old ruined barn

Old ruined barn in the Spanish Pyrenees
Old ruined barn in the Spanish Pyrenees

We're just outside my house for this lesson, painting my neighbours old barn. It's a wonderful scene with the ruined barn and a gorgeous mountain view.

This is long lesson, broken into 2 parts. In part 1 we paint the sky, background and foregroud. In the next lesson we finish off the painting.

Happy painting!

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One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

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