision of pen & inks. The lead of the pencil is so very natural when it touches the paper that you feel it was all meant to be. Prints & Scans Of This Drawing #172Z ~ Order Here.
Delineation
When I draw with lead pencil I general do a very light sketch first, very light. After this I then go to the center of the paper and start to align all of the elements of the scene on to the paper. This is a rather geometric task but has to be done to align everything. When working with architectural subject this is imperative. After all of the elements have been aligned I then start the process of “sculpting out” the image of the major structures in the skyline. Once I have these in place then I can proceed to delineation of the main buildings and use contour lines where necessary. I generally do not use contour lines excessively as they can flatten your images. Finally, when the delineation is complete I work in the shade and shadows.
Shade & Shadows
The best way to acquire good tonal range with pencil and charcoal is through slow and gradual pressure on the pencil to the paper so as to increase pressure. With the pressure comes a darker line that can be gently smeared to cast shadows and shading. Unlike pen & inks where you make use of hatching and cross-hating to cast all of your shading and shadows. Make shade and shadows with pencil can be similar for sure, but then you can gradually apply pressure and rub it along the paper to a wider range. This is something that you cannot do with pen & inks, for the are strictly and on/off standard.
This article is about Philadelphia skyline art and prints, which are for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans.The city of brotherly love and the beginning of our great nation, this is Philadelphia! I grew up always loving this great city. I was, and still am, a lover of Classical music, and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy was unsurpassed. When I was 16 I did a 40″ x 40″ oil canvas of him, and it is still hanging in my home to this day.
Architecture
The city of Philadelphia is a vast metropolis dedicated to the spirit of progress. This hold especially true for it’s urban planning and development. FDR Park is a model inner city park that has set the standard for the rest of the United States. Running along the Schuylkill River FDR Park is a haven from the hustle and bustle of this giant city. In the background loom the towering skyscrapers the make up the world famous Philadelphia skyline.
Philadelphia Skyline Art Categories
I have produced the skylines of Philadelphia skyline art into three categories: Drawings, Pen & Inks, and Watercolors.
I have always been at home with a pencil in my hand. There is a poetry with the drawing of an image that you see directly. It is just you and the pencil, like a poet jotting down verses. The elements of the scene naturally come out of my mind and on to the paper through the pencil. The lead is soft and hard, thus you can use it to make various degrees of light and dark for shade and shadows.
The pen in my hand is second nature to me. There is something about pen & ink that I cannot explain except that it is second nature to me. I very much enjoy the process of moving the pen along the paper and have the ink gently follow out on to the paper, it is almost magical.
The translucent quality of watercolor naturally lend themselves to architectural subjects. The beauty with watercolors is that it give you the best of both worlds, the linear and color. Architectural subjects are very well suited to watercolors as you can draw out the fine details with pen & ink or pencil and then go over the drawing with water.
