by Anita Santiago

This week I decided to work on the other significant character of the book; my sister’s little house in the woods where she and her little dog live. The challenge was trying to find a way to illustrate a house with some personality. I was looking for a stylized image that captured the character of an Arts & Crafts bungalow in a silhouette style. The silhouette lends itself to the cut paper techniques I’m planning on experimenting with next. Still need to work on the style of the house some more, but it’s getting there.

I’ve really enjoyed ‘Works in Progress Month’. It’s been great fun spending time sketching Mr. Bean and I even learned something - doing lots of preliminary sketches really does help you to gain insight into your subject. Sometimes the simplest things are pretty easy to forget. I look forward to sketching lots of trees and houses over the next few weeks.

Hope you enjoy these last sketches. Thanks for looking!

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 - Leopulde, Works-In-Progress Month

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