Landscape Oil Painting - Old Barn at Sunrise

This oil painting of an old barn was painted on canvas mounted to board. Even though I like many aspects of this landscape, I'm not releasing this painting beyond sharing it online. I wasn't happy with how the composition came out in the end and I think the overall painting makes me feel uneasy. So, I'm setting it aside for personal reasons and might take another look at it further down the road. Not all paintings come together the way they are intended. Composition is very important to me at this point in my art journey, and I just know that something is off. I think it's important for an artist to accept the errors that are made and move on to the next artwork with confidence. I will take a lot away from this experience and will not make the same mistakes again.
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Oil paints: shrsl.com/3n0kq
Oil colors used - Titanium white, cad yellow lemon, cad orange, cad yellow deep, cad red, cad orange, magenta, phthalo blue and gamsol used
Liquin impasto: shrsl.com/2aqvv

[@ChefSeabass]

I didn’t even want to look at the sun it was that realistic. Absolutely beautiful.

[@penelopegallardo5386]

The composition was the reason why I clicked. Simply awesome.

[@boooo6789]

HA! I clicked because I loved the concept and the colors but when I saw the composition I thought to myself "well this is not going to work. has he really thought that through?"

[@bastian6173]

@@boooo6789Agreed. Blinded by the light. Barn sits there like a king. But aren't we supposed to look at the duck? Love the glare and the overexposure in the upper left. But yeah. The composition is problematic.

[@chuckblackart]

I don't think I thought it through enough. I'm still playing with it but we'll see. Thank you though

[@penelopegallardo5386]

You what I like about this composition,it gives me a feeling that I’m standing right in front of the scene as if I’m inside the painting.

[@judithmalan1502]

And the LIGHT

[@arsalanmalik4229]

A humble request sir, Please keep posting your videos on regular basis they are very much satisfying.

[@a1signart524]

the bird looks realistic. good job!!

[@davidroberts5577]

Thank you Chuck for sharing your journey with us all. 🕊️🤍

[@sharonc7031]

We as artists love a country scene. I’m adoring the composition myself. What gets me is the depths you render each time.

[@judithmalan1502]

Thank you, Chuck. You have captured the atmosphere perfectly.. Perhaps, just return to that place, at that perfect hour of the day for light and contrast. Just sit. Bring a beverage of choice. Your sketchbook, in case. But just sit, soak in the presence ...observe....reflect...rrelish And actually, I like the ducks because they add that contrast of 'startle'; early activity in a rural area. And again, the sharp angles of their wings add a logical contrast and enhance the play of soft light on the clouds. ❤❤❤Capturing the 'why' of why one seeks to capture early morning light: because it is new every morning. It is beautifully rendered. Those beautiful pthalo blues added into your shadows against your warm underpainting is always such a dynamically satisfying applicational process - ❤❤❤

[@avatar8565]

Անթերի աշխատանք է ։ Շնորհակալություն նման գեղեցիկ աշխատանքի համար։

[@jaxfishn0]

Another masterpiece as far as I am concerned. Don't see how this composition isn't working for you, but that's why you're the artist and I'm just a KZbin patron. Getting down to the details of the painting can make all the difference. Great painting anyway, and thanks for sharing the process with us. Hope we can watch how you "fix" this one and share your thoughts with us on how you can make this painting even better.

[@joseignacioullastresfernan7831]

Stunning! His pictures always have something special that I can’t describe in words…

[@simbols5501]

I only know two great artists who are sometimes prey to their doubts and their dissatisfaction. The second is cited in one of the comments. But of the two, you are the one who expresses and shares your feelings the most and that makes you incredibly authentic and sincere. This is also why we feel deeply touched by a work of such great mastery! This work is as magnificent as it is deep and sincere. That said, and I speak with full knowledge of the facts, I understand your very great sensitivity coupled with perfectionism. Because you are also a talented photographer who experiences great emotions in nature. From then on it becomes very difficult to reconcile this emotion (almost "photographic") with what we would like to express in a pure creation. Someone famous once said “when you have doubts then you will be a great artist”. This work is an attempt to express what you see in nature and what you imagine. What creates your inner conflicts. On the left of the painting: what we see in reality, the light sometimes blinding and so emotionally intense. On the right what lives inside you. Two pure emotions that make you unique and your talent. It's long, sorry. But that's what I felt watching you paint.

[@bibahan]

The only artist I know that mixes emotion into his colours!! Beautiful!!!!

[@Aetherius88]

With all due respect, I think most artist put their emotions into their work.

