8882 Farmhouse
Jerry Yarnell – Inspiration of Painting Fine Art Instructional PBS Television Video Series

In this beginner acrylic painting lesson, Jerry guides you step-by-step through creating this peaceful country farmhouse landscape on an 18 x 24 canvas during a 104 minute lesson. An old farmhouse sits quietly atop a rolling hillside overlooking a deeply worn country path, surrounded by grassy slopes, rocks, bare trees, and soft distant foliage. The subdued colors and hazy countryside background give this rustic rural scene a wonderfully quiet and timeless feeling.

You'll learn how to paint an old farmhouse with believable proportions, windows, rooflines, walls, and architectural details while placing the structure naturally within the surrounding landscape. Jerry demonstrates fine art techniques for developing rolling hills, a winding country path, rocks, grasses, bare trees, and distant scenery while creating realistic depth and distance. This step-by-step acrylic painting tutorial also shows how changes in color, value, detail, and contrast help make the farmhouse appear naturally settled into the countryside.

Special focus is given to painting old farmhouses, country roads and paths, rolling hills, rocky ground, bare trees, grassy slopes, soft hazy backgrounds, and rustic country scenery using layered acrylic techniques, controlled brushwork, and blended color transitions. You'll also explore techniques for painting buildings in perspective, creating realistic distance in a landscape, and using foreground details and the winding path to lead the viewer's eye toward the farmhouse.

By the end of this lesson, you'll gain confidence in painting houses, rural landscapes, trees, hills, and country roads while learning how to combine architectural subjects with natural scenery into a balanced fine art composition. This is an excellent beginner acrylic painting tutorial for artists wanting to strengthen their landscape painting skills while creating a nostalgic farmhouse scene filled with rustic character and peaceful country charm.