House No. 105:
Dutch Colonial
ink and watercolor pencil on repurposed card stock
2.5 in. x 1.75 in.
105/365; 04/15/11
I didn’t mean for my
Dutch colonial revival house to look like it was on acid. It just happened. It's all dayglo and listing to one side, and I took a lot of liberties with the architecture because, hey, I can make it way more fun and also slightly cage-y looking.
I think that if I lived in a Dutch colonial revival house, I would feel trapped, though that barred appearance was really more of an accident than a statement. I have never been a fan of the style, and I am not entirely sure why I decided to draw it.
I think that I had Dutch things in my head because I was reading
A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, and she gives a recipe for
Dutch Baby Pancakes, and I have sort of been obsessed with the thought. Although, I think that Dutch Babies are really German. I have had
pannekoek when
I was in the Netherlands, and those are also amazing. I think that I really need pancakes. Stat.
