Having a lot of open space is a real luxery that I can now appreciate more living in the city. This is James Bolton public highschool where I attended grades 2 - 6, as seen from the bleachers that are in between the highschool. It looks like spring time since the leaves are off and the ground looks like its starting to grow again. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 1996?
In the other direction Humberview highschool can be seen, it is where I attended 7 - 12. These little yellow portables were used at the time, they have now been replaced with a bricks and mortar extension. Looking back on this painting, I wouldn't change a thing! Getting those tonal yellows is tough, and notice how one side of the portable is a slightly grayish yellow signifying shadow. The texture and colour of the grass is right on, and that juicy blue sky with fluffy clouds plays well against the earth tone of the highschool bricks. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 2000- 2004?
This is nowhere near the schools but I thought I'd throw it in the blog, it was done up around the community center on the south hill, looking north across the valley. It was a really early painting I did, not long after the ones I did at the art show. The initial is quite strange, I used this for awhile, at least it contains the date! 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 1996
On the back of the previous painting I started a painting but was clearly disappointed with the result. It says Antwerp dries mud... along with an expletive that I covered up in the scan although you can still see what it says through the paper. I had antwerp blue paint based on the recommendation made in a book by Zoltan Szabo, who liked to use it in all kinds of mixes. Antwerp blue is a fugitive (fades in light) phthalo blue variation that looks very bright blue when wet, but looses chroma and intensity when it dries. So I didn't use it much, favoring french ultramarine until 2020 when I stopped using that too. 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, 1996
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