This painting was done inside the Fairmont Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, December 2007. Outside you can see the bow valley surrounded by the Canadian Rockies. Inside a chair and table which were whisked away before I finished to make room for a party ( I wasn't invited). I was there for a multiple sclerosis conference, and did a presentation.The hotel was great, I enjoyed the heated pool.
The background sky and mountains were done first wet, the basis for the chair was done wet as well, you can see where the colour bleeds into the mountain. After drying, the foreground details, and tree details were built up. When painting indoors the water takes more time to dry, be patient!
Banff Hotel, Interior and Exterior, watercolour 10 x 11" cold press 2007 (No. 1151)
Did you use a different kind of paper this time, or is it just the scan that gives it a yellowish color? Either way, I really like the aged look to the paper, especially with the wintry scene through the window and the simple chair and table... gives it an old, solitary, moody feel.
ReplyDeleteIt is the same paper, I took the picture under a weak 60 W bulb. Some of the old spain painting are yellowing with age, especially the ones I did on the paper I bought in spain.
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