Sometimes one’s point of view can make or break a picture. The jury is still out on this one, as far as I’m concerned. This was such a weird vantage point for sketching—between the location high up on a hill, the wide-angle view of the rest of the porch, the water and ferry landing below, and the islands off in the distance, everything was just…odd. Unsettling. I spent a long time on this one, using every art-school trick I knew to check and re-check that my perspective was correct. It was…for the most part. But the drawing still feels like something M.C. Escher would have come up with.
Porch perchOrcas Island, WA
Posted 9 years ago
Oh but Escher is so cool so maybe that is not a bad thing!!!!
I think it is perfect! What a view! There is a lot to sketch but you did it so well that it doesn’t look odd or cluttered at all.
Yes but, the thing is , you DID get it all in .. and very well and I believe it.
All that detail from porch to horizon is beautifully rendered.
Terrific ceiling too!