Symphony of Brown No. 1

 

The other day I was riding my bike down the Maisonneuve path and I saw the most incredible array of browns- the siding of a condo, a fence, a garage, trees, there were a dozen different shades. I've been meaning to paint the scene but haven't had the chance to do it yet. Today on a short walk to get fresh air, I brought along the new earth max palette with no less than 15 shades of brown and some other colours for accents. It was great fun to employ a full battery of iron oxides and limonites on this quaint urban scene. It was done in a nearby park where I have painted before, primarily chosen due to the symphony of browns. Umber for the left, burnt sienna for the middle, and red iron oxide for the right condos. Raw umber natural for the fence, burnt umber for the bench, and umber with indo blue for the tree trunks and cars. Even the cloud shadow had caput mortum a violet iron oxide with indo blue.

Symphony of Brown No. 1, 5 x 7" cold press, watercolour, June 2021 (No. 2682a)

 Tomorrow I will be off on a bike trip to the east 'boot of the island' park, there are bike paths almost the entire route. I don't know if I can do social media but will certainly try, it worked okay from Sutton last year. I return on Friday. If all goes well I plan a similar bike trip to the west shores of the island early next week to conclude this brief vacation. Should be good to stretch the legs and get a few nice painting done.