Time Spent With The Drawing Pen Out

[DTCwordfan]

My new wee cottage https://imgur.com/eZQyJ6B

Nearly there - there are trees behind but the problem is there's a whopping great yew or leylandii behind the right chimney that goes nearly the whole way across....and if that's included. then there are a mass of more normal trees to the left.......am pondering whether to or not, my feeling is that they may intrude....

Next is a wonderful Victorian clock tower, just outside the front door too, well 20 metres or so.

[Mamyalynne]

Superb DT, as always - hope you are settled there.

[Zacs-Master]

Really nice, DT. I’d just do a bit of dark shading behind the house to make it jump out a bit. My pencil set came from Amazon today (A3 drawing pad and fancy shaped erasers day before) but.....the pencils are unsharpened and I’ve no sharpener or sharp knife!

[Theland]

DTC - Wow! What a talent. The detail is amazing.
Thanks for sharing. :-)

[Lie-in King]

Excellent, DT :-)

[Theland]

Zacs - Is this a new hobby for you, or are you experienced?

[Zacs-Master]

Well, I went to art college for 4 years but not really attempted any ‘art’ for a looooong time.

[TonyV]

You can use artistic license DTC I would buy a copy if you print them.

[DTCwordfan]

Zacs - it's just that the yew, or whatever it is, is so dominant! I may lightly pencil it and the other trees to the left to see what it could look like.....No joking when I say all the white could be infilled with 'wood' such the foliage behind.

[DTCwordfan]

I have plenty of others already set up for print, my Cornish long house for instance. Think I put this one up some time ago... https://imgur.com/n8J7gWd

Thanks for the comments though from all of you...

[Zacs-Master]

Don’t let it be too literal. The light trees might work but you could end up detracting from the wonderful detailing in the building.

[Theland]

Zacs - Was / Is your job anything to do with your art qualifications?

[Zacs-Master]

Jeez, DT that’s amazing and it demonstrates what I’m saying about letting the building speak for itself.

[rowanwitch]

The hardest part of art is knowing when to stop....a sky rather than trees?

[DTCwordfan]

that's exactly what I am thinking....it's all pretty dense behind. Where did you go, Zacs - for me it was school teachers (two of them, the second one on life drawing) and then I trained with Leonard Fuller in the St. Ives School of Art - mainly in holiday time.

[Zacs-Master]

Theland, I was lucky enough to be accepted onto a Fine Art BA course at a well respected college. I quickly learned that all I could do with a BA course was become a teacher so I swapped to a more vocational course which combined some technical drawing as well. I had a taster of jewellery work too and nearly went into that. But yes, my career has been based on ‘art’ (or more accurately ‘design’).

[Zacs-Master]

Wow, DT, St Ives is world famous. Must have been amazing to be involved with them.
I had a fantastic teacher at school (Mr Hill) who encouraged me.

[Theland]

I'm very impressed.
The talent on AB is amazing.
There is an artist and a novelist inside me fighting to get out, but sadly only the slob has escaped :-(

[Zacs-Master]

God loves a trier, Theland ;-)

[Patsy33]

Excellent!

[DTCwordfan]

Give it a go, Theland - I find both disciplines quite meditative in nature - can lose hours gainfully!