The Real Latest Drawing

[DTCwordfan]

Atheist picked up on the date of the drawing that I posed - and it was only then I realised that Imgur had picked up an old drawing, one of a café/PO/gen store in Ardingly, near Wantage, a village where the main house owner built the village in the same vernacular style.

Sorry....

Here is the one that I have completed and as I said on the last posting 'a commission for someone who is leaving for Oz....the cottage is actually rendered in smooth grey plaster and faces east - however I think it would be too 'oppressive' to shade in all the right-facing exterior. Interestingly so, a mount around it this morning, even a grubby old one at this time, positioned the drawing much better and led the eye in.....my suggestion, a little tongue in cheek, will be to take the grey through the mount - with an under-mount too.....'

https://i.imgur.com/Di8VGdl.jpg

[Mamyalynne]

My comments remain much the same DT, it will be a lovely keepsake for them when they move.

[DTCwordfan]

thanks Mamya, the last one was Ardington in Oxfordshire - a PO/cafe/gen store, the whole village in the same vernacular architectural style.....

[eleanor2]

Lovely Dt!

[THECORBYLOON]

As the vanishing points are outwith the canvass, how do you deal with the perspectives?

[DTCwordfan]

by eye and practice, Corbyloon......

[DTCwordfan]

the 'fight' here was getting the south gable spot on and as to the roof angles - it took a little pencil work and eraser action but then I nailed it....it is, as folk say, right on the money. I exaggerated the hint of stone-work there to give texture but, in reality, it's there but the (grey-blue) rendering masked it to some extent. One tip though, never put in what you can't see...... This grey-blue render was all-pervasive and gave no features to the main front, hence my comments above about shading would have killed the drawing and the possible mounting makes up for it and will draw the eye into it!

[THECORBYLOON]

I had visions of a bit wood sticking out each side with a pin and a bit string as guides...

[DTCwordfan]

lol. the originals are on super A3 to begin with!

[DTCwordfan]

ok, time for the usual morning ritual, so have a good one, all.....

[waterboatman]

Excellent DT.

[emmie]

bye have a good day Dtc