Rowe's Barn On Coulter Road, plein air watercolor, 12 x 9
This is another painting from the North Bennington Vermont Plein Air Event held earlier this month. Despite a rainy, grey day (thanks to Hurricane Lee), I managed to paint this lovely old barn. Right after finding this spot to paint the rain subsided and slowly the sun began to pierce through the thick cloud cover.
I loved this peaceful setting with the barn high on the horizon above me. The run off from the heavy rains was meandering through the fields, making its way under the driveway to join a babbling brook behind me. The steady gurgling sound kept me company. Horses grazed in the pastures behind me. The overcast skies created soft colors and sublte shadows from the diffused light.
You can read more about this painting on my blog, Plein Air Pairings.
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7 comments:
Extremely beautiful, Jane! I love the way your composition leads the eye around this pleasant and subtle scene.
I like your perspective. Lovely painting.
Thank you Taryn and Mary Beth... I loved the vantage point too. So glad I walked back down the driveway to find this spot to paint. It was challenging to keep the subtle look... over half way through the sun got brighter and then the shadows and highlights were intense. Had to keep remembering the softness that first captured my eye.
This is really beautiful, Jane. You have a lovely touch and technique.
Wow! Love it!
This is such an inviting painting, Jane. I love the high horizon line and the way it leads me right up to the barn. Beautiful!
Thanks everyone. It was such an inviting scene ... one of those times that as soon as I saw it, I instantly knew I had to paint it. It just pulled me in.
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