The thing that caught my eye about this scene was the relationship between the two buildings, especially the roofs with the contrast in color and tone, with 2 contrasting fences leading off into the distance. This sort of thing is what makes a good focal point of a painting. I think the rear building is actually the new home built on the old place.
It is easy to miss catching the focal point in a sketch by being distracted with other details. They are all so interesting! Yet if you let yourself be distracted by detail you will probably not get across the point of emphasis that originally caught your attention.
This painting was done with (primarily) Windsor & Newton water colors on 11"x 15" Canson 140 lb paper. It was done in the late winter from a sketch drawn late last summer on a trip to Middle Georgia.
Once again you can see closeup details of this painting on the Thumbnails link.
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