As usual for the spring and summer my parent's have geraniums planted in their hand-made and hand painted flower boxes. Our friend, and a fan of my art, Jennifer, left them a nice hydrangea flower which had a fascinating blue colour. For good measure, there was a tree in the background with white flowers on it.
Geraniums and hydrangea, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2025
The back patio on the ground floor had lots of growth, with chives coming up between the patio stones, forget-me-nots, dandelions and red and violet tulips. Everything was bright from the spring time sun. I simplified the fence so as to complement the scene without being a distraction. They obviously painted their hand-made steps (on the left) with an iron oxide-pigmented paint probably red ochre. Iron oxide paint resists fading, and its easy for me to paint since I have as the similar pigment on the palette.
Back patio growth, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, May 2025
Painting a lot in Montreal and you get good at signage. This sign was next to the storm pond/restored wetland, it actually had multiple pictograms saying no swimming, skating, fishing or boating on the water. Luckily it did not actually say anything about art so I made a painting.
No Art! watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2025
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