This is the last sketch from my recent driving trip. After my youngest daughter joined me for the last week of my trip I did not set aside much time to sketch. On my last day in Charleston I walked the Battery area looking for manageable subjects. The houses there are beautiful, majestic and complex. I wanted to capture the feeling but didn’t have time for anything too large or impressive. AND I wanted a house shaded by trees and decorated with sunlight dancing through dappled green.
My sketch was done with my watercolor pencils and crayons using a small brush (probably a #4) on a 6 inch X 8 inch watercolor sketchbook. And, unlike my earlier sketches, I used an ink pen to outline shapes since the sketch is so busy. This paper is heavy but I can’t work too wet or the surface “pills” and becomes hard to work with. I hope you can feel the sunshine! Its rainy in Indianapolis now and I could use a big dose of sunshine and warmth!
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I love this picture, Linda! It really captures the essence of those wonderful Battery houses, and the dappled light is perfect.
I am not a very accomplished architectural artist but boy did I have fun with color and light!
So pretty. We visited Charleston once and I took a lot of photos. Everywhere you turn there seems to be a beautiful house and landscaping.
With your love of architecture and very accomplished talent, Charleston and Savannah would be heaven for you…so beautiful!!!!! and so diverse!
I saw your comment on secretkingdombook.wordpress which in turn brought me to your painting and it inspired me to write a poem:
Outline
There’s a shadow in the window,
Up beyond the sunlit dappled tree,
It’s an outline of a person,
The one I used to be.
I’m walking out my dorm,
Into another room,
When will I return there,
I’d like to be back soon.
I left to find my place,
Within the world outside,
Yet my heart goes to that moment,
Leaving the home I occupied.
How wonderful that my sketch inspired this poem. Thank you for sharing!
Linda, I encourage you to sketch other homes. Be t intentional or by happy accident, the added intrigue of that shadow in that upstairs window was especially effective. Blessings be, Bexy