Thursday, 6 January 2011

Old Farm Outbuilding

I photographed this old farm outbuilding whilst on a cycle ride out on the fenland and later produced this watercolour. It was a tumbledown disused place next to an old barn. I went by there not so long ago and discovered that along with the barn, it had been completely demolished. 
Preserved for prosperity then.{:)

15 comments:

  1. neat! I esp. like your handling of the brick work.

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  2. Thanks Nic,
    I'm not quite sure what it was actually used for originally. They may have kept the odd cow or a few pigs in some parts of it, many years ago though. It was certainly a wreck when I checked it out.

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  3. I like the moss on the corrugated iron roof.

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  4. Thanks Sweff, I'm glad it was recognisable.

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  5. That's great Roy. Now that place will have a history without being forgotten forever!

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  6. Hey Roy...I've seen many sites like that and they always wonder what it was like when it was in use!!
    I particularly like the end building> I like the look of natural weathered wood and you did good capturing that look.
    I have a question though,.. what is that blue odd looking thing near it..can't figure that out!! : }}

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  7. Hey GG, thanks. Its a plough that fixes on the hydraulic arms of a tractor. The blue is the metal part and the eight brown things are the blades/shears.

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  8. Awesome!!! I'm so glad you started an art blog!! You need to do the 100 painting challenge. :-)

    ...it's a lovely painting. You've preserved its memory even if it has been demolished.

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  9. Thanks Kelly, hey I'm going to struggle to do one a week.{:)

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  10. :-) I'm going to be struggling to get mine too!

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  11. Wonderful! You really do a nice job with all the details.

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