Aren't you glad?
I'm just going to do a 'ta-dah', here it is thing:
I punched up the values in the roof, the green band and warming hut, and shadows and sidewalk...well, everything but the trees, pretty much.
I added the tile to the roof with paint, but did the details like the address, the lights, a couple other things with colored pencil.
I didn't fuss with the trees because I don't want you to look there. I left them simple, and put all the detail on the building, because I want the viewer to look past the trees and at the restaurant.
I'm happy with it, and hope the client is too!!!!
This was a very simple example of architectural rendering. The people who get paid the really big bucks take architectural floor plans and elevations and using complicated methods, construct a 3D image of the building, THEN do an awesome rendering of it after that!
My little piece didn't have any people in it, nor do most "building portraits", which is what this is. Building portraits are usually nice renderings of someone's home or maybe place of business, or maybe model homes for realtors, things like that.
Rendering by Augustus M. Higginson
More advanced architectural rendering, which is done to show a building that hasn't been constructed yet, usually shows people (but not always) to show scale and the way a place will be used.
Here are a few links to people who do this for a living. There are about a million gazillion others ~ I just picked a few I know of out of a hat.
Frank Constantino
Bay Illustration
Michael Abbott
For a longer list, go here:
American Society of Architectural Illustrators
Or you can google "Architectural Rendering" or "Architectural Illustration" and get tons more. You could spend days looking at cool illustrations of buildings! (Well, I could.)
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By: Paula Pertile,
on 3/6/2008
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: colored pencil, architectural rendering, Table 52, colored pencil, architectural rendering, Table 52, Add a tag
By: Paintgranny,
on 2/22/2008
Blog: Middle of Nowhere (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: needle felting, needle felt kitten, needle felt rabbit, border tart, needlefelting, needle felt goose, border tart, needlefelting, needle felting, needle felt kitten, needle felt rabbit, needle felt goose, Add a tag
- he started off like this...
- and ended up like this. Amazingly after all these years of non-sewing, I can still just about embroider a nose and managed to make halfway decent French knots for eyes.
At this point Andy's mum should not be reading, as he is her (very late) birthday present. He was missing something though...and unexpectedly, the wonderfully kind and very wool-centric Border Tart sent me a gorgeous collection of bright fluffy 'accents', all wrapped up in a fairy tale.
Funnily enough, I had just been looking through her shop to see if she sold these self same articles. Thank you so much Lindsay! Now my rabbit has what every bunny needs; a carrot.
Many years of painting and drawing 2D toys means that I am not at a loss for designs...in fact I wish I could sprout extra limbs, in order to be able to work, spider-like, on several projects at once.
The next idea was unashamedly inspired by a story from a favourite childhood Enid Blyton book, (and from where many early ideas and images fixed themselves in my imagination, still resurfacing in my work today).
Using a cotton wool base, she started rather bizarrely; a miniature yeti-like creature.
But several thousand stabs later, a bit of embellishment and a pink heart on her posterior she emerged looking plumply cute and rather like a Japanese crafted toy.
Wanting to move back to a more vintage style, I ransacked my Moleskine again -
- and started to roll, mould and stab again. Using cotton wool in the kitten saved on actual felting wool, but I seem to get a more satisfactory, organic shape with 100% wool top. So far she is eyeless and wingless. Does she need a crown or a frock? Or both?
By: Nick Ramos,
on 2/14/2008
Blog: Sugar Frosted Goodness (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: digital, Nick Ramos, Birds, typography, spring, Colored Pencil, pattern, Add a tag
Okay... It's not quite Spring! But here in Texas, it sure feels like spring comparing to all the northern states that have been bombarded with snow all winter long. I love birds and was just playing around with the textures and colors... Just having fun for a change.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 2/13/2008
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: colored pencil, yarn, Polychromos, Derwent Graphitints, Derwent Coloursofts, lightfast, colored pencil, yarn, Derwent Coloursofts, lightfast, Derwent Graphitints, Polychromos, Add a tag
2.5 x 3.5
Derwent Coloursoft on board
ebay
I like this! This is Coloursoft's "brown black" color. Its almost as soft as the Derwent Drawing pencil, but noooooot quiiiiite. Close though.
They're still not Polychromos, but they're pretty good.
And I like this color. I want to do a couple more then do a final "side by side" thing to compare.
I sure wish I had my CPSA lightfast book so I'd know which ones were lightfast. If anyone who does know wants to tell me, I'm all ears (thanks to Katherine I already know the Poly black is good, which is a relief). I have a feeling most or all of these muted colors will be OK. Notice though I'm not testing Graphitints because somewhere I heard they were fugitive. Again, if anyone knows for sure and feels like sharing...
