House Portrait, Pen & Ink

Not an elephant

A ballpoint pen doodle blown out of proportion.

Pen-and-Ink House Portrait

house portrait in pen and ink

This is about 8 1/2 x 10 inches, and was done with a combination of disposable technical pens and dip pen with sumi ink.  It was a lovely house to draw, and I particularly enjoyed the shadows of the trees.

Pen and Ink House Portrait, Old Louisville

8 x 10 inches, finished a couple of weeks ago.

I would very much like to do some oil paintings of Old Louisville architecture.  The sunlight and shadows on the brickwork and roofs was very inspiring.

walnut ink drawing: work-in-progress

House portrait, slowly progressing. ..

...and nearing the end, at last. I think I can finish it this weekend.

Pen and ink, late at night

I am trying to finish the first house portrait of the year. It's a combination of sumi ink and disposable technical pens.

Scritch, scritch, scritch goes the pen nib

House portrait in black walnut ink, 8 x 10 inches

detail:

House portrait in walnut ink, 11 x 15 inches

black walnut ink on bristol paper

Details:

Pen and ink house portrait - 8 x 10 inches

Louisville Skyline - pen and ink

This is a drawing I finished last year, but I set it aside to ponder over later, and promptly forgot about it (right after I finished it, I became busy with drawing commissions for Christmas, as well as the jack-o'-lantern show out at Iroquois Park...it drove the memory of this drawing right out of my mind.)

I was happy to find it again a few weeks ago.  I'm very happy with it, now that I look at it with fresh eyes.

It's 10 x 14 inches.

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8x10 inch pen and ink house portrait

Finished tonight

Two Pen and Ink House Portraits

Here are a couple of house portraits I finished over the past few weeks. Both are in the 8 x 10 range.  The first one below is actually a little longer than that; the house was so broad across the front that I had to increase the size a little for it to look right.  Both were done with a combination of sumi ink/dip pens, and disposable drafting pens.

House portrait - Crescent Hill

House Portrait - St. Matthews

7 x 10 inch pen and ink house portrait

A couple of nights ago I finished this house portrait, which was the last one I needed to get done with a due date of Christmas. Whew!  Now I can take a breath...but I also need to start on a few more that I owe for people who have gift certificates.  There are two of those, and the people who hold the gift certificates have been very patient.  After those two, I have another commission, plus two more probables that I discussed with someone today.  That should keep me busy into spring, but I hope to get a chance to work on some drawings and paintings on my own.

This drawing is 7 x 10 on Bristol board.  I didn't use any thinned down sumi ink on this one.  In the reference photo, the big tree was right in front of the door.  I had to judge from other, older reference photos was the door would look like from this angle, and moved the tree forward and to the right just a little.

It's been another busy year.  I am immensely happy that so many people have liked and admired my work enough to commission artwork from me.  There are so many other artists--some known to me personally--whom I admire as being more diligent, disciplined, and skilled than I am, so it's hard for me to feel too proud of my work.  ...But I am thrilled by all the compliments I get, and very happy that people enjoy the images I produce.

I hope readers of this blog have a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a great New Year.

Pen and ink house portrait

This one is 7 x 10 inches

Pen and ink house portrait

Ballpoint pen doodle

House portrait in pen and ink with watercolor

house portrait in pen and ink with watercolor

This is about 10 x 10 inches.

Pen and ink house portrait, 11 x 15 inches

House portrait, 11 x 15 inches

Finished a couple of nights ago