Had a little more time today, so I drew part of the view from our kitchen window. This cityscape is quite interesting - the colors in it change from day to day. On an overcast day all the houses look a dull dirty light brown or light red, in spring sunsets the colors explode with the warmth from the sun, showing everything from white to shiny yellow to deep red to forest green... Shadows change all day, sculpting the shapes of the houses and trees. It would be interesting to draw the same view over and over during a sunny day to capture the play of light. Or wait, has that been done already at some point in art history? :)
8 x 12 cm, Lamy Safari, Noodler´s Lexington Grey and watercolors on a small Moleskine Watercolor page.
18 comments:
Oooh! Nina! Very cool! You surpass yourself!
Jules
You really are excellent at drawing buildings and giving them life. The colours here are amazing.
Beautiful city image! Great to have such a good view... I think you should do it - paint the same view throughout the day and the year as well, kind of like Roz's daily dots, but perhaps not as often!
Gorgeous painting, Nina! The colours are fantastic! I like the idea of using grey ink.
Fabulous! I really like this one.
Nina,
This painting took my breath away. I love that sensation as the page uploads and it is a feast! Amazingly wonderful colors. I'm currently in a rooftop craving mode and just pulled out one of my photos from Italy to work on.
Oh yes, beautifully drawn and there are some lovely, subtle colours in there.
I should stop reading artists' blogs and draw - maybe by practicing I might one day be as good as you all and not feel so awed! ;-p
Lovely job...great colors!
Thank you so much for your comment (and visit) to my sketch blog (http://how-did-i.blogspot.com/ ) I really appreciate it. The fact that you said that you liked MY city drawings is a gigantic compliment. I've actually visited your site many times before and have always been deeply impressed with your work. Your color work is so lovely and evocative. It would be amazing to watch you apply it and to ask, as you did, about your thought process. I've never been good with color.
Very lovely and a great drawing. Your colors are beautiful!
It's always a delight to see your drawings and paintings. I love your cityscape, especially your beautiful colors.
I really admire this painting- buildings are tough for me to paint- but you make it look so easy! Great watercolor!
What a gorgeous view and with the ever changing color/shadows I would have a hard time leaving the window - you captured it beautifully.
What can i say...
Most excellent! I love it!
OOOHHH -- SIMPLY GORGEMENTOUS!!! COLORS, LINES, COMPOSITON!! INCREDIBLE!
Fantastic scene and brilliant sketch.
This is gorgeous Nina! Your buildings has beautiful atmosphere and texture and the compositioin is just beautiful. Love this!
Ronell
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