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Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 8 Namur Street, Kew East, 1990
... property illustrations — buildings — kew east (vic.)...8 namur street...Street Kew melbourne This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist. The drawings in the Picken Collection are invaluable assets for identifying architectural features and styles. The year in which the work was created is also a valuable record for house historians, as a number of the properties depicted have either been altered since that date or demolished. artist -- margaret picken 1950- property illustrations — buildings — kew east (vic.) 8 namur street - kew east (vic) 8 NAMUR ST., KEW E. / MARGARET PICKEN '90 / WOODARDS ~ KEW Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 8 Namur Street, Kew East by Margaret Picken. 8 Namur Street, Kew East Drawing Property Illustration Margaret Picken Woodards (Kew) ...
After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 8 Namur Street, Kew East by Margaret Picken.8 NAMUR ST., KEW E. / MARGARET PICKEN '90 / WOODARDS ~ KEWartist -- margaret picken 1950-, property illustrations — buildings — kew east (vic.), 8 namur street - kew east (vic)
