Trenholme park snow sunset

After getting the LUFA farms vegetable pickup over in Trenholme park, I made a quick painting of the sunset reflecting off the snow and nearby cars. To create the red-orange glow of the sunset I mixed pyrol orange (PO73) and orange (PO62), but the real trick is to surround the orange tints in blue, brown and grey mixtures to make the contrast pop. I added trees and some other details afterwards. Most of the trees are dark brown, burnt umber (PBr7) and indo blue (PB60), with small branches at the top illuminated with yellow ochre (PY43) and orange. I added a patch of turquoise snow, and a dark purplish base to the buildings to give a cold feeling that was permeated by warm orange tones. Colours do not actually have temperature, its a myth, but still, I find the idea of warm/cool helpful in several respects. 

Trenholme park snow sunset, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, February 2026