A Familiar Subject

My beginner's class started working from a photo source to plan their first painting. I like to choose something that covers all the elements that we have studied so far - sky, graded washes, foliage, and
bare trees. This Bear River farm meets all my criteria and it is one of my favorite subjects. making an interpretation of a subject is always more interesting than slavishly copying a photo and I encouraged my class to make there own interpretation of the subject.

Here are four of the various renderings that I have done over the years.

Sissiboo 1, 13.3 x 21.5 inches

Sissiboo 2, 13.5 x 21.5 inches

Sissiboo 3, 6 x 14 inches

Sissiboo 4, 6.5 x 10.5 inches