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Philadelphia skyline watercolors #124K watercolors is an article about metropolitan cityscape paintings, of the city of Philadelphia, written by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, at Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering prints and JPEG & PDF scans, which are on sale at low discount prices. Because Philadelphia skyline watercolors are great, their prints are great!

Philadelphia skyline watercolor painting of skyscrapers at sunset.
Philadelphia Skyline Watercolor at sunset by artist Stephen F. Condren.

Because Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania, it has many cultural attractions.

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Philadelphia Skyline Watercolors #174Z

Philadelphia skyline watercolor

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.

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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.

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Philadelphia Skyline Watercolor Painting At Sunset #040Z

Philadelphia skyline watercolor painting of skyscrapers at sunset.

This article is about Philadelphia skyline #040Z Watercolor Painting At Sunset, 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 my watercolor painting of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, skyline at sunset.

Philadelphia Skyline Watercolor Painting At Sunset #792. Key points of this painting are as follows:

  • Time of day.
  • Watercolor paint.
  • Horizon line.
  1. Time of day: It is dusk and the sun is preparing to set. This is the time of day that the sky takes on it’s greatest range of colors. However, since this time is at the end of the day you are dealing with a short window of time to accomplish your task of capturing the colors and cloud formation that you need. It is amazing in how just a few moments the color of the sky can greatly change, thus you have to be prepared to paint quickly.
  2. Watercolor paint: I have chosen watercolor paint rather than quash or oils because of the fresh and lucent appearance that it offers and also because of this lucent quality watercolor works will with pen & ink, not clouding up the integrity of the ink pigment.
  3. Horizon line: The horizon line is low in this painting because I want the sky to set the tone of the work of art. The skyline is beautifully rendered when it has such a gracious and warm backdrop to give it support.

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Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago ~ BFA

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Philadelphia Skyline Watercolor Painting At Sunset #039Z

Philadelphia skyline watercolor

This article is abut Philadelphia skyline #039Z Watercolor Painting At Sunset, 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 my watercolor painting of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, skyline at sunset. The downtown of Philadephia offers one of the finest city centers in the country, for it has a vast array of hotels, shops, night clubs, and museums. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the finest art museums in the United States and has an encyclopedic scope of a collection. Prints & Scans Of This Watercolor #039Z ~ Order Here.

Key elements to this painting are as follows:

  • The focus.
  • Perspective.
  • Time of day.
  1. The focus: The focus naturally is the downtown of Philadelphia, which boast one of the most robust skylines in the United States. I have carefully executed the delineation of the pen & ink detailing of the buildings that make up the skyline. I had to do enough line work to give credibility to the appearance of the structures, while at the same time not detail too much so as to let the watercolor have it’s turn at expressing the scene.
  2. Perspective: This scene is done in One Point Perspective, a method of drafting that has all the lines that are parallel to the picture plane vanish to the viewer eye on the horizon line. This perspective works will for this scene for the height of the buildings is more significant than their girth. Though you cannot directly see the vanishing points as you would on a drafting table or CAD screen, you can still understand the substance of the structures because of the One Point Perspective.
  3. Time of day: It is sunset and the beauty of the sun is now showing at it’s best. Directly below the skyscrapers is FDR Park with lush landscaping making for natural beauty in the heart of the city. To my delight is the Classical Gazebo in the bottom right corner of the painting. I have detailed the structure of the gazebo in such a way as to let is show off the Classical theme that the park offers. I am very pleased with the handling of the hatching for the shade and shadows of the building.

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Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist

312-303-0207

School of the Art Institute of Chicago ~ BFA

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Philadelphia Skyline Paintings And Prints #002Z

Philadelphia skyline watercolor

This article is about Philadelphia skyline #002Z art watercolors at sunset, 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is famous in American History as a leading cultural and artistic center; it also served as the temporary capital of the United States from 1790-1800. However, what draws my interest to Philadelphia is its magnificent skyline. As an artist, it is my interest to do watercolors, paintings, pen & ind drawings, and prints of this historic American city.

Philadelphia Skyline Paintings And Prints. Key elements of this work of art are as follows:

  1. Distance of subject.
  2. Lighting.
  3. Sufficient detail.

Unlike New York City and Chicago, which have massive sprawling skylines, Philadelphia’s is compact and has strong character. When you look at the skyline you will see that all of the buildings are in proportion to the mass of the structures around. In other words there is an even distribution of structures that cluster to the downtown leaving no gaps or uneven breaks. Whereas in Manhattan Island, you have the cluster of building both in Lower Manhattan and Midtown Manhattan. This is where you can see the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, there is no continuity of structures between these areas. Central Park only causes a design problem for Manhattan because of its rectangle shape not permitting the landscape to weave around the city skyline. Similarly in Chicago you have the famous “Loop” which houses the largest mass of office towers including Willis Tower.

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Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago ~ BFA