{"id":4423,"date":"2020-09-23T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finearchitecturalillustration.com\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2020-09-23T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:30:33","slug":"front-perspective-and-aerial-rendering-of-los-altos-hills-custom-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finearchitecturalillustration.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/23\/front-perspective-and-aerial-rendering-of-los-altos-hills-custom-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Perspective and Aerial Rendering of Los Altos Hills Custom Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This architectural illustration is one that I finished earlier this year for a San Francisco Bay Area architectural firm.\u00a0 Pacific Peninsula Architecture of Menlo Park, California creates designs for both client-driven residential projects as well as speculative home ventures, mostly in Northern California. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4433 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Rear-Color-72dpi-1024x576.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Front Perspective and Aerial Rendering of Los Altos Hills Custom Residence\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Rear-Color-72dpi-980x552.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 980w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Rear-Color-72dpi-480x270.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 480w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Rear-Color-72dpi.jpg?size=216x122&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 216w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Rear-Color-72dpi.jpg?size=648x365&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 648w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Rear-Color-72dpi.jpg?size=864x486&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 864w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" data-original-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/> This one had a client for whom it was designed, taking into account their particular needs and desires.\u00a0 Located in Los Altos Hills, California, this is a very large residence including a large subterranean level to increase indoor space while remaining in compliance with site setbacks required by local ordinances.\u00a0 The renderings for this project and others like it are created in the color pencil technique and are fairly large.\u00a0 Typically each illustration is 12 inches by 22 inches on illustration board.\u00a0 I draw a black and white line drawing of this view first, then print it onto a vellum, which is then dry mounted onto illustration board.\u00a0 Then color media is applied slowly-starting with chalk pastel, then color pencil over that.\u00a0 If there are any pure whites within the drawing, then those areas are simply uncolored areas.\u00a0 The darker areas of the rendering are built up with successive layers of color pencil, sometimes using multiple color pencils within the same area in order to achieve the right color and character for the material you are trying to show.\u00a0 This particular design was mostly cement plaster with some ledgestone accents, a zinc metal roof with minor built-up flat roof areas and few precast lintels and sills.\u00a0 My tendency is to keep all colors in a somewhat neutral range due to the neutral color scheme dictated by the design.\u00a0 So, the greens in the landscaping, the trees, even the water in the pool and the colors of the sky are not brightly colored-instead more muted tones to complement and support the main subject-the architecture. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4438 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Front-in-Color-72-dpi-1024x566.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Front-in-Color-72-dpi-980x542.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 980w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Front-in-Color-72-dpi-480x265.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 480w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Front-in-Color-72-dpi.jpg?size=216x119&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 216w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Front-in-Color-72-dpi.jpg?size=648x358&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 648w, https:\/\/b1204804.smushcdn.com\/1204804\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JMG-Wang-La-Paloma-Front-in-Color-72-dpi.jpg?size=864x478&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 864w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; 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