{"id":43671,"date":"2025-09-18T14:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/?page_id=43671"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:20:39","slug":"old-barn-with-watercolor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/old-barn-with-watercolor","title":{"rendered":"Old Barn with Watercolor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"coursetitlecontainer\">\n<div class=\"coursetitle\">\n<h1>Old Barn with Watercolor<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"coursetitledes\"><span>CLASS<\/span><i class=\"far fa-chart-bar\" style=\"margin-left:10px; margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Intermediate<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"insertbackground\">\n<div class=\"removep\">\n<div class=\"videoflexwrapper\">\n<div class=\"videotop\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1120419066?h=d62ee60868\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebartop\">\n<div class=\"vertalign\">\n<div class=\"logoimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logosmall75.png\"><\/div>\n<p>\n    <div class=\"sidebarcarddescriptiondark\">\n<span>JOIN THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR<\/span><br>\n    Get ALL of our courses, ebooks, live lessons, critiques, lesson plans and more today.\n<\/div>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebarbuttonholder\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttonsmem\">START FREE TRIAL<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\">or<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/register-c-old-barn\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttons\">BUY CLASS $47<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"courseperkscontainer\">\n<div class=\"courseperks\"><span>This lesson series features:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"courseperks\"><i class=\"far fa-clock\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>2.5 Hours of Instruction<\/div>\n<div class=\"courseperks\"><i class=\"fas fa-film\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>7 Videos<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>\n\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<div class=\"favorites\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tabs\">\n<p> <input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-1\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-1\" class=\"label\">Lessons <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:2px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>Lessons<\/h2>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"curriculumcontainer\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 1: (17:17)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 2: (24:21)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 3: (22:32)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 4: (17:45)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 5: (19:24)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 6: (19:10)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 7: (24:45)<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-2\" checked=\"checked\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-2\" class=\"label\">About <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:2px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>About This Lesson Series...<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe <em>Old Barn with Watercolor<\/em> class is an in-depth, step-by-step lesson designed to help artists capture the rustic charm and atmospheric beauty of an aged barn using watercolor. This class focuses on combining observational skills, careful planning, and watercolor techniques to create a realistic yet expressive landscape painting. By the end of the lesson, you\u2019ll have the tools and confidence to bring texture, depth, and light to your own watercolor landscapes.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watercolor-Barn-Fin.jpg\" alt=\"Watercolor Painting of an Old Barn\"><\/p>\n<h2>Planning the Composition<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe class begins with careful composition planning, emphasizing the importance of proportion, perspective, and placement within the scene. You\u2019ll learn how to simplify complex elements such as the barn, roof, and surrounding landscape into basic shapes. Establishing a solid foundation ensures the painting remains balanced and harmonious as you progress through the layers of color and detail.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Creating the Initial Sketch<\/h2>\n<p>\nBefore applying watercolor, the lesson demonstrates how to create a light, accurate sketch of the barn and its surroundings. This stage focuses on capturing the essential structural elements while maintaining flexibility for adjustments. Understanding the underlying form of the barn and landscape ensures that subsequent watercolor layers enhance, rather than obscure, the structure of the composition.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Blocking in Colors and Values<\/h2>\n<p>\nOnce the sketch is complete, you\u2019ll begin applying broad washes to establish the main colors and values. The class teaches how to work from general to specific, using light washes to suggest sky, foliage, and barn surfaces. Emphasis is placed on understanding how light interacts with the barn and landscape, and how to preserve highlights and lighter areas of the paper for added realism and depth.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Developing Texture and Detail<\/h2>\n<p>\nA major focus of the class is adding texture and fine details to bring the barn to life. You\u2019ll learn techniques to suggest weathered wood, roof shingles, and surrounding grass using controlled brushwork, layering, and subtle variations in color. The instructor explains how to balance detailed areas with softer, more atmospheric sections to maintain a natural, cohesive look.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Enhancing Depth and Atmosphere<\/h2>\n<p>\nDepth and atmosphere are critical for creating a realistic landscape. The lesson demonstrates how to use color temperature, value contrast, and layered washes to push certain elements into the background while bringing others forward. Techniques such as softening edges, adjusting intensity, and layering glazes help create a sense of distance and environment around the barn.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Final Refinements<\/h2>\n<p>\nIn the final stages, you\u2019ll focus on refining the composition, enhancing contrast, and adding subtle highlights and shadows. The class shows how to make finishing touches that unify the painting while maintaining the freshness and vibrancy of watercolor. You\u2019ll learn how to evaluate the work as a whole, ensuring balance and harmony in the completed piece.\n<\/p>\n<h2>A Complete Watercolor Landscape Experience<\/h2>\n<p>\nBy the end of the <em>Old Barn with Watercolor<\/em> class, you\u2019ll have a finished, expressive landscape painting that captures the character of a rustic barn and its surroundings. The lesson equips you with essential skills in observation, watercolor techniques, layering, and texture, providing a strong foundation for future landscape painting projects. This class is perfect for artists of all levels who want to improve their watercolor skills while creating a compelling, atmospheric scene.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Specific Lessons<\/h2>\n<h3>Lesson 1 (17:17) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson one, we discuss the materials and create our pencil sketch of the contours.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 2 (24:21) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson two, we lightly wash the entire painting surface with watercolor developing an underpainting of faint color.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 3 (22:32) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson three, we begin to develop contrast and depth in color by layering progressively darker applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 4 (17:45) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson four, we continue the process of increasing contrast and depth in color.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 5 (19:24) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson five, we begin developing details on the structures within the scene.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 6 (19:10) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson six, we continue developing details by patiently layering progressively darker values and washes of color.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 7 (24:45) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson seven, we complete the painting by addressing the details of the foreground with gouache applications.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-3\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-3\" class=\"label\">Resources <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:2px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>Resources for this Lesson...<\/h2>\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-exclamation-triangle\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Distributing any content downloaded from this site is strictly prohibited and against the terms and conditions of use.<\/p>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Photo Reference<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Finished Result<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-4\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-4\" class=\"label\">Materials <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:10px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>Here's what you'll need...<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ndKBL0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stonehenge Cold Press Watercolor Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46qDXtp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winsor and Newton Professional Watercolors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3VZUkIA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winsor and Newton Designer's Gouache<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3VrecnU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grumbacher Goldenedge Round Brushes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Graphite Pencil<\/li>\n<li>Kneaded Eraser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Disclosure: Links to art materials are affiliate links which means we make a small commission if you purchase at no additional cost to you.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebarbottom\">\n<div class=\"relatedcourse\">Your Instructor<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructor\">\n<div class=\"instructorimage\">\n<div class=\"instructorpic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/images\/mattauthor.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Fussell - Instructor\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"instructorname\">Matt Fussell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructordes\">\n<p>Founder of The Virtual Instructor, artist and teacher. 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