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Atlanta skyline drawings by artist Stephen F. Condren. The city of Atlanta offers a lot, from theaters and art to a would class business center. The robust skyline of Atlanta compliments the strong economic base of this queenly and gracious city. When I think of Atlanta I think of the Swan Mansion, only the finest! The drawings of the Atlanta are truly Atlanta skyline art.
I have categorized the drawing of Atlanta’s skyline by region and time of day. So there are drawings of midtown and Piedmont Park as well at midtown at night.
Atlanta skyline pencil drawing of downtown at night by artist Stephen F. Condren.
As you can see from the drawing above the image is of downtown Atlanta at night. I enjoy doing the night time drawings because they bring out a different atmosphere than the standard day time drawings. I especially like the use of hatching and cross-hatching to bring out the shade and shadows as well as develop the contour of the buildings.
Atlanta skyline drawing of midtown at Piedmont Park by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Atlanta Skyline Drawings Of Piedmont Park
One of the great treasures of Atlanta, and there are many, is Piedmont Park. Located in the heart of midtown Atlanta, Piedmont Park boast a robust skyline compliment by Lake Clara Meer.
This article is about Atlanta skyline art, 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. The city of Atlanta is rich in history and also rich with architecture. Often called the “Manhattan of the south”, Atlanta boast a prominent cityscape.
As an artist I work with four mediums for doing skylines: Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pencil, and Oils.
Atlanta Skyline Art In Watercolor
Watercolor skyline painting of midtown Atlanta in Piedmont Park at sunset by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Watercolors nicely lend themselves to architectural subjects since they are translucient and let the delineation of the pen & inks and pencil show through. This is especially important when dealing with precise architectural details. As with oils, I look working with sunsets a lot with watercolors. The one think that you have to be careful of is how demanding they are. Watercolors, unlick oils, are very unforgiving. One you put the brush down that is it, you only have moments to work out your image. Oils on the other hand will let you scrape off the entire section and start over again!
Atlanta Skyline Art In Pen & Inks
Atlanta Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing of midtown at Piedmont Park overlooking Lake Clara Meer by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pen & inks more than any other medium lend themselves so naturally to architecture due to the sharp crisp ink lines. These lines clearly bring out all of the architectural details. To make shade and shadows I make use of hatch lines and cross hatching for darker tones.
Atlanta Skyline Art In Pencil
Atlanta skyline drawing of downtown at night by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pencil much like pen & ink lends itself to linear subjects. I have always enjoyed working with pencil and charcoals, I especially like to work them with night scenes.
Atlanta Skyline Art In Oils
Atlanta Skyline Oils At Night by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Oils are the most difficult medium to apply in architectural subjects. I will say that no medium is stronger than oils. The greatest quality that oil give are the wonderful blending of the texture of the pigment. The rich, thick oil is ideal for doing sunsets and Barbizon like artwork. The weakest part of oils and skyline is the lack of delineation. I use vague outlines of high contrasting pigments to give the contour of the structures. It take great skill and acumen to bring out the images of the buildings without losing the integrity of their various structures and end up with muddy looking sticks!
Enrico Caruso pen & ink drawing, 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. Enrico Caruso has been a legend of opera houses all over the world since he set foot on the stage in LaScala Opera house (Teatro alla Scala). Caruso was at the peak of his career when the phonograph was in its infancy. Fortunately for advanced audio technology of today we can get a very good handle on what his voice was really like. The old wax cylinders were filled with static and other extraneous sounds that affected the tonal quality of Caruso’s voice. However, with current digital technology we are able to “clean up” the old wax cylinders of the unwanted sounds and make his voice come alive. Caruso is a celebrity of today and yesterday!
There are a number of online sites that will let you download Caruso’s amazing voice. The clarity is amazing and it only makes me wish that he were alive today so that we could properly record is voice for posterity.
Delineation
The line work for this drawing is very light so as not to accentuate Mr. Caruso’s weight.
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Architectural Renderings
House portraits are casual works of art and they are not Architectural Renderings by any measure. A masterful example of Architectural Renderings are my renderings of the Loeb Mansion, which can be seen below that is in the permanent collection of the Chicago History Museum. The purpose of an architectural rendering is to convey in exacting terms to an architect or committee what the proposed structure will look like. There is little to no room for “artistic license” for these offerings. As you can see in the Loeb Mansion below, the use of Two Point Perspective was employed and thus all of the lines for the vanishing point recede either to the left or right vanishing point on the horizon line. This is a very technical and tedious kind of drawing and take an enormous amount of time and energy.
Architectural rendering of the Loeb mansion.
Realtors
By in large most of my clients are Realtors that give the house portraits to their clients at closing. The most common protocol for ordering a house portrait is to place the order on-line then email to me the MLS link of the house. If there is no MLS link any photo will do. I usually request a few images of the home, from the left, right, and center. If possible a nice close up view of the entry is good to have as well.
Perspective
I always contact the Realtor when I receive the images or photos and go over them with him/her to make necessary adjustment to the image. For example, if there are unsightly poles, cars, or toys in the photos I recommend removal of these objects. Also, the angle and position of the house in the frame is discussed. Some homes lend themselves to being seen or “painted” from a certain angle or perspective which I seek to use. Without doubt any trash canisters or debris of any kind is removed without question.