[@AreRisnes]

Poor Bert Hanekom who has never experienced another artist, but Bert Hanekom will probably experience many artists in the future.

[@bibahan]

@@AreRisnes hope you have an excellent day my friend.

[@sameeransariArt]

This painting comes out So beautiful. Bans,Animal,birds lake increase the Beauty of the painting 😍😍😍

[@barbarathompson4132]

Your art, your opinion of it, but I fail to see how you can be dissatisfied with it. I admire many artists on youtube but yours are still the only ones where I feel the atmosphere and emotion.

[@chuckblackart]

Thank you, means a lot

[@rosettalatham2301]

As an artist, others may love it but you always feel that you could've done better, changed something

[@claudiaspeace4416]

Thank you for sharing with us❤ The beauty of Light and life that is in your paintings reaches into hearts!

[@lorigilmore5521]

I know it is probably a sign of my ignorance, but I was immediately drawn to this painting. I love it. I know how it feels to dislike a composition. But I really love it. I swear, I have seen those deer in my back lot. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@Ink_Different]

Absolutely beautiful. The way you use light is astounding. Truly every time you post it brightens my day!

[@user-pretender]

Потрясающее чувство света у вас!

[@julieismert4874]

So beautiful. It makes you want to be there to enjoy the peaceful serenity. Thank you for sharing your painting techniques.

[@rashmihiranya270]

This oil painting is absolutely breathtaking! The warm colors of the sunrise reflecting off the old barn create such a serene and nostalgic atmosphere. The attention to detail is remarkable, and it truly captures the beauty of the countryside. I can almost feel the tranquility emanating from this stunning landscape. Amazing work!☺

[@paulachristopher9451]

I don't fancy myself an expert, but I think it is beautiful. Your realism is incredible. I especially like the blinding white light from the sun. I can almost see "spots" now. (ha ha). Thank you for sharing. Happy Easter. ❤

[@adildraws]

Amazing work ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-xy5ez5wd1v]

so I'm not going to go into war zone with the commentary.and I normally don't like hyper-realism eitherbut I Applause you to use oil in such a spectacular levelthis is beyond impressive

[@monikaputz6090]

Was für ein wunderschönes Bild!!!! Einfach großartig ❤

[@artistoddessy8484]

Wow Chuck this is fantastic. I love the ducks and the barn/sunset. Blessings brother.

[@judithmalan1502]

Well said!❤

[@brendanshinn4405]

Dude is as talented as Viktor yushkevich. Your painting is so amazing...I can't believe you would even say you weren't happy with it

[@kimberlysmith5591]

It is perfectly beautiful no changes need to be made ❤ that's country life for you while big cities are busy with traffic country life is busy with different animals so celebrate Your beautiful perfect painting ❤

[@simongreen4573]

Chuck video day = a good day even though I have a shoulder operation in an hour. Thanks for sharing dude 😉

[@chuckblackart]

Hope it went well! Thank you

[@simongreen4573]

​@Chuckblackart It did thanks Chuck. I watched the video again when I got back home... perfect pain relief... thanks again dude

[@eduardosuarez4239]

Hermosa obra pictorica felicidades gran maestro...🇲🇽🇲🇽...

[@courtneymyersart]

I understand the feeling of not being completely happy with a piece. I think it turned out brilliantly though, you always have such powerful lighting! ☺️

[@chuckblackart]

Thanks Courtney ! Already I couldn't take it and am trying to rework it ha

[@flyart8391]

Beautiful kontrast😯I instinctively wanted to reach for my sunglasses🙈😅🔥🎨🖌️

[@josianeholbe]

Magnifique tableau, la ferme est superbe,et le ciel !!a tomber! Vousxetes un grand peintre!!😀😀❤❤❤🇨🇵👏

[@judithmalan1502]

D'accord!❤❤❤

[@olefoggy]

A gorgeous painting thank you for sharing kathy

[@TheSeeker372]

The painting looks so real the sun was blinding me…couldn’t look at it directly 😂 awesome work, thanks for sharing

[@AL_MAMALEK..]

Amazing..warm colors 😍 thanks for your sharing..your talent is very unique 👌 ❤

[@kathyyork8230]

I am so inspired by your artistic mad skills! Watching you paint is so profoundly affected how much I love art and want to be better at it! Love all your videos! Thank you for sharing your talent♥️

[@MrDaddyofseven]

Perfect ending to my day! Thx for sharing your gift.

