With the curfew we can't leave home after 8pm so I put on the winter coat and hat and made a quick painting of a
now familiar scene standing just in front of our condo. For my birthday one gift was a nice bike light which I hope to use soon, a sketch book, and an art book on Rembrandt. He was a bit of a ludite even for the 17
th century, his palette consisted of all manner of earth colours from ochre to sienna to umber, and white, black, yellow and red paint. I tried it out in my other sketch book and it felt interesting for glowing interiors and murky backgrounds. In the auto shop painting I managed to use those kinds of colours to give the illusion of strong fluorescent light bulbs and a dim night sky. It was half moon tonight so there was a bit of natural light as well as the light from the subject matter.
Auto shop Nocturne Somerled Springtime 4 x 6" cold press, watercolour, April 2021 (No. 2627a)
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