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Watercolor House Portrait #285Z

Watercolor house portrait #285Z pen & ink drawing with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren at Condren Galleries.

This article is about watercolor house portrait #285Z, of a property sold by Brokers Michelle and Frankie Nunez Jr. of Remax Suburban in Libertyville, and written by artist and United States Navy Veteran, Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery ~ the house portrait is done first as a pencil drawing and then a pen & ink, which comes with JPEG & PDF scans for making prints, note cards, and stationery. Congratulations Frankie & Michelle!

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Realtor

Michelle Nunez
Broker Associate
RE/MAX Suburban
1344 S. Milwaukee Ave.
Libertyville, IL 60048
Direct Line: 847-557-8502Mobile: 847-400-6718Fax: 847-637-8196
Email: [email protected]Website: www.NunezHomesTeam.com

Property Sold

345 Hoxie Avenue, Elgin, IL 60123

Photo of a house.
Photo of 345 Hoxie Avenue, Elgin, IL 60123

Pencil Drawing For Watercolor House Portrait #285Z

  • Clinker Stylus Sketch

The pencil drawing is the starting point for the house portrait. As you can see from the sketch below, the outline gives you the basic form of the property and the house in the background. I have used a 6B lead to make the sketch so that you can see the delineation more clearly. Also, a darker lead makes it much easier for the scanner to pick up the image for reproductions and prints.

Pencil drawing of a house by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pencil house portrait.

Pen & Ink Drawing

  • Stylus Sketch

The pen & ink drawing below shows the lines of the pencil sketch from beneath. Unlike the pencil sketch, the pen & ink drawings have to be exact. There is no room for error here, for what you see is what you get.

Vertical Lines for watercolor house portrait #285Z

I really enjoyed doing this house portrait and in so doing I took some risks with the composition. As you can see from the photo above, the scene is in winter and there are woods and trees all over. I of course had to reduce the about of trees to that you could get a good handle of the house in the rendering. However, a favorite thing of mine is hatching and cross-hatching. To capture the background woods of the house, rather than move the pen in many cross and haphazard patterns to denote the trees, I used loose vertical lines. This makes for a great screen and backdrop for the scene.

River

The river beautifully enters the drawing from the left side and curves towards the background. Because along both sides of the river are trees and bushes. I made a point to boldly delineate these elements to give strength to the drawing. The long low wall that borders the river by the playhouse I have made bolder to as to bring out that form.

Tree Shadows watercolor house portrait #285Z

One of my favorite parts to the house portrait are the shadows made by the tree from the far right side of the drawing. Because these trees cannot be seen as they are off of the photo, however, the afternoon setting sun is shining through them casting their shadows along the driveway and lawn to the river.

Bushes

The cluster of three mid-size bushes in the front left of the drawing are the anchor for the piece as everything is balanced from them. Without these bushes you would not properly understand the driveway, as they are adjacent to it.

Pen & ink drawing of a house by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pen & ink house portrait

Watercolor

  • Painting

The watercolor is the glory of the painting. I am very pleased with how the watercolor of the trees in the foreground blend in perfectly with the vertically lined trees in the background. Most importantly, I have made the brush strokes light and fresh.

The beauty of the river is made manifest with the mix of blues that I have blended to achieve a gracious tone.

Watercolor house portrait with pen & ink for prints by artist Stephen F. Condren at Condren Galleries. #285Z
Watercolor house portrait by artist Stephen F. Condren.

Scans

  • JPEG & PDF

Scans of house portrait #000Z are available in JPEG or PDF formats for making prints, note cards, or posters.

Condren Galleries Ltd. for watercolor house portrait #285Z

  • Fine Arts Gallery

Condren Galleries is pleased to have been to participate in the execution of watercolor house portrait #285Z.

Stephen F. Condren for watercolor house portrait #285Z

  • Artist

As an artist I have made watercolor house portrait #285Z a staple of my architectural rendering works.

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Watercolor house portrait #285Z pen & ink drawing with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren at Condren Galleries.

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