I went back to the barn yesterday morning to get a sense of how to finish the barn. I saw mainly, the shape of the tree in front of the barn. I focused on the vegetation surrounding the barn. There is a field in the far off left, then a group of trees in theContinue reading “Finished Barn Painting”

Yesterday, I went out and painted Woodman Farm in Durham. Having met the farm manager Eli, a day earlier, I was happy to see him walking around the farm with a few of his employees. I captured them in the painting! It’s a scene I practiced with a sketch. Hoping to get more work inContinue reading “The Start of Something”

Potting seeds yesterday, I was amazed by how small many of the seeds were. The native seeds especially. Species like: Pennstemon, Pennstemon digitalis, Wild Raspberry, Rubus odoratus, and New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americana, were really small! Many of the smallest seeds asked to be planted on top of the soil. No covering at all. AndContinue reading “Seeds and Such”