#capriccio

Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower by Thomas Cole, 1838.

Title: Park Landscape with Pond and Sprite Artist: Max Roeder (German, 1866-1947) Date: 1901 Genre: landscape Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 55.5 cm (21.8 in) high x 76 cm (29.9 in) wide Location: private collection

Pair of Neo-Classical Architectural Capriccios by Isaac de Moucheron

Think I've shared most of these before, but what the heck. Quick drawings mostly from mid- to late-2021, and part of 2022. Almost all were done on newsprint using brush pens and colored pencils. The ninth image has watercolor, and the fourth was digitally colored. I love taking these out of the dresser drawer they're kept in and going through all the pages every now and again. They're so fun to look at. Earlier this year, I started devising area names and structural themes for a loose story that could be accompanied by illustrations along these lines. If I have the time, I'd like to return to that one day.

A Sarcophagus - Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

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Ted Hughes, Capriccio; from 'Flame'

Carl Ludwig Hackert (German, 1740-1796) The Fountain Egeria near Rome, 1776