The Everyday Matters challenge this week was to draw a local landmark. This old house on Middlebrook Pike probably isn't a landmark to many people, but I drive past it every day on the way home from work. My guess is that it was built sometime shortly after the Civil War, and the road has crept up to its front door as the years have gone by. In the evenings, the sun sets through the trees in the back, and the house is just a burned out blur -- I especially love it in the autumn. There are other landmarks that I have in mind to draw, but this one came first!By the way -- The other day I picked up a dagger brush that turned out to be great for tree branches and foliage. It may be my new favorite!
27 comments:
Absolutely beautiful!
This is stunning! Well done!
Simply Super!
Dreamy and idyllic .... BEAUTIFUL!
Beautiful, Linda. I love the sepia quality you've achieved here - especially considering the age of the subject. You've made excellent use of the brown :-)
Very pretty Linda!
Wow, it's a wonderful misty sunset. You've captured it really well.
Gorgeous! Great work. I love the paper color.
Wow, this is really wonderful. Soft, light, warm, inviting... I really want to walk that road. Nicely done!
Belinda
Beautiful color palette and flow of the path. Really perfect for fall (though some of us are experiencing winter at the moment) :)
Linda, your beautiful painting awakens a longing in me for your part of the country. Dang, I wish I could paint like this!
Beautiful autumn colours! I love it! Well done!
Gorgeous watercolor ... I love the colors ...
So soft and yet full of life. Great!
hfm
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This is so pretty, Linda. The light is exquisite. Today it would have looked like that here if it had been just a tad sunnier ;D.
Well that is really.... awesome. It reminds me of an opening for a 1940's movie. And the sepia color is just right.
Thank you all for your encouraging comments!
Marvellous! The light is wonderful.
This is lovely - what's a dagger brush?
so gorgeous!!!!!
Fabulous watercolor! I totally love this!
Sweet! You captured the time of day very well. It's loose but accurate. A combination I admire very much. Yoou just keep getting better and better.
Sweet! You captured the time of day very well. It's loose but accurate. A combination I admire very much. Yoou just keep getting better and better.
Gorgeous - wonderful - beautiful
-patty
Wow... I'm speechless... superb!!
You know you've touched many of us- great job- real sense of emotion and feeling is conveyed.
What I like is the compositon, the limited pallete and the airy, breeziness about this painting. YOu could sell this one for LOTS of money..btw, thanks for your wonderful welcome back you posted with my Big Red Machine.
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