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I painted this barn about 6 years ago when I first started painting but didn't like it. The barns project gave me the idea to paint it again. I think I have now painted every barn on the island. This is a half sheet. And it is way better then the first time I painted it.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, 9 x 13 image size. Da Vinci transparent watercolors with a touch of white Gouache. This is from a photo by Vincent Whitehead off the Paint my Photo web site. Copyright free.
A cold winter's day on arches 140 lb. Thanks for the opportunity to share.
I started my watercolor life using old barns as watercolor subjects, and it was good to get back. This particular painting was from a photo I took while living down in Alabama--plenty of old barns and share cropper shacks down there. I push the color a bit more to give the painting some punch This was painted on Arches 140# rough, size is 15" x 22". I use Daniel Smith and Winsor Newton watercolors.
I painted this about 10 years ago and it always seemed rather drab. So I tried again and as you said, "punched up the colors" and changed my composition. I am glad you inspired me to try it again. This was done on a half sheet of Archers paper with mixed water colors.
This is 11x17 from a couple photo references by my dad.
Reference Photos
While I was in North Carolina, I noticed many of the barns have quilt squares on them. I found out later that many people are participating in a project to put different squares on barns across the state. It was fun to find them on my travels.
More Images To Come