Saturday, December 19, 2009

BARN WINDOW

To finish off the painting, I added a few more washes to selective areas darkening some of the woodwork especially at the bottom where the light would be at its weakest. A number of details here and there were tightened up mostly around the cracks in the boards and more texture added to them along with woodgrain without overdoing it. All the framework of the barn featured rough-cut wood with the saw marks still to be seen so this was added being careful not to make this too obvious. I also darkened the window frames slightly noting a certain delicacy to them that I especially like. Finally I added the cobwebs and other details such as the few random bits of straw at the bottom.
To me the wonder of an image such as this is simply the way that the light plays along the main upright and how it in turn, reflects around the rest of the painting. It's a simple thing really but to me very powerful and brings me back again and again to images such as this. The painting is a bit dark here but I feel still captures what I had set out to. This watercolor is 22" X 15".

11 comments:

Terry Miller said...

Hey Jeremy, another very lovely piece ... very evocative of time and place.

Pamela Underhill Karaz said...

Very nice... classic... the light is very inviting.

Jeremy Pearse said...

Thanks so much Terry and Pam! I have a feeling that there will be a lot more painting like this to come. So much to paint, so little time.....

DJ said...

Beautiful detailing in the textures. I'll be back...

Andrew said...

I stumbled upon your blog..thanks for posting the prossions of this painting. Very nice...keep it up

Makropoulos said...

Very nice! I stumbled upon you, too, and am quite impressed. I agree with Andrew!

jyothisethu said...

jeremy,
your way of developing the barn window was beautiful...
being a painter, i like your works...

Jeremy Pearse said...

Thanks DJ, Andrew, Makropoulos and Jyothisethu for your comments. I'm glad I was able to take photos of the painting while I was working on it as I don't always do this. It was a pleasure to share the evolution of the painting with you.

Bonnie Heather said...

Looks great. Takes me back in time. So many memories.

naturegirl said...

Lovely painting!

Jeremy Pearse said...

Thanks for your comments Bonnie and Naturegirl, I do love old things like this window along with rusty tools and cobwebby corners. This is hardly surprising I suppose as I was brought up on a farm in Southern England so to me these subjects have a special importance.