To see all the Yarn pieces in this series side-by-side, please go here. Or visit my ebay store to see which are available for sale.
All images and content herein are © Paula Pertile and may not be used or reproduced without permission.
By: Moony,
on 1/10/2008
Blog: Monday Artday (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I was trying something new. The scan absolutely destroyed this drawing, and the colored paper didn't even show up properly so I did a quick background in Photoshop while attempting to adjust the colors.
Just goofing around and thought I'd share. =]
My husband suggested that the goddess needed a counterpart. Again I distorted an image, drew it, colored with prismacolor pencils and added a background in photoshop.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 1/8/2008
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration, money, colored pencil, yarn, Polychromos, Add a tag
Polychromo colored pencil on board
on ebay
This is what's on my mind today for a number of reasons.
And there's another storm coming through. And I have a deadline. Same old, same old.
By: Paintgranny,
on 1/4/2008
Blog: Middle of Nowhere (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: border tart, Paula's Place, Hedgehog Press, the Hermitage, Alan Brignull, slumped, Lily Moon, Cat's Cradle, moving studio, higgledy piggledy, Silver Apples of the Moon, moving studio, Cat's Cradle, border tart, Paula's Place, Alan Brignull, higgledy piggledy, Hedgehog Press, the Hermitage, slumped, Lily Moon, Add a tag
The old year ended with the little people in 'Cat's Cradle' journeying far away to their first job. It is always a wrench to know I will probably never see most of my paintings again, but good to know that they are watching over someone, somewhere.
The new year started with one of Rima's beautiful calendars. I cannot think of a nicer way of getting through the year - she still has one or two left I think, so if you hurry...
Entering January with some gorgeous letter blocks, with huge thanks to fellow illustrator Paula for her thoughtful gift...
...and my triple good luck charm, to keep bad things away from me this year, especially timewasters, as I had enough of them in 2007. White china heart from Tara, rosehip heart from Higgledy Piggledy, textile/embroidery heart from Border Tart - thank you my dears - I defy anything truly bad to happen with the combined love of these three friends.
A big red hand to point the way bravely forward to 2008 - there is something very commanding about this stern indicator. It arrived unexpectedly in the post this week, mysteriously unsigned...for a few minutes I felt like my all time hero, Tintin, receiving an anonymous signal summoning him to a new, exotic adventure. But then I remembered kind Alan Brignull of the Hedgehog Press, and his lovely picture on Flickr which I had fav'd. Thank you so much!
I am under the weather and feeling like this at the moment -
So I am going to retire for a few days, and bury myself in my sketchbook, as I seem to have got my drawing mojo back at last. Have a good weekend everyone!
By: Paula Pertile,
on 1/3/2008
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration, colored pencil, yarn, Polychromos, MIchelangelo, Katherine Tyrrell, Add a tag
Where did these colors come from? Did I paint this? Am I like Sybil, with a different personality who "likes pastels"?
If you turn it sideways it brings to mind the Creation by Michelangelo. You know, the one with the hand of god and Adam. 
No? You don't see it?
Well, OK. Its all Polychromos and its up on ebay.
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Other stuff:
We're all thinking about the new year, what we want to get accomplished and all that, right? Well Katherine Tyrrell, the supberb colored pencil artist, has a lot to say about this on her blog. She has her list together. (And I was proud of myself having something hatched out on the back of an envelope.)
By: Paula Pertile,
on 1/2/2008
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Linda Medley, Castle Waiting, colored pencil, yarn, Polychromos, chicken cacciatore, Add a tag
Yesterday was a good day. I sold some art, I sold some knitting (thanks to both of you!), I heard from an old friend (Linda Medley ~ check out her Castle Waiting, its AWESOME) and I made a great cacciatore for dinner. It was a nice way to start the new year.
Here is today's yarn piece.
Its all Polychromos.
Colleen asked about the last one : "How do you design your pictures? Do you make them up or do you get out some yarn and play around with it until you get a pleasing composition?"
So I thought I'd do a little demo.
I don't get yarn out and play with it. I just make up a design out of my head.
I start like this: (click the picture and it should come up bigger in a new window.)
1. I drew out a design, lightly.
2. I did a layer of ultramarine and moss green to establish color and some shadows.
3. I did a layer of cobalt turquoise over both yarns.
4. I added the "plys" to the yarn.
5. This layer is so subtle. I added a layer of ivory over the entire thing, background too. It kind of ties everything together, and makes the surface of the whole piece the same.
