As late as 2004 the McMansion business was still going strong, and the builders I worked for still used hand-done renderings to show to their clients. This house sketch was a preliminary to show the builders what their art would look like. I don't remember exactly what was being done but this drawing was made on site of an existing structure which was being modified. They built a lot of pseudo-French chateaux with parking courtyards, and this one had a four-car garage. The crash of 2008 destroyed the luxury house business, and now empty McMansions sit on desolate lots all over the Northern Virginia suburbs.
Pencil on sketchbook page, 7 1/2" x 7", March 20, 2004.
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