Period Building Painting

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  Step 1

  Use an H pencil to draw the initial guidelines – the placement of the floors, columns and windows. Then use a 2B pencil to add the
  architectural details. Starting with an H pencil is a more forgiving method for roughly laying out an architectural drawing like this. If you draw lightly, you can leave guidelines that can be easily rubbed out. Moving on with a 2B pencil, you can concentrate on making expressive lines with the faint underdrawing below as a guide.

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  Step 2

  Add a light wash of Lunar Black or Payne’s Grey to the brickwork using the larger brush. Leave to dry.

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  Step 3

  Start adding washes of colour to the whole of
  the building. Use the smaller brush and Buff
  Titanium (or very light Yellow Ochre with a
  touch of White) for the mouldings around the
  windows and Burnt Sienna for the brickwork.

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  Step 4

  To add depth and texture, use a diluted mix of
  Payne’s Grey and Alizarin Crimson and the
  smaller brush to paint the bricks using a dashed
  line – strokes can be quite loose. Once dry, go
  back over some areas to make them darker.

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  Step 5

  Now focus on details. You can define areas like
  the bench, reflections in the windows and the
  figure walking by.

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  Step 6

  Add the sky and pavement: the sky is a mix
  of very dilute washes of Yellow Ochre, Cerulean
  Blue and Alizarin Crimson; the pavement is a mix
  of Cerulean Blue and Alizarin Crimson.

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