Angol
Step through the gate, climb the porch steps, and into a neighborhood where every window glows and every roofline ends in a spire.
Gothic Spooky Halloween Houses is a collection of 46 detailed illustrations of haunted homes: Queen Anne Victorians with wraparound porches and gingerbread trim, mansard-roofed manors, brick rowhouses along cobblestone streets, ivy-clad townhouses, narrow spires and clock towers, crumbling Gothic Revival ruins, and lonely turrets standing against a full moon.
Every scene is crowded with things to find and color. Jack-o'-lanterns lining the walk. Bats wheeling past the chimneys. A ghost at the upstairs glass, a black cat on the railing, an owl in the bare branches, a witch crossing the moon. Cauldrons on the porch, spiderwebs strung through the eaves, wrought-iron gates, pumpkins on the stoop, and headstones leaning in the side yard.
Some of these houses have opinions about visitors, and they put them in writing: BEWARE OF VAMPIRES. WITCHES WELCOME. ENTER IF YOU DARE. SPELLS - POTIONS - CURSES.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- 46 designs, one to a page, no image repeated
- Single-sided printing. Every illustration has a blank reverse, so color that soaks through can never spoil the picture behind it
- Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages
- Fine-line artwork with real depth in the shingles, brickwork, foliage and trim
- Wide scenes are printed turned sideways, so they fill the page instead of shrinking to fit
- No captions or text laid over the artwork; nothing competes with the drawing
FOR COLORISTS WHO LIKE DETAIL
These are intricate drawings. If your idea of a good evening is a sharp pencil, one scene, and no particular hurry, these pages were made for you. Newcomers are welcome, but this is not a large-print book, and the pleasure here is in the small stuff: one shingle at a time, one pane of glass at a time.
Colored pencils and fine-liners are ideal. Markers work too, and with a blank page behind every design you need only slip a scrap sheet underneath to keep your work tidy.
PERFECT FOR
Halloween nights and long autumn afternoons. October gifts for the friend who loves old architecture. Teachers, librarians, and anyone building a quiet corner of the room. Unwinding after work without a screen.
Whether you color for the calm, for the detail, or simply because haunted Victorians are the best houses ever built, there is a porch here waiting for you.
Sharpen your pencils. The porch light is on.