6. I bumped up the color and added the fuzz and made it 'yarn'.
7. I added a layer of chrome green because it felt too light. This gave it a little more oomph. And there you have it.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 1/1/2008
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Derwent Graphitints, colored pencil, illustration, winter, Polychromos, yarn, Add a tag
SOLD
Happy New Year everyone!
This one is all Polychromos. I purposely put away the Graphitints, just to get away from so much 'dark', as much as I love it. I thought I'd do a little more color, and was thinking about attracting health, prosperity, all those good things for the new year.
I was conflicted though, and kept wanting to mute it all back down, then bump the color back up, then go back down again. It started in black, then a I added the colors, then some grey to tone it down, then more color, etc. back and forth.
I shouldn't think so much.
There is a pale grey background to reflect winter and cold, but the color is the promise of new growth (in many areas).
Its on ebay.
I hope this will be a really good year for all of us!!!
By: Paula Pertile,
on 12/30/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Derwent Graphitints, illustration, colored pencil, yarn, Add a tag
#2. Also Graphitints on illustration board.
Another grey drizzly day with muted foliage.
I'm just playing with the design of the yarn, trying not to overthink it. I just lay out what comes to me, then pick the colors that feel right.
I've been doing all regular 4ply yarn, but would like to try doing some specialty yarns. I have so many that are fat and thin together, or variegated in color, etc.
This is in my ebay store too. Slowly but surely the inventory will grow...
Read the rest of this post
By: Teri C,
on 11/27/2007
Blog: Monday Artday (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Colored Pencil, Add a tag
Frankie belongs to a friend on Flickr and when I saw him I knew I had to sketch him. I just love the look in his eyes.
By: Paintgranny,
on 11/27/2007
Blog: Middle of Nowhere (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: border tart, letter press tags, secret fairy Christmas, secret fairy Christmas, SOSF, border tart, letter press tags, Add a tag
And all entirely my own fault for rushing headfirst into something I was only dabbling in at the time. I am simply relieved and somewhat amazed that they finished up looking alright. Lessons learned, solutions found, move on. And open presents. That'd be the Hallowe'en box I've been hoarding for weeks - someone who did not leave a name, but who knew me very well indeed...Arthur Rackham on the front...
Horribly realistic, almost untouchable spider lurking inside with beautifully wrapped packages - autumnal pages from Country Living magazine. By now my attena are twitching...
Gorgeous cards, laid out with suitably warming soup recipes...and this, which sealed my suspicions...
However, Emma, our latest admin fairy who has been wonderfully holding the Secret Fairy fort, has set up a Christmas SOSF event. Skates on, as last post dates are nearing and the closing date is 30th November!
I'll shut up now. About tags and letter press and all that. Hic. Falls asleep on sofa, quietly drooling...to everyones' relief.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 9/8/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: watercolor, ATC, colored pencil, ScribbleTalk, Jeri Thorpe, Rita Niblock, Gary Ruuska, Add a tag
I've mentioned the ATC trade I do with my friends at ScribbleTalk every month.
I thought I'd share the beautiful art I've received so far!
Remember, these are all just 2.5 x 3 inches.
This first one is by Jeri Thorpe. Watercolor on paper. I love horses!
This second one is by Gary Ruuska. Colored pencil on paper. oooooo, love it!
And this is by Rita Niblock. Colored Pentel pen stippling. How cool!
Now I just have to figure out how to frame these. If anyone has any good ideas, please let me know.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 9/2/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration, Fall, knitting, colored pencil, yarn, Amadeus, Mozart, Add a tag
"...And lo, I say unto you, thou shalt wear plaid, and tweed, and all manner of wool garments..."
OK, sorry, I don't know where that came from.
I have a 'to do' list as long as my arm. No, make that an arm and a half.
Half spaced.
In 6 point type.
And what am I doing? Drawing more Fall yarn. (I feel like Wolfie in Amadeus when he was supposed to be working on the funeral mass, and instead was writing his "silly opera".)
But really, Fall is just around the corner. I'm so happy. The flip flops and tank tops will disappear, people will put on sweaters and real shoes and the air will feel crisp and there will be pumpkins and gourds and did I mention sweaters?
Oh. And this is Polychromos on illustration board, 5 x 7.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 7/14/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: colored pencil, Romeo and Juliet, Graphitints, Prokofiev, Add a tag
5 x 7
Colored pencil on board
I didn't know this was going to get so dark.
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (specifically, the "Montagues and Capulets") came on the radio as I was working on this. It stuck in my head the rest of the day, and the piece just kept getting darker and darker.
