October Sketchbook: Haunted House #3 - 210 Magnolia Lane


Sketch #3
210 Magnolia Lane


The 3rd in our #hauntedhouse series for #INKtober is 210 Magnolia Lane.

This magnificent Victorian gingerbread style home may have once been the envy of the block, but is now badly in need of repair. The siding is haphazard, the windows are broken, and the roof obviously leaks. The foundation has crumbled, causing the house to settle unevenly. Even though the porch appears sound, the broken post suggests caution. From this angle, it's impossible to tell whether or not the door is open, but even if it was, I'm not sure I would enter. Did the living room curtain just move?

In every town, there's always that one house that people don't like to walk past. No one really knows why. It always feels like there's someone watching you, even though you're pretty sure no one could possibly live there. It's the sort of house that you stand across the street from and just stare at. Was that a shadow moving past the kitchen window?

This #penandink is done with Prismacolor Premiere graphic pens in .05 and .005 widths. Shading is done strictly with hatching techniques, which intensifies the shabby feeling that surrounds this house. There is an enormous amount of detail to be seen here - the missing siding, the tattered curtains, the vacant windows, the overgrown yard and its rickety fence.

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