[@JH-sn8kg]

Well done Chuck. I love your work with light and soft brushwork as usual.

[@Coffe-]

Well that turned out wonderful 🦌🦆

[@Nat2theMax]

Love the painting! 🖼

[@Morn2moon]

LOVE IT💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@cecilehoare3053]

Absolutely stunning Chuck! Brilliant work as usual!

[@joseem2534]

Wow, how wonderful! Love it!!!! You inspire me!

[@rachelquirey7099]

Excellent work. My mother painted a windmill scene and she went through all of the four seasons before she was happy. Now decades later, she looks at her painting on the wall and questions if she should change it again lol She had a field planted, the wheat growing, harvested, the entire circle painted over and over. I paint and when I've lost the soul of the painting, I stop and walk away.

[@chuckblackart]

It happens to me as wel :) Thank you very much

[@DavidA-uk9bm]

I like this painting, thank you for sharing even your not as well loved pieces! I am intrigued though, I have a few paintings that I am not thrilled about and have always wondered if they are worth going back to and fixing. Do you think it is a good learning exercise to go back and re-work old paintings? Maybe it would make a great learning video for us if you took one of your paintings that you are not satisfied with and re-worked it, explaining what you are doing and why. Thanks again for sharing Chuck!!!

[@chuckblackart]

I do and in fact I'm already trying to do that. At this point it makes more sense to try and risk making it worse than just to leave it. I appreciate the feedback thanks!

[@rosemaryclark610]

I've had paintings like that too. I have found several things helpful. 1) I put it on the piano or on the floor in front of the fireplace (with it off, of course). Some place where I can look at it at a distance, without concentrating on it too hard. Like glance at it while watching tv or reading a book. 2) I take a picture of it with my phone. Sometimes that gives me the perspective like a second pair of eyes. 3) I ask whomever comes to the house to have a look at it and give me feedback. Eventually it comes to me, and I know it will to you too. I know it will bug you until you figure it out, haha! :) If and when it doesn't get resolved, I have been known to paint over the whole thing. But that's as a last resort. I think I've done it maybe 3 or 4 times in my 17 years of painting. So, ya.

[@chuckblackart]

I usually take a photo with my phone and flip it, that's when I realized I didn't like it actually. I'm already tinkering with it so we'll see how that turns out. Thanks Rosemary

[@teresastokes6053]

wow...i love this picture...gifted artist!

[@jramir2]

Pure wowness.

[@AndaDan-tp9pi]

Love Your story ❤ Fabulous. Magic. Heart touching.

[@fredaw61]

Such an inspiring piece. Your use of light in your recent painting reminds me of Thomas Kinkade. I so want to get back to my oil painting roots. Finding the cash to get my supplies back to be able to do that is the challenge. Beautiful work.

[@cassandrainman3557]

Wow, absolutely beautiful

[@artsalivestudio]

Interesting painting Chuck. It seems to me that the animal and bird life upstages the old barn and the misty sunrise. But then again, I do have to say it's a really good painting for all of that. I just have to find the time to sit down with your extended version on Patreon. Maybe this weekend.

[@JoesArtLounge]

cut a couple inches off the bottom and the barn isn't pulling your gaze up and left quite as much. or sneak some reflections in the water. beautiful painting

[@andybrachmann6095]

Super schön 🤩danke

[@Bikerchickee]

Reminds me of my uncles place when I was a kid ❤

Im not understanding what you dont like about the composition Chuck? I think its wonderful! When you figure it out, please tell me, so I can revisit it myself. I love this, its what the heart of America is all about!

[@chuckblackart]

Yes you are correct and why I wanted to paint this barn, but idk everything slumps off to the left and down. It's unbalanced. I'm trying to play with a few changes

[@Dirk_Mcgurk]

looks great. i feel like i am there

[@karlis2007]

Very beautiful!

[@MADI_ART_]

شما فوق العاده اید .. بی نظیرید .. آرزو دارم که یه روزی به این سطح از مهارت شما برسم ✨️ تقاشی رویای بچگی من بود هميشه...!

[@cgvcony9895]

Qué belleza!!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[@adriansiscararttutorial9984]

i love watching your videos ever since . please do paint again using acrylics 😢🥺

[@thediaryofphoenixstarr]

I love the ducks

[@BellaLaLuna1726]

It may not have come out the way you envisioned it to, but it is still beautiful regardless. I do get your point though.

