Hog Stall and Corn Crib
It was a mostly cloudy day at the old farm today, but the sun came out at noon long enough to cast an interesting shadow under the eaves of this building. The sketch was done with 2B and 3B graphite to get the major shapes & some of the wood texture in. Then the darks were put in with 9B and followed with hard and medium charcoal pencil. On Strathmore Drawing.
This is efficiency: one side of the structure was built to hold corn, the other is where the hogs stayed. Not too far a toss to get the feed to the hungry snouts!
NOTE: All images and text in this post are Copyright K. A. Renninger 2011. I am more than happy to have you share them through your own blog, and hope you will do so—but you must give me credit. Anyone who uses them to make money will be prosecuted.
i really like this drawing. i can feel the grain of the wood and the textures are really nice. Thanks for posting!
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Thank you!
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Very nice and I am impressed with the efficiency.
Reminds me of my friend’s mama’s house.
The well goes through a hole in the floor of the
porch ,bucket and rope well that is.
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How interesting! I’ve never seen an arrangement like that before. Thanks for your comments.
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Brilliant sketch; detail is amazing 🙂
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Thanks! I’ve always found milkweed intriguing, & I think when my interest in the subject is keen, the detail comes a lot more easily.
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