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Houses, sunday sketches

houses, sketchbook project 2012
pen on paper

My second sketch for the sketchbook project 2012. We all have reasons for keeping things and my Mother has kept these 4-inch houses on the windowsill for years. I used black pen and colored pens. There are actually only 3 houses, so I used gimp to stitch my line drawing, the colored drawing and and inverted drawing altogether.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.
And thank you to Sophia for her Sunday Sketches blog hop.

Comments

Heather said…
i just love these. simple and cheerful little houses. these would be cute on a note card! have a great day
Christine said…
oh these are the cutest little houses, so adorable. Wonderful job.
Anonymous said…
So sweet! You know what would be a cool print idea? Square up 9 house in rows and columns of three. Make the first house a drawing of a really, really old house, and morph each house next to it into a slightly more modern counterpart...so that when you get to the last house in the last row, it is a modern house. Cool way to analyze house architecture through the centuries!
m7 said…
ooh these are so sweet, reminds me of the time when we were small, and all we made were cute houses. :)
WrightStuff said…
They are very neat! Love their simplicity.
Joni Nickrent said…
Very cool...love it!
Julia Christie said…
Great line work! I love these all! Very cheerful.

Smiles
EVA said…
Lovely and cheerful! I have to admit to having one of those houses in my kitchen too - a souvenir from someone's travels.
Kristin Dudish said…
What a neat collection and a great addition to your sketchbook! I love your use of color in this piece. (I agree with Heather - it would make a great note card!)

xo
Kristin
Melisa said…
I don't know why, but I always love drawings of little houses. These are so charming!
These are cute! I love them. Different for you, or at least what you usually show. I like it. :)
Poetic Artist said…
Cute little houses and I know each one holds a story to be told..lol.
Hugs and prayers,
Katelen
zendotstudio said…
These houses are wonderful! Something delicious, uplifting and comforting about them. Truly little treasures.
readingsully2 said…
These houses are adorable, Juana. I don't know what it is about houses but I always wonder who is living in them.

By the way the ladies in your right hand column are amazing too.

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