Work in Progress Update, Fernandina Residence, Update 3

Here is the completed drawing. I managed to complete this one in two weeks time – or about 26 hours hands on time.
The porch, including the railings, windows, doors and the wicker chair are done. The roof has been filled in, as well as the foundation, steps and the chain link fence on the side of the House. The lawn, low wall, sidewalk and curb has also been drawn in -and, the landscaping, of course.
I had a great deal of enjoyment with the palms, especially the tallest one near the House. I wasn’t sure at first how I was going to do the palm so I did a practice one on a separate piece of paper – after doing some research on pen and in drawings of palm trees. The practice palm took me a few hours but it was worth it. First I penciled in the tree with all the leaves. I didn’t want to ad lib it because I couldn’t erase anything later. Things have to be planned out in more detail with pen and ink. Once I was comfortable with the practice drawing, I penciled in the palm on the drawing, then inked it. I did the same on the smaller palm beneath it.
Although there is plenty of work on the palm, I didn’t go heavily on shading and dark shadows which might have drawn the eye away from the House. I purposely left detail work out of the landscaping to keep the House the center of interest.

This is the first of two pen and ink architectural drawings I plan to do here. The next one (I’ve already chosen the House) will be pen and ink with added watercolor. Next week I’ll introduce you to that one.