Old Barn Drawing

Do you have a favorite old barn drawing amongst your clippings of pictures that you like?

Old barn drawings are so easy to do, I encourage you to get that clipping out and do a pencil sketch.

I did this barn drawing (below) from memory, I saw it when we went for a drive in the country one weekend. I came home and did a quick outline to remind me of it's simplicity.

The barn was sitting on an empty block of land, a sad reminder of the past.

The way the doors were hanging from their hinges so that added a bit more character.

With your favorite barn picture in hand, just sketch the outline of the barn. That's all you need to do to get an idea first up.

Then you draw in the panels, decide whether you want your barn drawing to have a door and work out where the shadows would be.

Refer to your picture to show you which areas will need shading. The trees and grass can be made up of all different strokes.

In this pencil drawing of an old barn, I put a horse shoe on the ledge inside the door.

Dad has an old shed and when I walk in there, the first thing I see is a horse shoe on the ledge. This is so consistent with old barns too.

You'll most likely find lots of bottles, cans and an assortment of odds and ends. These are things that the owner thinks will come in handy one day!

If you have always wanted to draw, I recommend you give the old barn drawing a go.

Look at these drawings closely. They really are just a series of lines.

You and I both know I am a self taught artist so I'm not about to teach you all about perspective drawing or anything like that.

I am here to encourage you to start drawing. It is only a suggestion that you start with old barn drawings.

Besides cartoons, this would be the next cool easy drawing to do.

I know that one day I will frame a barn drawing of mine because of all the character it contains.

I have drawn quite a few so I'll have to ask my family and friends which is their favorite and then frame the one that wins the vote.

This is a drawing of a typical hay barn.

How many times have you driven past a farm and you see all the hay stacked up in the barn like this?

Next time you go driving, take a sketch pad and your 2B pencil with you. A mechanical pencil with 2B lead would be better for travelling because you don't need to sharpen them.

You only need to do rough outlines and your inspiration will complete the drawing once you get home.