This is not at all my interpretation of that piece of music! The music just influenced how it turned out is all.
I'm still trying to get a feel for these Graphitints. They go really dark so fast. I used some Polychromo and Prisma in the reds to add a little life.
(*A note about the music. Its gloriously dark and heavy and dramatic. If you don't know it, and listen to it through this link, 1:36 is where it starts to get good. Also, imagine it done with a real orchestra, with good acoustics, and the volume cranked...)
By: Mark,
on 6/26/2007
Blog: Sugar Frosted Goodness (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Heeeeerrre's . . . Jeff! This took about 20 minutes, in Prismacolor pencil (my current favorite sketching tool of choice).
Visit my website.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 6/21/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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2.5 x 3.5
Oil pencil on board
Not for sale
This is a little piece I did for a private trading thing with some fellow pencil artists.
When I finished the painting I cracked open the cookie to read the fortune.
"YOU WILL SOON BE HONORED BY SOMEONE YOU RESPECT"
OK, bring it on!
By: Claire,
on 6/21/2007
Blog: Monday Artday (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Bulldouge
Originally uploaded by chicken widget.
Post a drawing of a dog?
Or just throw your hands up and say, "Eeeew! Gross!"
-Claire
By: Claire,
on 6/21/2007
Blog: Sugar Frosted Goodness (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Bulldouge
Originally uploaded by chicken widget.
Post a drawing of a dog?
Or just throw your hands up and say, "Eeeew! Gross!"
-Claire
By: Paula Pertile,
on 6/19/2007
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: chocolate, colored pencil, Josef Schmidt, Godiva, Russell Stover, Tootsie Roll, See's, Add a tag
5x7
Oil pencil on illustration board
I felt like drawing chocolates. I think these look suspiciously like See's. I may have to do a series:
See's, Godiva, Josef Schmidt, Tootsie Rolls... What else?
I'm also getting away from burnishing so much. I like leaving the texture of the board showing, and it also saves my hand from cramping. Burnishing is like a fast track to carpel tunnel. And who needs that?
By: AscenderRisesAbove,
on 6/12/2007
Blog: Monday Artday (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Pen and Ink, watercolor, Colored Pencil, Handmade Paper, ScatterlingsPressed Foliage, Add a tag
Medium: Mixed Media; Pressed Foliage, Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Pen and Ink on Handmade Paper
Bid on this ORIGINAL Scatterlings©; one week only.
Scatterlings GICLEEs now available in Ascender's E-bay.
More Scatterlings© on Ascender's homepage and on Ascender's blog.
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"The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world.”
Unknown (do you know the author?)
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Forming ’something’ out of ‘the nothing’ often overlooked in everyday life, these one-of-a-kind folk art pieces take up to a year to complete as flowers and leaves are collected, pressed, preserved and finally hidden within a vision that evolves continually. Although preserved in the same manner as a piece of handmade paper. Within the larger pieces packets of silica gel are placed between the original and the frame to absorb humidity. Though framed, each piece continues to be fragile and must be handled with extra care. As with most pieces of fine art; the original should not be placed in a window or beneath bright light. Each original piece is copyrighted.
Bid on this ORIGINAL Scatterlings©; one week only
By: m.b,
on 6/4/2007
Blog: Sugar Frosted Goodness (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Colored Pencil, SFG: Television, m.b, Add a tag
I don't have cable. I gave it up last summer, there's never anything good on in summer anyway. But I never got it back. I haven't really missed it. I get the really good shows on iTunes. It really limits the amount of time I sit around doing nothing but staring at an illuminated box. Of course, I still have Netflix... oh well.
By: m.b,
on 5/30/2007
Blog: Sugar Frosted Goodness (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Vote for me! Again! And then post something yourself so I can vote for you too!
Everyone got Jeff's email, no excuses! I found out about Custom52 last week and I had designed some cards so I thought it would be fun. So far, my entries seem to be unique in that, like 98% of the rest are full-on graphic design. Get IN THERE folks! They need a serious infusion of illustration!!
I'm hoping to do at least one more myself.
Hi! Paula: Thanks for posting at my blog. I have been watching the Architectural Portrait. It turned out wonderful. Thank-you for sharing.
Sherrie
Very interesting information. Thanks for posting your process.
This turned out nicely. I love how you took all the extraneous things out of the reference and made it your own.
As one who panics at the thought of painting architecture, I found your step-by-step process very interesting to follow.
Thanks for taking the trouble to scan each stage.
I do like your illustrations. I like to visit various sites to see what Architectural Renderings have been created. Never know what you might find.