Yesterday the sun set on Somerled Avenue, illuminating the clouds in an array of peach, salmon and lilac colours. There is no set formula for painting a scene like this, the buildings were done first as I waited for the light to change colour, then I applied a juicy layer of dilute yellow ochre (PY43) across the sky area. While moist, different mixes of lilac (PB60, caput mortum PR101, and magenta PR122) were dabbed on, and adjusted with glazes of indo yellow (PY110) and ferrari vermilion (PR255). The blue slice on the top right shows the colour of the sky, a greyish cyan. That green box shape on the bottom right is a steel frame box they put on the street to simulate a public park- it has some benches and potted plants inside of it (not seen in painting). I also got the "RO" in for the METRO sign on the grocery store that used to be a Steinberg's.
Cloud and Sunset on Somerled Avenue, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2021 (No. 2746)
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