Painting a portrait of someone’s home is quite a responsibility – this is a place with a lot of emotions attached and, in the four years since I launched my house portrait website, I’ve always kept this very much in mind. It’s the personal element that makes these commissions very different from commercial ones and can make them more rewarding.
A NOTE ABOUT PERSPECTIVE
Perspective can help to make a building ‘read’ convincingly. I find one-point or two-point perspective helpful when refining an initial pencil sketch. You don’t need to stick rigidly to the rules (depending on how much realism you’re looking for)