For this forest country house, I started with greyscale thumbnails to work out the building's design and silhouette before committing to anything. Once the design felt right, I moved into colour thumbnails to explore different lighting moods and figure out the atmosphere I was going for. From there, I took it into Blender and Quixel for the blockout and final render, then finished with a paintover to push the lighting further and give it a more painterly, handcrafted feel.