Blue Farmhouse (oil, 12" x 16") is the next painting in the series I started yesterday. I started out in plein air, but finished up in the garage working from the photos that I took today.
The most amazing thing about this scene is the mustard field in which this blue farm house sits, which I've wanted to paint for years, every time the mustard blooms. The mustard is false advertising, a lost leader. Once committed, the difficult decisions begin: what to omit, what to leave in, how to shade the angles of the house...
Days completed: 16
Days to go: 349
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