South Philly in the House!

This house belongs to a friend of mine Eleanor, 

who also was my teacher for a few weeks at Uarts.

Her house is in an up and coming neighborhood in South Philly. I really like all the details she's added to the front door, and her kitties are adorable! Eleanor's decorating is so awesome that it was actually featured on 

Design Sponge here and here!

Below are some detail shots. 

The front metal door had some of the detail work missing, 

but I added it back in for continuity. 

She used a painted Haitian Oil Drum piece to decorate the front.

Here you can see some of the cool detail in the brick work, 

and two of her kitties close up. 

Swain Street

Located in the beautiful Fairmount section of Philly, 

near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

I really like it when houses have stained glass detailing!

Mt. Airy Beauty

This lovely home is located in Mt. Airy. The client wanted the portrait done pretty large (16" x 20") which I understand why. The house is so lovely with all the detail in the stone, the wood work, and all the landscaping around it. The nice woman and her husband also just had a baby, congratulations!

Below are some detail shots.

The front door is definitely one of my favorite parts of the home.

                   

Springfield Valley

I took a little break from working on house portraits the past couple weeks because I had some other projects on my plate. This rendering is one I just completed for a Realty group. They have major plans to beautify this currently drab apartment building, and make it more appealing to prospective tenants.

Below is my drawing right before I began coloring it. I had to make a couple changes, like taking out the bench on the right so the sign for the apartments could be shown in the grass.

Here is my initial rough sketch just to show the layout and angle of the drawing. The perspective had to be skewed a bit to be able to feature everything new being put in, and so the entryway wouldn't be blocked by the new Crape Myrtles.

I think my favorite part of this project was doing the landscaping. 

Drawing plants is fun!

Philadelphia Row Homes Poster

I got this 12" x 18" poster made to sell at my art show I had at Benna's Cafe in December. It features many of the houses I was commissioned to do throughout 2012. They are now for sale here on my Etsy page. I have also been adding prints for sale in my shop, check em out!

house portrait, sort of

This was the email subject line that I received from one of my first private clients this past year. This nice woman wanted a portrait of her beautiful and spacious back yard in New Jersey. It has lots of plants and trees, a greenhouse, and features her two shaggy pups in the foreground. This was a nice change for just doing a straight up house portrait!

Below are some detail shots you can see more things close up!

Here's a photo with the two dogs playing in the garden. 

The Walled Garden

 This piece was commissioned by my Grandfather who lives in England. I've visited this house many a time with my family. It is located in the Cotswolds in the country side, and the house is called The Walled Garden. When I buy my own home in the future, I plan to carry on the English tradition and name it this same way. 

The actual portrait itself is the smallest I've ever done. (8"w x 6"h) because my Grandpa wanted it to fit in a small frame he already had!