“Donkey barn at Christchurch”
After few weeks of only painting still life, I decided for week 37 to go outdoors again.
Together with some people from the art group I go to in Christchurch, we went to a private garden, called Millhams mews, a huge place, spread over few acres of land, with a river and many features, and some walled enclosures. After visiting the garden, I decided to paint a little building, which used to be a donkey’s barn, cladded in bricks and with orange woodwork.
I enjoyed doing this, although the weather was overcast and a bit chilly.
I didn’t use medium, just paint diluted with turps. I painted it alla prima, over few hours and at the end I did a little sketch of an old gate near the barn.
So this is the
“Donkey barn at Christchurch”
Oil on linen
30X 40cm (12” X 16”).
The sketch:
“Dorothy sketching the gate”
Oil on linen
18 X 24cm (7” X 10”)
