It's the end of the month already, and I thought I'd just share with you something I'm currently working on. It has no title yet. Let me explain: this painting is based on an image I found on Pinterest, from some sort of Early-Modern architectural treatise, northern European most likely. German or Flemish. Mostly likely the former. And until I do some research I'm at a loss as to title. In the mean time I can say that the structure, some sort of pavilion(?), is in the Tuscan style, though the order has been stretched somewhat - it's usually much squatter than that, though I suppose the architect has taken their cue from Palladio's treatment of the Doric order. The blank metopes are found in Serlio, I think. In all, a very Mannerist design; the sort of thing to excite the likes of Richard Norman Shaw.
Anyway, the usual mixed media - in this case pen and ink, butter resist and watercolour.
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