I had got to stop it right there and avoid overthinking and regret later on and waste a lot of time.
I made my version of the Spiced Sip Haven building from the Frostfall village drawing challenge of @cabalen. I was inspired by the version made by @artofkylin which has these nice looking brick. So I took it as a challenge to learn and see if I can also make some cool looking brickwork. Here is my building and I think I love how warm and cozy it now looks after so many debate with myself. See the process below on what I mean by that:
I love the drawing I made for my folktaleweek2025 and I thought I would continue with that look starting with this sketch of the building. The dark background should be there from the get go so I can adjust the colors that I will use for the base
I am excited to try the brickwork @artofkylin 's bricks look effortless and that is what I want to learn how to do here. I must admit mine looks like a conscious effort but I do understand that I will get there in time. When you practice you discover and learn. The base colors are looking ok at this point
I jumped right in to the details. Can't wait to see the warm white snow covering the red roof like frosting on a cake so far so good. I enjoyed making the sign on top of the door where shows the building name Spiced Sip Haven that really sounds so warm and cozy. I love the red mugs I added on the window sill as per the drawing prompt details. I framed the building with some grey and snow dusted birch trees.
Here is where that debate with myself happened. I have a few images but uploaded only three of them. I kept changing the color of the background, changing the birch trees size and position adding and subtracting small details like the snow flakes. At some point I thought there is too much snow fall and at times the size of them are too insignificant so I added few big ones then subtracted and added them right back up and so on. That is my hint to stop and do not overthink and be happy for what I had accomplished and before I do something I would regret later.
There is not much of a big difference looking at these three images now hahaha. Anyway thank you for reading hope you like my drawing.
I love the choice of colors like the warm red and the shade of brown on the bricks totally giving that warm cozy winter vibe
a haven of spice and golden warmth tucked between tall winter trees. The brick tones and soft light make it feel wonderfully alive.
Yooo the value control here is CLEAN. The bricks have such a nice softness, like they belong in a fairytale. Love this direction for your style