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Been working on this one for a little while, and I wanted it to show. I love the Victorian age, classical music, steam engines – that era and ethos, and I am an admitted romantic, so this is my little ode to that. Whether or not this is Victorian London, the Old West, or whereever, I shall leave to the viewer. Is the serenade between acquaintances, is she intrigued by the music he plays, or by the man…?

I plan to do some more like this or in other mediums down the road, but this is the big project for the moment. More practice and experience using good inking techniques. I’m pleased with how it turned out. I have to find or make the perfect reference photos, and this one took some time to track down and then incorporate into a good composition, but I am, in the end, SO pleased and must extend a hearty thanks to the dA community for making such great images and inspiration available, especially (obviously) the below stock accounts. In Any case, this was also partially a bet to myself - My dad saw my latest works this past winter and said, "Don't you like Victoriana?" "Of course - you know I do," I replied. At which point he rightly pointed out that none of my art reflected that, so I started composing ideas for this, and here it is...

15-20 hours, pen & ink (micron) on 81/2 x 11ish paper (my dimensions are never perfect).

Stock used for reference:
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The train is from a photo taken by and used with permission [link]

Description
Been working on this one for a little while, and I wanted it to show. I love the Victorian age, classical music, steam engines – that era and ethos, and I am an admitted romantic, so this is my little ode to that. Whether or not this is Victorian London, the Old West, or whereever, I shall leave to the viewer. Is the serenade between acquaintances, is she intrigued by the music he plays, or by the man…?

I plan to do some more like this or in other mediums down the road, but this is the big project for the moment. More practice and experience using good inking techniques. I’m pleased with how it turned out. I have to find or make the perfect reference photos, and this one took some time to track down and then incorporate into a good composition, but I am, in the end, SO pleased and must extend a hearty thanks to the dA community for making such great images and inspiration available, especially (obviously) the below stock accounts. In Any case, this was also partially a bet to myself - My dad saw my latest works this past winter and said, "Don't you like Victoriana?" "Of course - you know I do," I replied. At which point he rightly pointed out that none of my art reflected that, so I started composing ideas for this, and here it is...

15-20 hours, pen & ink (micron) on 81/2 x 11ish paper (my dimensions are never perfect).

Stock used for reference:
[link] By
[link] By
The train is from a photo taken by and used with permission [link]