4/18/18 New house in Maple Leaf |
A
new house is under construction a block away from mine. This is the same
construction site where I sketched an excavator a couple of months ago. My plan was to sketch more of the various
types of heavy equipment I’ve seen on the property the past several months, but
most of that occurred during our long stretch of cold and rain, and parking
wasn’t allowed nearby, so I missed all of that.
Yesterday
it finally warmed up a bit, so I took advantage of the dry day to sketch the site.
I’ll reserve final opinion until the house is completed. For now, let’s just
say that based on what I can see of this elevation, the house doesn’t quite fit
the rest of the neighborhood.
But
how would you know? Other than The Maple Bar and Reckless Video, both neighborhood
businesses occupying traditional houses, I’ve hardly sketched any houses
in my ‘hood. I suppose familiarity breeds contempt or at least invisibility, because
I don’t really “see” the houses I pass every day (or for that matter, the one I
live in). I’m going to remedy that. Now that it’s finally feeling more like
spring, I’m going to start sketching some of the homes that are what I consider
typical and traditional of this area. Perhaps by then this new house will be
done, and you can decide for yourself whether it belongs in Maple Leaf.
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