Shibden Hall by David Stevens

The image really stands out David, well done.

I am loving all your lovely sketches !

Has great impact with those solid blacks. Is that black ink or are you using black paper? It’s very effective either way.

I remember this building from the TV series ‘Gentleman Jack’. It’s a great location and you’ve produced a very striking image of it, that black sky is just what was needed.

Thank you Stephen. Valerie. Lew and Andrew for your kind comments. Lew I used a cut and paste exercise - drew the house on white paper and the cut the house out and glued it onto black paper to achieve the affect!!

I love the effect you achieve with the drawing against a solid background David, the black is particularly striking.

Have to agree the black night sky only enlightens your superb wonderful Shibden Hall David.

Thank you Chris and Fiona for your very kind comments!! Much appreciated!

Interesting…the cut and paste. Never tried that.

Beautifully drawn David.

Thank you Spencer! Lew - I have tried it with a number of buildings and it seems to work well.

Very good ink sketch David, that strong black works well

Thank you, Heather!

Love this, great sketch, very effective against the black background. (I’m a fan of cut and paste!)

Thank you, Jenny!!