I really like it! I love how you captured the look of snow clinging to the barn in places. And my eye is drawn into the structure and the detail you did on an inside wall. I remember seeing so many barns like this in Maine. They seemed to shape shift in the wind but, I can tell there is little wind there today because the grasses aren’t all tangled. I love when a single image tells a story!

(I’m still working on perspective so I don’t see what Maureen sees- I’m trying but lines go over my head!)

Sheila

Joel, thanks for posting the ref as it helps me see what you have as a starting point!

If the ‘errors’ in perspective don’t worry you then ignore them! – it’s your drawing after all!:lol:

I can see the angle of the barn doorway on the ref – it’s less-pronounced than in your drawing and I think that it’s probably due to settlement of the building!
I can also, from the ref, now understand the other thing bothering me – the pillar-like supports area (or whatever they are!!! – we don’t see barns like this here!) – I think I’d have tried to disguise the base of that area to stop it looking ‘impossible’ – but that’s my brain trying to reconcile parts!!!:lol:
My brain always want to work out the footprint of an object/building, how it sits on the land and occupies space!! (That’s the dilemma of me ;))

BTW – I like the foreground grasses – they help create distance without demanding too much attention and distracting the eye – I even think you should include those on the left in the ref – at present the pen uses that space!:lol:
Composition-wise, I also like the balance of forms and being able to see other compositions within the whole.

I’ve found bunches of CDs, what I used to save photos to before “digital”. I’m going to bet 3/4 of the photos will be reference pictures of old farm buildings like this. The walls would be made of wood (or pallet wood) but the roofs were all made of metal like Iowa. A decade later and I’d love to go back to that part of my world looking for those old buildings again. Your drawings makes me nostalgic for the buildings and the isolation but not so much for the snow! Damn, I used to love snow!

Thanks for the memories.
Sheila

It’s a beautiful drawing, and I feel cold just looking at it.

I can see Charlie’s Mum’s point about the perspective–but I don’t think I would have paid much attention to it on my own. For one thing, it looks like you photographed the drawing not quite level; I think it the photo were rotated about two degree clockwise, things would feel better aligned. And another thing, the terrain change visible directly behind the barn through the opening just throws things off a tiny bit. I’m pondering subtle ways you could adjust it…but really, I think I’d recommend not changing anything. :thumbsup: