BARN OF THE DAY 60

I thought we could celebrate this 60th day of "barning" with a McCracken County barn rendered with graphite in this B&W drawing from the Barns & Farms show several years ago.

McCracken County Barn

Pencil on paper

8x14

Sold

I don't know why I don't do more of these...they are so much fun to do.

Just the pencil

 I am enjoying working on these small pencil drawings.  They require constant attention to values, and composition is always important, but especially when working with a vignette format.  I use a range of graphite from 6B to 6H (B= darkness, and H= lightness).  I also work with four carbon pencils, 6B, 4B, 2B, and B.  They leave a darker marker than their graphite cousins.

 Pump house...pencil...8x10"

Small shed and Barn...pencil (graphite and carbon)...8x10"

I'm not sure that using both graphite and carbon on the same drawing is a good idea.  I need more experience to work this out.