As the sun sets, buildings catch an orange light on top as the shadows stretch across the street and ascend into darkness. In this scene, the rear of the cultural center, the sun has set to the north west, creating a colourful silhouette of the building which is clad in blue, red, pink and green. On my left, I didn't show it, there is a community garden and a few people tending to their plants.
Sunset over cultural center, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
Earlier I was up at the demo mall and made this painting of the view across the street. When orange sunlight hits the bricks, they take on a variety of warm earth tones. Even the shadows appear to glow. I did some nice ones like this last year including
sunset on Walkley, and
sundown in NDG. When the sun is going down there is not much time left to paint, so I tend to stay in NDG or close by.
Sun setting on apartments, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
Initially, I rode out to the old strip mall that is slated for demolition to see if it was still there, and made a painting of the barber shop on the east side of the building. Its on an odd angle because the roof slopes up on an angle. I may stop by again this year from time to time since I started a series on this structure. My favorite one was the same view, but looking from
across the street in winter of this year January.
Demo mall sun down, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, June 2025
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