Genres
The two most popular genres that I have chosen to do for house portraits are watercolors and pen & ink. Below is a brief outline of the two classes.
Watercolor House Portraits
Watercolors are the most popular house portraits.
Watercolor house portrait.
Very fresh and light are the watercolor house portraits which have proved to be the most popular genre of house portraits that I do. I start out all of my house portrait renderings with a light pencil sketch of the home. After I have put down the sketch I examine it to check out the proportions of the dwelling in relation to the landscape and the scale of the picture plane. Once that I have determined my satisfaction with the layout I then detail fine places on the rendering that will need attention.
After the final pencil draft I then get out my India ink and pen and commence with the rendering. Usually the first thing that I do is the sky for it sets the tone of the work of art. My pallet has a set mix of color that I have prepared for the renderings. In the case of the sky colors I use a mix of cerulean, cobalt, and Prussian blues. Depending on the photo I balance the intensity of the tones to match the photographs or other images provided.
Pen & Ink House Portraits
Pen & inks make very good and exact house portraits
House portrait in pen & ink.
Though I greatly watercolor house portraits, there is an elegant robust beauty to the pen & ink renderings. There is an exactness that you get with the pen & inks that you do not get with the watercolors. Generally speaking, the pen & inks are more robust and stronger as the delineation brings out all of the architectural detailing of the dwelling.
Townhomes
House portraits for townhomes make a wonderful closing gift as you can see for the image below.
Townhome watercolor house portrait.
Ranch Homes
Ranches make for an excellent house portrait for closing gifts and housewarmings.
Ranch watercolor house portrait.
Ranches are of course a very popular style of home and as you can see for the image above they make a lovely image for any house portrait.
Conclusion
No matter what style or age of a home is, the most cherished of all closing and settlement gifts are House Portraits, the gift that keeps on giving!
This article is about Bill Cosby as celebrity art, in pen & ink, 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. Bill Cosby has been sentenced for three months for assaulting Andrea Constand. Mr. Cosby has fired his entire legal time. This Bill Cosby pen & ink drawing is truly celebrity art.
Pen & ink drawing of Bill Cosby by portrait artist Stephen F. Condren.
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Pen & ink drawing of Morgan Freeman by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pen & Ink Celebrity Art
Pen & ink drawings are by for the most popular drawing medium to work with because it reproduces with such clarity and sharpness. However, there are time when the soft shade and shadows of pencil and charcoal bring out features of the person. Since my youth I have been drawn to the medium of pen & ink. There is just something exacting and right about the way the ink flows from the pen onto the paper.
Lightning Fast Celebrity Art
Like Enrico Caruso, I am a lightning artist and within moments I can jot down the character of any face or figure. These pen & inks that I do are first jotted down in pencil and then quickly finished in ink. On the average it takes me about 5 minutes to draw each portrait. If you look closely at any of my drawings you can see the light pencil lines. Of course I can do very detailed pen & inks but I seek the brevity of capturing the moment.
Pencil drawing of Whoopi Goldberg by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pencil & Charcoal Celebrity Art
Pencil and charcoal also make for great celebrity art. The quality that pencil and charcoal offer are the soft gradual change of tones. When you are working with pen & ink you need to work hatch marks to secure the shade and shadow. However, with pencil and charcoal you can ever so gradually develop the shadows.
Scholars & Authors
A large sector of people in both Academia and Research have been placed here as well. Certainly people like Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Albert Schweitzer, and Bertrand Russell, though not celebrities on the screen and of viral internet fame, certainly qualify in my mind as celebrities and so I have place them here.
News
Condren Galleries News has postings with illustrations, drawings, and watercolors of famous personalities in the Untied States and over seas.
This article is about skyline art and cityscape art are the artistic expression of metropolitans areas and cities the world over, 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. The skyline of a city is the unique barcode image of that site, and lets you know immediately what city it is. As a native of Chicago, I have grown up with famous towering skyscrapers and learned to love them. My father owned the 10 story Silver Smith Building at 10 South Wabash, in downtown Chicago. The Silversmith Building was designed by Peter J. Weber of D.H. Burnham & Company. I have made it my focus here at Condren Galleries Ltd., to categorize my skyline art. The categories are divided into four distinct groups; watercolors, pen & inks, drawings, and oils.
Chicago Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing At Night
Architecture
When I first started out in college I had wanted to be an architect. I was Mr. Pierce’s best student in his drafting class at Naperville Central High School. It was here that is where I aspired to be an architect. However, as time passed I saw my true calling of Art. I pursued studies in Architecture taking the required courses. Structural Detailing, Engineering Graphics, and Architectural Delineation classes at the College of DuPage, in Glenn Ellen, Illinois. It was in Mr. Jorgenson’s class on Architectural Rendering that I did the famous Loeb Mansion, renderings of the Leopold & Loeb murder trial of 1924 with Clarence Darrow. These renderings are now in the collection of the Chicago History Museum.
