Benny Health Complex with Rocks

I have painted everything in this park several times now. Each tree from multiple angles, lighting, time of day, and season. And now the very rocks I sat on painting the parking lot across the street. Today the rocks had broken glass around them so I sat over on the retaining wall close to where I painted the path last December. The brick colours are a challenge to paint, there are at least 5 things to optimize. First the hue, that is the 'colour' which ranged from orange-yellow all the way to red. Second, the chroma, which is generally in the middle, that is, greyish. Third the value, which is middle value (lighter) in the sun and lower value (darker) in the shade. Fourth is the substance uncertainty, a phrase coined by Handprint.com (MacEvoy) that refers to the difficulties in mixing different paint together to achieve the correct hue, chroma and value. Fifth, the computer- somewhere between scanning and displaying on a monitor or screen the brick colours turn about 10 degrees to the red side. Lucky for me there are a lot of red brick houses to practice with!
 

Benny Health Complex with Rocks 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, April 2021 (No. 2579b)