Creel House Door - 04 Jul 2022

Stranger Things

After watching the fourth season of Stranger Things, I liked the stained-glass design on the door of the Creel house (no spoilers, I hope) so much that I tried to reproduce it. All I really had to go on was a couple of screenshots from the episodes it appears in, although thankfully one of those was shown unlit, which gave the outline nicely.

Initial sketch

After measuring the dimensions roughly on the screenshot, I sketched out a reproduction in my notebook, based mainly around the central oval and of course the flower.

pencil sketch of the door design

Which turned out pretty well, so I then sketched it on watercolour paper.

Painting

The colours were fixed by the design, so it was just a case of trying to reproduce them as closely as possible. I used transparent watercolours to imitate the stained glass, although that is not going to work perfectly.

watercolour of the door design

It came out pretty nice, I think. The flower especially looks correct, and has a nice colour. I’m less happy with the four ovals around the central one, and some of the pipes look in the wrong place.

Overall, though, I was pleased with the result.

Outcome

The finished item is on Estsy.