[@user-ok7wc2wh7s]

wow wooow

[@jeannewarrenart]

🎉❤very nice Chuck 👏

[@melissak6238]

I love it the way it is! But trust in your process and please share with us your final outcome with "Old Barn at Sunrise" ❤

[@DeeDee-en8ob]

Beautiful

[@user-np8wr5le8w]

Iam very impressed your painting

[@andresdipietrantonio1178]

Fantastic work... its amazing! I always try to do the sky like you in my work... the brightness blow my mind. I need to know how! Greatings for Argentina!

[@user-bl1sm9cx8h]

תותח!

[@SuleymanOzdamar-mk6ei]

Superrrrr From Türkiye/Samsun

[@LIEUTENANTPAC]

Really beautiful :)

[@pastmasters9591]

Set the barn on fire!! That would look cool!

[@jillvalentine6182]

Stunning chuck what painting of yours do you consider your masterpiece?

[@chuckblackart]

No particular one. It's hard for me to do that. Thank you

[@nettieblanchard3622]

Hi I know that insight I'm not as great as you but I understand what you are feeling. I have 2 paintings I won't finish until I'm satisfied with it as well , it's realistic indeed

[@summonerrk_]

Thanks for sharing!

[@HalfWarrior]

Looking good Chuck; possibly the values on the barn closer to the viewer are a bit too light? For such strong, bright sunlight from behind the barn? Regardless; I think you’ll find the best solution as you’ve done so many wonderful paintings over the past few years!

[@chuckblackart]

white barns are hard I'm finding. Thank you I appreciate that very much

[@philliphughes7712]

Hey Chuck absolutely love your work perticularly your transition you sad at the beginning that it didn't turn out how you expected is that to say it's not from a photo?

[@chuckblackart]

That's correct. The barn is real, but I tried to make up most everything else. thank you

[@larryburns7225]

Greetings from Minnesota. Hey Chuck really nice work there I like the log cabin you did 2 months ago a little better but this one turned out very nice, well done, hey I know you did your painting room a while back and it was nice work. I noticed a minor distraction your paint brush is putting out two shadows while your painting do you think one long light would work out better it would probably be even lighting on the canvas. just a suggestion Chuck.

[@chuckblackart]

Appreciate it thanks. I still use my 48" light fixture for photographing my work, but I like this track light setup better for painting. The main reason is because it allows me to paint under the same lighting that will be used when the painting is displayed. I can also adjust it when needed to give me different perspectives. But in the end I've found that I do better work under light that is more similar to how it will be displayed under. Big even lighting is great, but then the appearance of your work changes once it's hung in a gallery or room setting.

[@kelliesharpe1067]

well, i think it's beautiful. the only thing "off" for me is the buck having already shed when it's still that green and summer-ish.

[@chuckblackart]

They are does being chased by a buck and it supposed to be a green pasture. Thank you

[@thecoopers5342]

I like it. As a very new artist I would love to chat with you about what you didn't like about it. I have the same problem of getting exactly what's in my head to end up on canvas. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing.

[@chuckblackart]

the left side is unbalanced and everything kind of slides off down to the left. I had it pictured in my mind how it would be, but it's also probably the angle of the barn I don't like. Idk, composition either calms me or irritates me and it makes me feel unsettled. It's a lifelong struggle all I know is to keep going.. Appreciate it!

[@thecoopers5342]

@@chuckblackart Thank You. I enjoy your work and will try to emulate some of your techniques.

[@paintingandfungalaxypainti5639]

Which canvas does you use it very smooth and does not give any mark while painting

[@chuckblackart]

custom made from fredrix knickerbocker... however, I just switched to an aluminum honeycomb panel that's smooth oil primed

[@light..51]

I have one question.. do u listen to anything or work in silence ?

[@tommyoptions4421]

😮😮😮

[@aimanarif7317]

Sir please it would be highly highly appreciated if you post detailed tutorial of you paintings as painting classes are much much expensive. We want to draw like you but many parts for missed in fast forwarded vedios you post

[@Maliika-Art1979]

🎨🥰👍🏻

[@simbols5501]

My humble opinion on this angle of the barn that you don't like. Looking more closely, it appears to me that maybe it's just a question of shadow. A color that slightly differentiates the front facade. In the current state, the two sides seem to be in continuity, we cannot precisely see the edge which forms the angle and this slightly disturbs the perspective, it seems to me.

[@nwyk153]

Where's that sexy Chuck voice narrating?

[@chuckblackart]

:) I'm very busy at the moment and trying to get the body of work I want finished alone is hard to fit in. I'll share what I can!