For Thursday Doors, I am looking at the Washington State Capitol
Justice Building interior is more pink-mauve than the Legislative building
(see the top shell scroll), and perhaps it is because it was painted at a later date.
This detracts just a bit from the beauty of this lovely building,
but that may be just me — I am not a lover of these colors.
The front door is lovely, and the building is so dark it was hard to get a picture,
but I drew some of the decorative brass detailing, below. As you approach the doors, the torchéres which flank the outside are perhaps the scariest lights I’ve ever seen (below).
On the inside, the most beautiful brass lion torchéres flank the doors (below).
The Torchéres of Mordor (my name for them!)
Lion Torchéres
Stillman & Birn Delta Journal, with a Pentalic 2B woodless pencil, Platinum Preppie Pen,
Noodler’s ink, and Daniel Smith, Sennelier, and Holbein watercolors.
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The architecture from that era was magnificent. I have some photos of a government building in Buffalo, N.Y. that are similar. I must find them and try to draw them.
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Hold onto them — we may do a walk around Buffalo and then you can add them to our cache!
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It’s truly amazing the amount of detail work that went into these. They really don’t make them like this anymore…mostly because no one can afford to 🙂
Thanks for sharing this.
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Yes, outrageously expensive now….
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These are beautiful Kate. I think I’ve actually seen these in person. I toured the capital area when I lived in Seattle, but I don’t have any photos. Thanks for the memory.
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You are welcome. There will be more!
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Excellent doors and drawings.
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Thanks Jean!
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Really gorgeous doors and assorted trappings, but I prefer/ love the sketches you’ve added to the post. Lovely personal detail.
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Hi Joey — I don’t know how I missed your message! Thanks; sketching is my addition to Thursday doors and I hope to get a few more people doing this.
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I’d love to see more people doing it. I would never, you’re SO talented. I really enjoyed it 🙂
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Talent is 5% innate talent and 95% work….
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That’s a beautiful door, Katie. I love the glass windows above and all of the detailing. And, of course, your artwork does it complete justice.
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Aw, thanks,
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