El's Barn in two steps

Els Barn 

watercolor 

7.9x7.9 

matted 12x12 

 This painting can be found HERE

This photograph had a great underlying NOTAN pattern. Just based on that I knew this would work in my favor. Below are steps one and two. 

This strong pattern of dark shapes almost makes the painting complete on its own.

You can see some of my test "dabs" on the left . I tried to find a variety in the mid values.