Zurich house portrait - painted in watercolour

When painting windows you will often notice that the higher windows are are almost white because of the glass reflection from the sky.
In the image above you can see the transition from light to dark in the glass. The darker shadows in window panes are often created because of trees or neighbouring buildings. Curtains, internal features and indoor lighting levels behind the glass also have an effect on the amount of reflection too.

Custom watercolour painting of a house in Zurich

Another house portrait in watercolour paint, this time the house is located in Zurich, Switzerland.

This Zurich House has typical green painted window shutters and the steep roof with dormer windows. The painting angle is slightly offset so that you can just see the side of the building and other houses in the background. This often makes for a more interesting composition for house portraits.

Watercolour detail

Details such as planting in pots and stonework on the driveway for example often help to add more depth and interest to a house portrait painting.

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Watercolour detail of window

When painting windows you will often notice that the higher windows are are almost white because of the glass reflection from the sky.
In the image above you can see the transition from light to dark in the glass. The darker shadows in window panes are often created because of trees or neighboring buildings. Curtains, internal features and indoor lighting levels behind the glass also have an effect on the amount of reflection too.

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Watercolour detail of window pane

The lower windows, as shown here, often have much darker window panes because there is no light reflection from the sky. The reason for this is that the angle of the portrait is mostly taken at eye level of a person standing at ground level. Because light travels in straight lines, so do the reflections that we see in windows, so the most likely reflections we see in a ground floor window are the street or garden trees behind you.

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