Getting ready to talk

When I get a photo of a house from a potential customer, I like to sketch it in pencil and paint before getting together to talk about the home portrait.

This one is close enough to visit in person, so I can take my camera with me when I visit. But when I looked at the address, I realized why I was having so much fun sketching this home ... I wanted to buy one right up the street from it that was very similar a few years ago and was unable to get it.  As most things do, this disappointment ended up working out for the best but I can still picture myself living on this street; isn't it a darling place?

Some of the questions I'll have for the residents:

• Close up like I drew and painted it or farther away like the photo?
• Colors?
• What should be in or highlighted and what should be out? (fence, swing, landscaping, etc.)
• Oils, acrylics, or watercolor? How big a painting? Framed?