Buggy Card

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"The Way Home" Card

Here I used the same scene as “The Way Home” but this one is on a greeting card. You can see the detail is not as good because it’s a smaller painting. The trees look quite a bit different because I used a brighter yellow, and a scrubby brush instead of a fan brush to paint them. A scrubby brush, by the way, is a well-used flat or pointed brush that’s caked up with paint and won’t come to a point anymore. Never throw a brush away, it’s always good for something! I’ve done this scene more than once on a card. Which of the two paintings do you like better?

The Way Home

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Here is a peaceful painting I did from the road where we used to live. It's called “The Way Home” since this buggy will soon be passing our farmhouse about half a mile down the road. I like how the background farm came out, with the long shadows of the evening sun. I did the trees solely with a fan brush, which has an interesting effect. The buggy was a challenge, and I think it and the well-worn pavement came out nicely too.
On J Beachy Photography,  you can see the original photo I used for this painting. What a beautiful picture! The barn in the background belongs to a family cattle farm. The same family also ran the fishponds in my painting “Forest Fire.” I can just imagine walking down that road again!

New! You can now purchase this painting as a greeting card here at my Countrygirl Art shop on Etsy.com!