This sweet little painting is called “Gingerich Farm.” It was a commissioned piece.
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-_Xv5Nb.jpeg)
My client had taken this amazing drone footage of his friends’ rural farm property in Kentucky, and asked me if I could create a painting of his friends’ property using this aerial video of the property as a reference. So, I took a few still frames from his footage to work from.
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-RLlQos.jpeg)
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-Z8JYI_.jpeg)
In the video footage, I loved how flocks of birds were swooping through the sky. So I made sure to include some birds in the sky to give the same soaring feeling from the video.
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-QA9gHH.jpeg)
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-aPC8fY.jpeg)
I also slightly exaggerated the curve of the horizon line from left to right. This curve is visually pleasing, and it allowed me to include just a little more sky in the image, even though it is an aerial view.
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-SwngVm.jpeg)
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-oKBG3E.jpeg)
Because this aerial landscape is so lush and green, I started the painting with a completely green base layer, and allowed much of that color to show through in the final painting.
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-yEqVnk.jpeg)
This is one of those paintings full of tiny details painted with a tiny brush!
![Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm Commissioned Work: Gingerich Farm](https://m5.paperblog.com/i/683/6832773/commissioned-work-gingerich-farm-L-BYB8bF.jpeg)