Snow Shadows, William Hurst Park

I wasn't planning on three blogs today in fact I was writing one long one and then decided to chop it up into three shorter blogs each focusing on a related theme. Painting snow shadows has been a challenge, so I performed some colour analysis on a photo and some paint tests to see what worked best. I found out that indothrene blue (PB60), slightly dilute and grayed worked best. All set to use my new found knowledge, I stopped off at William Hurst Park on Grand Boulevard on my way back from the bakery. The sky was actually overcast with a thin cover allowing a bit of blue through. The shadows were not as dramatic as the other day when the sun was shining, the shadows were delicate and tinged with blue. The new mix worked perfectly, I see on the painting that snow-glow shadow, especially on the eaves of the houses in the background and the snow ball in the foreground. 
 

Snow Shadows, William Hurst Park 5 x 7.5" cold press, watercolour, February 2021 (No. 2551b)