Sunday, April 15, 2012

Beginning the Sketchbook of Little Homes



I've been playing on Instagram for over a year now (lets ignore how many hours!) and during this time I have created a theme of Little Homes for some of my photographs. Lots of wonderful instagram users have also added to the #littlehomes tag and share photographs of tiny houses from all around the world. Looking back at the collection now has become such a fun way to armchair travel and enjoy various forms of architecture from across the globe.




So when I was recently given a beautiful A4 size sketchbook of handmade paper I decided I could fill it with illustrations based Little Homes photographs I've taken around Sydney. It's always simpler to set these outlandish goals when, like me yesterday, you have no real comprehension of how long these drawings take and how challenging they can be on ones patience! Choosing the above photograph I took last week of a beautiful terrace house in Darlinghurst, full of tiny details, drawing it first in pencil then finally with pen took about 3 hours. I was planning on an hour. Next house will not have cast iron lace work I can assure you! (I also learnt that erasers remove layers of delicate handmade paper far too easily)



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  1. I love your terrace house sketch. The iron work would have been so intricate to draw. Patience! :)
    Anne xx

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    1. Thanks Anne - here I am whining about 3 hours only to stop by your blog and see how much time you've been putting into your oils and what beautiful results you've been getting! Thank you for the reminder to be patient!! C xo

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  2. Love the drawing and love the idea of small hapiness!

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    1. Thanks very much Ellen. I'm finally onto my next one, taking it slowly!

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  3. Wow, your terrace house drawing is gorgeous. I look forward to seeing you do more :)

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    1. Thanks Cat! I'm getting there with my next one - hourly installments this time, but I'm itching to add colour to this one too. Will have to see how brave I get!

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