Doorknob

February 24, 2006 at 10:30 pm · Filed under Drawing, Everyday Matters


It’s the doorknob to the bathroom, shown in the post immediately before this one.

5 Comments »

  1. Lin said,

    February 25, 2006 @ 7:11 am

    WOWOWOW!!! FANTASTIC job on these doorknobs! And glorious way of showing them off! GREAT composition. You’ve made the ordinary doorknob EXTRAORDINARY!! and they shine, too! BRAVA!

  2. Linda M said,

    February 27, 2006 @ 5:26 pm

    Great job on the doorknob! I actually recognize these — ours are the same, so I’m doubly impressed that you were able to make the drawing so interesting!

  3. kiri said,

    March 28, 2006 @ 6:01 pm

    love this drawing alot, an ordinary subject made beautiful and interesting. great job

  4. melissa woodland said,

    April 15, 2006 @ 11:41 am

    I really like the effect on the left side of the door - is it wet on wet watercolors? It sets an interesting mood with that ominous shadow. This is really beyond sketching - the start of something bigger perhaps?

  5. Lisa said,

    April 16, 2006 @ 6:49 pm

    Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

    Melissa, the dark area on the left is Photoshop blending of some watercolor that didn’t look too good in the original sketch! I wanted to show the space of the room outside the door. It was darker in that area, so I put in some dark watercolor. I was using a Niji Waterbrush on a rather large area of sketchbook paper that was not really meant for watercolor. Not a good way to lay in an even wash of color! After scanning, I used Photoshop’s Median command to blend it all together and make it into a shadow that would fit logically into the composition.

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