Painting a Barn Step by Step

Here is a step by step painting of a barn the way I would paint it. I have prepared this for one of my upcoming Acrylic Painting Classes. I started by painting the sky and a suggestion of background trees using Grey and White Acrylic Paint was put on with a 1" brush.

Step 1

 I painted a preliminary sketch of the barn with a mixture of Burnt Umber and Ultramarine using a round brush.

Step 2

 Next using a tiny round brush I put in trees around the barn and using the remaining Burnt Umber I filled in the barn painting vertical brush strokes with a round brush.

Step 3

Now to paint the Barn Red. I used a mixture of Acra and Venetian Red making sure to leave the window in the back of the barn still the sky color. I painted up and down brush strokes so it would look more like boards on a barn.

Step 4

Step 5

 I draw where the windows are. I used an acrylic pen over pencil. Then I realized it needed a longer roof. For Step 6 I filled in a mixture of Burnt Umber and Ultramarine in the upper window, and white filled in the door. Using a palette knife I scraped paint for the illusion of boards.

Step 6

Step 7

Step 7, I painted Burnt Umber and Ultramarine lines on the edge of the boards.

Step 8

 After it was dry I painted another coat of Acra and Venetian Red over the wood and black lines on the barn.

Step 9

Next, I paint in the shadow color of the tree, Burnt umber and Ultramarine.You can see the shadow of the future trees. I add a gray-green mixed with white for the pine needles.

Here is the finished Barn Painting. As you can see I had to add a few birds.
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