Painted House
Sheet 3The scheduletwelve stylesfour sets

Twelve styles, two test houses

Every style was painted from the same two houses, which we generated so no real address is shown. Read across a row for the medium and down the pictures for the house staying itself. Pick one and the studio paints yours the same way.

The Architect

The house as it was drawn before it was built: technical pen on drafting film, a copperplate etched and printed by hand, and a cyanotype sun print.

  1. No.01Ink ElevationTechnical pen on drafting film, hatching, ruled ground lineYour house as the architect drew itThe Farmhouse painted as Ink ElevationThe Terrace painted as Ink Elevation
  2. No.02Copperplate EtchingBitten line, drypoint burr, plate tone, wiped highlightsYour house etched and printed by handThe Farmhouse painted as Copperplate EtchingThe Terrace painted as Copperplate Etching
  3. No.03CyanotypeSun print, Prussian blue ground, white line, brushed edgesYour house as a sun-printed blueprintThe Farmhouse painted as CyanotypeThe Terrace painted as Cyanotype

The Watercolourist

The classic house portrait, three ways: pen and wash, storybook gouache, and an oil sketch made on the pavement opposite.

  1. No.04Watercolour and InkLoose pen line, wet washes, white paper left as lightYour house in pen and washThe Farmhouse painted as Watercolour and InkThe Terrace painted as Watercolour and Ink
  2. No.05Gouache StorybookMid-century picture-book gouache, flat shapes, warm lightYour house in a picture bookThe Farmhouse painted as Gouache StorybookThe Terrace painted as Gouache Storybook
  3. No.06Plein Air OilOil sketch on board, broken colour, low sunYour house painted from across the streetThe Farmhouse painted as Plein Air OilThe Terrace painted as Plein Air Oil

The Printmaker

Carved, cut and pulled: a shin-hanga woodblock in the manner of Kawase Hasui, a two-colour linocut, and a 1962 screenprint.

  1. No.07Woodblock at First SnowShin-hanga woodblock, falling snow, lit windowsYour house under the first snowThe Farmhouse painted as Woodblock at First SnowThe Terrace painted as Woodblock at First Snow
  2. No.08Two-Colour LinocutCarved line, two inks, the white of the paperYour house carved in two coloursThe Farmhouse painted as Two-Colour LinocutThe Terrace painted as Two-Colour Linocut
  3. No.09Screenprint 1962Serigraph, flat colour fields, slight misregistrationYour house as a 1962 screenprintThe Farmhouse painted as Screenprint 1962The Terrace painted as Screenprint 1962

The Seasons

The same house in the light of one day of the year: the first snow at dusk, an October afternoon, a spring morning under blossom.

  1. No.10First Snow at DuskOil nocturne, blue dusk, lamplit windows, falling snowYour house with every window litThe Farmhouse painted as First Snow at DuskThe Terrace painted as First Snow at Dusk
  2. No.11October LaneGouache, maples turning, low gold sunYour house in October lightThe Farmhouse painted as October LaneThe Terrace painted as October Lane
  3. No.12Blossom MorningSoft pastel on blue-grey paper, cherry blossom, early lightYour house on a spring morningThe Farmhouse painted as Blossom MorningThe Terrace painted as Blossom Morning