Sissie's House Sketch

Way back when, I did a giveaway to celebrate my 400th follower!  

I offered to sketch the winner's home as a gift.

Sissie, from the popular blog, Sissie's Shabby Cottage

 was selected and I finally finished her sketch. 

 It took her a while to get it to me, 

and then I was off on summer vacation~so here it is.

Sissie's house is beautiful and has a lot of details like multi-gabled roof lines, 

so this was a little bit of a challenge for me.  

My sketch style is simple storybook style~

so here is how I interpreted her home.

 Since the house was all brick with white trim and a lot of roof showing in almost the same color as the brick, this sketch does not have a lot of color~it is more about the shapes of the windows and the lines.  With a fine tip sketch pen I drew in all of the windows and the roof shingles and some of the bricks and then added the color with my pencils.

Isn't her house glorious? I love it's classic style!

This "sketch" is something anyone can do by going 

to Picnik.com and uploading a photo of your home,

 then add the "sketch effect" to it~and voila! 

Your home has been sketched!  I hope Sissie likes her sketch.  

Her house is on the market, 

and this sketch just might become a fond keepsake.

Sissie's Shabby Cottage