buildings

'Oh how wonderful life would be, if I had my own little house in a tree!' This one was created for the Urban Explorer Challenge and I loved every minute of it! As a lover of the natural environment I had to draw on where my heart lies so a treehouse seemed a fitting response!

This was so enjoyable to do. Hand drawn using black 0.03, 0.05 and 0.1 fine liners on A4 medium cartridge paper. 22.5 hours of work and made my eyes hurt!

Thought I would have a go at a competition! It has encouraged me to diversify within one image and think outside the box. I'll see how it goes!

Lunchtime doodle

I don't know why, but I had to make yellow buildings. I wish I had more time on this, but I took it as far as I could and hit submit with 1 to 2 minutes to spare. Why do I do that to myself? Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Acrylic painting Abandoned buildings

Stairs and buildings in an abstract, geometric city.

This art is linked to my previous work. The protogonist has entered the other side of the world. A weird place but it seems familiar as this world is nothing but his consciousness and diary is just a portal which let him in here

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Pen and ink drawing of the buildings on the Graslei in Ghent (Belgium).

This right here is a self portrait of me “sleeping” And in the background there are some buildings from New York that I took pictures of and they are made of Coffee and Charcoal

A lighthouse drawn with graphite pencils on sketch paper. Many thanks for looking.

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Hustle and bustle outside one of Stoke Newington's finest cafes

A freshly sunlit bungalow and front lawn garden.

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Page 18 of my Journey Journal. A study of my first impressions of the city of Berlin. Ink, gouache, watercolour on toned paper.

Architectural subjects are not my penchant....but this is a pen line drawing of our house which I did a few weeks ago near the beginning of the "stay at home" phase of our lives. Seemed a fitting subject. Just a couple of micron pens on a smooth surfaced paper.

#Swollen is the word for #inktober #day17. Because the city I live in is swollen from cars, buildings, humans, rats, pigeons, dirt and trash I considered the word to be proper for the problem of urbanization. Even if it's a natural transformation, it comes with a lot of issues. I see it as a concrete and steel monster eating the nature that stands in its way. © Maria!Bălan, 2018

I've been experimenting with colour pallets and line width. Also trying to do LESS - my natural tendency is to add everything so cutting back is quite hard, but I think works better.

This looks simple, but i spent days researching to get the buildings and clothing right. There was also a lot more layers than i planned for. This buildings are still in use, there are different shops in them now. Sadly they no longer have those colorful decorations,

Ink and watercolour of my favourite subject, buildings.

Graphics on artificially aged paper. Mixed media, ink, acrylic, 70x53 cm, 2025

Watercolour and coloured pencil on watercolour paper.

What startet as a somewhat mindless marker-sketch at a cafè while having a conversation later came out as a pretty cool cityscape. Probably inspired by the movie Tekkon Kinkreet, which I watched previously.

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Just a doodle