This is my second painting of the historic house on the Longwood Estate on Long Island. It is a pre-Revolutionary war home. The last time I did the right side of the house. I plan to go back and do some of the barns on the property. This is 7 x 10.
I have always participated in the visual arts including watercolors, drawing and sketching, pen and ink, and photography. Since retiring from teaching I have devoted much of my time to watercolors, sometimes combining them with pen and ink or collage.
Watercolor is the perfect medium to capture the beauty that surrounds us. I love to travel, and sketch and paint wherever I go. Painting, especially on location, captures the spirit and life of the subject. I hope to continue doing that for a long time to come.
8 comments:
Joan, very nice. Details without overdoing. :)
FANTASTIC, Joan!! I love the shadows here -- very very good detailing without fussing -- LOVE IT!
This is great. Nice that you can go visit it often. And it provides for more than one painting.
Jo - Thanks. I got a bit of a history lesson after doing the painting. The ladies who work at the estate took me on a little tour.
Lin - Thanks. The shadows wer so dramatic that I focused on them rather than the architectural details.
Jeanne - Thank you. It is a nice spot to paint. I plan to go back in a few weeks when the flowers in front of the house should be in bloom.
Oh I love shutters...nice shadows Joan!
Anita - Thanks. It was a fun local building to paint.
This is very nice. I love how you do the bricks and the roof tiles. Fabulous !!!
Ai - Thanks so much. When I first joined WetCanvas I read a tutorial on painting bricks. It helped a lot.
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