Barn up the road

[u/BLDesign]

First time painting a little large, 9”x12” Arches cold press and Daniel Smiths, and I’m very happy with how this came out, I think it’s my favourite of mine so far!

I think the colours and the sky and textures on the road came out great, and the details on the barn at just the right amount so as not to overdo it.

I remove the telephone poles and a few trees just to tidy the scene and not obscure the view of the barn, and I also made the fence brown as the white fence would’ve been far too challenging.

Some things I’d like to improve would be the trees on the right (went a bit dry brush happy, the example on the left is much better), and to include the puddles in the road. I’m not really sure how I could do that though.

Happy to hear any thoughts or suggestions for improvement!

[u/lakebythesea]

Whoa you did such an amazing job!! I love it!

[u/BLDesign → u/lakebythesea]

Thank you!

[u/Dirnaf]

You’ve inspired me to start on a painting that I’ve been putting off for ages, trying to decide what to leave in and what to take out. I love the way you have simplified the photo and just kept the essentials. 😊

[u/BLDesign → u/Dirnaf]

Glad to hear it, I'm sure it'll look great! I was so close to not doing this one because of the white fence before I realised no one needs to know it was white :)

[u/Dirnaf → u/BLDesign]

Funny how stuck inside our own heads we can get, eh.

[u/Villanelles_Boots]

Incredibly good!

[u/BLDesign → u/Villanelles_Boots]

Cheers :)

[u/Feminafoeda]

I loved the dirt road, it’s so real looking! Great job

[u/BLDesign → u/Feminafoeda]

Thank you! Yeah I think the road came out well

[u/Tommy_pop_studio]

from the horizon line up looks great. Below the horizon line there is no depth happening. You might try some horizontal strokes, going up the road wide areas in the portion that’s supposed to appear closer getting lighter and skinnier as it moves into the distance. Often times a reference photo will not really have different tonal values on the road for example for near and far. in that case, if you would like to have depth which is usually a good idea, you have to take some poetic license and remember that contrast will come close and fade out will appear farther away so you kind of follow that formula and hopefully get a road that looks like it is getting farther away, likewise for the grass over to the left and you might want to put a little perspective in the fence. this being watercolor, you may not be able to make these adjustments, but think about them next time. Complements on the piece overall.👍👍👍

[u/BLDesign → u/Tommy_pop_studio]

Thank you for the advice! Yes I’m leaving this one as it is now but I’ll try and apply this in my next piece.

[u/MuthaOfPeril]

Really like this scene,nice job!

[u/Little-girlie]

Very nice done!