Neighbor's Barn

6x9 watercolor on 140 lb Grumbacher cold press paper done yesterday from one of my many barn photos; some were taken before the structures were torn down or fell down from age and neglect. Foreground is a mix of weeds with purple flowers with one repeated wet colored wash after the other. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Tall Red Barn in Snow

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints in Masters Touch sketchbook done a few days ago from one of my many barn references. I like this tall red barn perched high amid the snowfall, a working barn waiting for Christmas. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Field Barn

15x22 watercolor vignette on a half sheet of Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week, painting wet on dry in a direct manner. A few areas had more than one glaze of this old barn structure out in a field. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Mail Pouch Barn

5.5x7.5 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper by Daler Rowney completed this first day of a new month for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days annual challenge https://www.saetastudio.com/30-in-30-blog   Image courtesy mockingbird on morguefile and will be in the landscape forum also on WetCanvas where I am the September host.  I made changes to the photo of the landscape and sky, removing other buildings and adding fence posts, old missing boards, birds, etc.  From the 1890s these Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco signs appeared on thousands of barns across the country.  The last one I saw was in West Virginia.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Utah Barn

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper drawn and painted yesterday for a weekend drawing event; photo courtesy WetCanvas! host Patrice.  This old useless ramshackle barn is falling down along with the old wooden fences and corrals of bygone ranching days.  I used a b&w print and ignoring local color, made up my own, with foreboding dark skies, distant hills, middle and foreground weeds and foliage.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.