The Painting Journey of the Texas Red Horse Trailer

Stage Seven:

Here is a series of close-up detail images.

You see a finished foreground post with reflected light on the right side and bright sun on the left side. The barbed wire attached to the post; relationship of the post to the barn and the clouds.

The dormant bush to the right of the post has been extended to show in front of the red trailer and barn; tying these two shapes together with the foreground.

See the red trailer’s shadow along with the mid-ground fence post shadows. Close-up view of the dormant bush extended over the horse trailer and the lower barn entrance. 

See the highlights on the posts in the mid ground in front of the barn; lighter fence post crossing the darker area of the lower barn door.

There is bird in the field on the far right. 

Remember this is a half sheet watercolor, 22 x 15”

Now you can see the detail in the center barn door; the little bite of red in the hayloft and the dash of red next to the left side of the barn under the lean- to. 

Cracks on the metal barn roof were darkened; some of the cracks in the barn wood were darken. You see how the dormant bush in the foreground crosses over the red trailer and the dark area of the lower barn door.

Here is a better understanding of the how the barbed wire was designed and painted.

Thanks for joining me on another day’s journey through my maze.

Mary Dove

Bye for now. See you Wednesday evening.