Here is a small landscape painting done on location in the neighborhood of NDG, in fact, this is the view from the front of my building! The red-green complimentary colours caught my attention, and so did the strong blue shadow cutting across the foreground towards the left bottom. Painting landscapes on location is tricky, you want to catch all the details, but time constraints mean that you have to pick and choose where to put the details. In this example I spent most of the time on the gas station pump and the light post, and much less time on the surrounding elements. Unfortunately a giant SUV parked in front of the pump during the painting, so I had to make up a few details. That's called artistic license!
5x7" watercolour, 2015
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