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The Starr House is a landmark here in Royal Oak, MI. It's one of our oldest houses and you can learn more about it on their Facebook page.

I was inspired to paint this building when I drove by it a week of so ago after snow had fallen. I took quite a few reference photos. I also made 4 videos of my process of how I did my painting of this beautiful building. You'll have to forgive the quality of the videos; I'm still very much in the learning stages. Anyway, the painting videos (and pretty much my process) are broken up into 4 parts:

First, there's getting the sketch onto the canvas.

Second is the blocking in process.

Third is my favorite part: the refining of the shapes and colors.

And, lastly, is where I put the final details.

Here is my final painting. It measures 20" x 16" and is painted solely with painting knives.