Charcoal sketch of the back of the barn
Derwent block sketch of the view behind the barn. I scraped and rubbed and used my fingers
Keurners' farm was as awe-inspiring as I expected it to be. Especially when I happened on this scene!
There were dozens of swallows in the barn.
I did the two sketches above on Bristol paper, then it started to rain and we went to the front porch, where I painted the three scenes below in my sketchbook.
The rain got heavier and heavier, eventually splashing us and our paintings--all my sketchbook pages got stuck together--forcing us to break for lunch: egg salad sandwiches and vinho verde.
But I'll have to post that tomorrow because I left it in Gina's car.
What a great trip - you were so busy! It looks like the kind of place where you have a perfect vignette at every turn. I would have been overwhelmed with where to start.
ReplyDeleteExactly! That's what I was worried about. So I planned to just "sketch" and try not to have any expectations. Easier said than done. But I think I did ok. In recent years I have become such a devotee of Andrew Wyeth it was just transcendental to stand where stood and see what he saw
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