Summer Afternoon

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Framed Painting

Here is the sister painting to “Summer Evening.” Same barn, same background, but a smaller scale—this painting is only 5” by 7” instead of 8x10. I still remember, this was the painting I worked on the first day I went to my art group. Everyone else was painting much larger canvases, and I felt very outnumbered!

Like “Summer Evening,” I painted the background first, watercolor-acrylic style. I think the dark, thunder-stormy look of the sky and the brown splotches in the grass give it that late-summer look. When dry, I applied thick, bright paint for the flowers and rock, covering over the background colors. I think it’s a cute little picture!