PA - LESSON #3 - Farm House

[jennylynn]

   dennis for the critique will correct branches tapering off 

[polliwag]

Hey everyone, Very Nice Pastel Paintings!  I have a new set ordered and am anxious to get started with them.  For now, I know I cannot come close to such a great job as all of you have done.  You do inspire me though!  Keep up the good work...I need all the inspiration I can get!

[fruhulda]

   I have some questions. Missed the live class so I will whatch the video now.
Dennis, are you using a Cold pressed watercolour paper? I have some Arches Cold pressed I could use. Front side or back side that is somewhat rougher?


Thanks for the great pastell class!

[CBusche]

Thanks everyone for all the encouraging comments  .


I'm very grateful for your critique Dennis.    .  I will fix my branches.

[Steven]

Details

Here is my take on the farm house, I decided to try and match the stonework with more of a blue palette, I have a few sloppy edges in there that I may clean up tomorrow and the high lights on the tree on the left are too fat.  C&C please...

[BeaSue]

Looking good, Steven!

I guess by the time you got there, the lake had dried up?! 

[Happychappy]

  Very nice Steven.  Strangely enough, I also had the idea of re-painting the picture in the original colours and you have done it.  I like it.  Very nice.  Patricia

[MaryAnne Long]

Steven,

I really like your farm house.  The blue hues are very eye-appealing.   Your lawn really looks contoured nicely.

Nice, nice work.

aloha

mea

[Steven]

  for the comments! This was a fun project!

[jennylynn]

hey steven great job on the farmhouse   love the colours  like you said a few tweaks and hey presto perfect 

[ncwren]

  Love all the farm houses!

Great to see you Dianne 

[jillh]

I love all the farm houses.  Lovely to see all the different takes in the same painting.

[Bev S.]

What a fantastic bunch of farm houses. . . everyone of them different and everyone of them an eye catcher!!
Steven. . . you forgot the dog in the front yard! It has to be a Bluetick Coonhound of course. .    Mine's coming, it's my own version of the ref. photo. . . . . .done free hand. . . oh my, oh dear, oh what a mess. . . . . . . . .

[Steven]

The pond is in the backyard and the dog is behind the tree in the front, I did actually revise the door so there is a step now to actually get in the place, and then a friend asked where the path to the door was...  it's also around back with the circular driveway and anything that passes for landscaping.  Of course if this were a farm in the US there would be about 6 vintage cars in a state of decay in the yard too!

Looking forward to your take on it Bev!

[Bev S.]

  Always with an answer!!!