Another from Paris, the rain had mostly stopped by now but the sun was rapidly going down. I just caught it as the tops of the buldings were illuminated by the dying light. Hockney made a famous montage of paintings in the same square (Place Furstenberg which is actually more of a circle), I was sitting in about the same spot as he must have, but off to the left a bit... I cut out the central trees for simplicity. There is also the Delacroix museum, it is just off to the left of this scene... indeed a lot of historical and artistic value in this place, it certainly has a lot of 'energy' the first time we stumbled into the area we knew it was a cool place but were unaware of it's significance. You can find it in the St-Germain des Pres area.
I don't often use a purple-yellow colour scheme. These two colours are naturally complentary, so they kind of feel like they belong together. You see the pairing in many easter-themed work. In nature it is a bit rare. I unintentionally stumbled into the colour scheme here, maybe it was instinct. To see it, look at the window on the bottom right, it is being lit from inside from an artifical lighting, quite yellow, while the road is a deep purple. The buildings are all yellow tones while the sky is a lilica purple.
11x7.5" cold press watercolour, Jan 2012.
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