John Constable's "The Haywain"

This is my attempt to learn from {I couldn't copy if I even wanted to} English artist John Constable's work

"The Hay Wain" which he painted over 250 years ago (1821)

Constable(1776-1837)was considered a Romantic, pre-Impressiionist who painted his countryside in the Suffolk and Essex England area.

His cousin lived in the house almost IN the River Stour. Men are cutting hay with a scythe in the far distance.

The wagon in the foreground, driven by 3 horses, is stationary while its wooden wheels soak up water before heading to the back field for a load of hay. Constable didn't travel much;instead painted mostly scenes of his local neighborhood and clouds, lots of clouds.

He was a prolific sketcher sometimes even on postage stamp size pieces of paper.