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michelleion — Cane Hill Revisited
Published: 2005-09-01 23:30:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1402; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 147
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August/September 2005This took me too long to do, and it shouldn't have. It was annoying me (all my drawings do when they're nearly finished - all the finishing off details! Grr!), so I thought I should finish it off before I retire off to bed, or I'll probably end up having bizarre dreams about it.
I really loved the reference photo my friend ~baldrickthecunning took of this old abandoned insane asylum near London and thought it would make a good drawing, therefore I had to draw it. Whether it is a good drawing is another matter, however! I've walked around the outside of this place, it is HUGE, and I mean, HUGE. It is all falling down, completely overgrown and arsonists have been in and such, so a very eerie atmosphere all around.
I did another drawing of Cane Hill last year, it is *here* . I think I have improved since then. Well here's hoping anyway
Materials
5B pencil
B mechanical pencil
A4 Bristol Board (YES! I finally have some!)
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Comments: 31
i used to live there the whole place is so creepy that picture just brings back scary memories because it is so detailed well done! (thats a compliment by the way)
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excellent, my fav of this piece is how the building glows, well done !
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Wow, this is a marvelous architectural drawing! Great work. What makes this stand out is the high level of contrast from bright white to darkest of black. And the realisticness of it doesn't hurt neither. One suggestion I would make is to darken the faded area of sky around the tower. It sorta breaks the illusion of solidity in the background.
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Awesome, I like the contrast between the white and black, and that it kind of has an illustrative feel, like it belongs to a story
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WOW! It's not often that you see drawings of architecture!! Great job on detail and shading!
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It's amazing!!! It looks like a photograph!
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you have a very nice gallery. I especailly like the drawing of Cane Hill. You did a wonderful job and I especially like your use of light and tonal usage. Beautiful drawing. I see you know Beth, Linda (imaginee) and golfiscool (Brian) works. They are good friends of mine. Keep up your wonderful talent.
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this is really nice, at the moment im working on church drawing, the sagrada familia. Its my first building drawing, so its taking a while. Well this came out really beautifully.
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Good is not the word for it.....EXCELLENT is the word for it!!! GREAT job!
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Very, VERY nice drawing Michelle - i much prefer it to teh original photo. I hadn't noticed it - bit slow on my DA messages..
amazing work, i love it - thanks!
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I'm so glad you like it! I thought you hated it, and that's why you hadn't commented on it yet! Phew, I'm quite relieved now 
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I am always slow at commenting 
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Thats crzay!!!
it looks like a picture!!!
ahhhh
crazyness in a can!!
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Must be a good thing, surely
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I like these new building drawings! I think they've really brought out something in your style. It looks like it could be a watercolour- especially the drawing of the whole building. I like the composition and it almost seems to be a bit wonky, im not sure if thats the angle of the shot, but gives it a hint of Tim Burton which is quite fitting considering the building's use! Makes it quite stylish too. Keep up the building drawings! Im so biased but you should.
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Wow, another awesome piece. How you have such control of the pencil is amazing, and baffles me. Care to fill me in 
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Thankyou for your kind comments
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Ah yes, I think I know what you mean. I hear they're great (again, you've just told me 
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LOVE the details. The shadows on the building are fantastic.
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That's beautiful!! You did an awesome job on everything! I can defenitely see why it took a long time!
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the rendering is beautiful, but what i see is that purhaps the value range used (lightest highlights and darkest shadows) is a little short... if this where a photograph, i would say it felt underexposed. brighter highlights and darker shadows would definately make this image jump to life... that's my 2 cents. i give this piece a 6
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My scanner was being weird and not obeying me! I've submitted a better scan.
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0_0 The shading on this is spectacular!!! I am trying to draw a building at the moment and get detail through it but I am finding it tough. Your detail and depth in this piece however is really great, I can see why it took you a long time!
Very nice use of lighting and the texture is particulary nice as well, this is a very nice piece of art ^_^
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