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.
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!