USS Midway CV-41
After my studies at the College of DuPage, I took time off to serve in the United States Navy. I was stationed aboard the aircraft carrier, The USS Midway CV-41. While on board I was appointed as the ship’s artist and did all of the artwork for the ship Cruise Book. This gave me the opportunity to draw the portaits of the Admiral, Captain, many other officer’s and crew in their respective trades on board the ship. All of the artwork that I did for the cruise book was done in pen & ink. Unfortunately, due to the printing process and publication I was told that the original works of art when submitted would not be returned to me. I knew that I would never see these works of art again, but I am pleased that they could be used for the publication which is eternal.
School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago
Upon my honorable discharge from the Navy I got married and then matriculated to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While at the Art Institute I majored in Drawing and Painting and I never looked back. I learned a tremendous amount at the Art Institute and I always look back on the wonderful year. While I was there, I had the blessing to attend with my aunt Marie Schoonhoven (my mother’s sister). Aunt Marie was an artist the focused on prints and etchings. At the Art Institute I bloomed as an artist.
College Instructor & Applied Technology High School Teacher
Within a few years I was asked to join the faculty of the College of Lake County to teach Architectural Rendering and Engineering Graphics. In later years I became certified public High School Teacher. This time really honed my skills as an expert teacher and architectural draftsman & illustrator. In those year I did many projects for Architects and Engineers. The impact of all these thing further enhanced my drafting skills. I have now combined my drafting skills with my Fine Art. The impact of the this union of skills are wonderful architectural skylines.
Watercolor of Chicago skyline at sunset.
Skyline Art ~ Watercolors
Watercolors have always been a favorite medium of mine in any subject area, and skyline have truly work here for me. The wonderful thing about watercolor is that they are translucent. Thus, you can work with pen & ink or pencil in conjunction with the watercolor to give linear qualities to the skylines. The watercolors give a whole new dimension to the work of skyline art.
Pen & ink drawing of Houston skyline.
Skyline Art ~ Pen & Inks
Pen & inks are my favorite mode of artistic expression, when I hold a pen in my hand I feel like a poet. The wonderful thing about pen & ink is that it is immediate and the impact of the image that you make with them is strong. The pen & inks make excellent reproductions with their bold linework. I make use of hatching and cross-hatching to work the various degrees of shade and shadows. The high contrast nature of pen & inks lend themselves to a strength of line that cannot be matched by pencil. Charcoal can match the degree of darkness but never the fine lines. This strong line work is ideal when drawing architectural images for they bring out the fine ornamental details and contour lines.
Atlanta skyline pencil drawing of downtown at night.
Skyline Art ~ Drawings
Drawings are the very core of my life. When I touch the paper with my pencil I am instantaneously in one spirit with it, an almost existential experience. The unique thing about pencil drawing is that they make use of a long series of shades. You can draw a building and then play with the gradual diminishing of the lead to make the light move into darkness.
Atlanta Skyline Oils At Night.
Skyline Art ~ Oils
Oils are the most difficult medium to work with when it comes to painting skylines for you cannot really delineate as you can with pen & inks and pencil. I treat oils as though they were pencils in a sense and work with the gradual transition of colors and tones, not delineation. When it comes to skylines it is difficult to surpass Manhattan and Chicago.
Many of my skyline have been use for closing gifts by Realtors and for presentations to Architects and Banks for new construction. Coupled with skylines are house portaits which are a popular housewarming gift.
Chicago skyline drawing #153Z is a pen & ink drawing of North Lake Shore Drive by artist Stephen F. Condren of CondrenGalleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, with prints, and scans. This article is about my brown pen & ink drawing of the Chicago, Illinois, skyline looking southward from Lincoln Park, along Lake Michigan. Because Chicago skylines are great, their prints are great! Prints & Scans Of This Skyline Drawing #153Z ~ Order Here.
Chicago Skyline Drawing #153Z Key elements to the fine drawing are as follows:
Brown Pen & Ink.
Lake Michigan.
John Hancock Center.
Brown Pen & Ink: This drawing is done in brown pen & ink so as to compliment the soft tones of the drawing. Everything about this drawing flows gracefully and elegantly. The John Hancock Center, which is the centerpiece of the drawing stands aloft in triumph over the scenic cityscape. On the far left is Lake Point Tower, drawn with just the right line work and weight to give full account of that great residential building.
Lake Michigan: The presence of Lake Michigan is all pervasive in the coast drawing as she quietly dominates the lower portion of the drawing from side to side. It is along here that Lake Shore Drive nestles among the trees as it moves traffic along the lakefront.
John Hancock Center: The undisputed grand monarch of Streeterville, and among the greatest skyscrapers of history stands the John Hancock Center. The line work that portrays this great structure is exact and elegant at the same time, perfectly expressing with a few strokes this mighty structure. I have gently worked every detail of this building so as to bring out it excellent proportions, and in so doing leaving the giant exoskeleton out of the drawing.
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Flier
Below is an image of one of my house portrait fliers that I give to Realtors and contractors for securing business. The nice thing about a flier is that is a very inexpensive way to promote my business, and the results can often come quickly.
For the most part, however, I look as passing out fliers as planting seeds for long term results.
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