There is an old tree on campus, it looks quite dead in fact, it did not make any leaves this year. It seemed almost ghoulish for a tree with this appearance to be standing among the gleaming ivy covered University buildings. The setting sun created an orange glow on the top of the central building and the old tree. Painting overlapping elements like this with watercolour is tricky, getting the sky to look seamless requires some accurate brushwork. The sky colour was a mix of cobalt blue (PB28) and phthalo blue (PB15). The roof which is oxidized copper, was done with phthalo green (PG36) which also has a copper in its chemical structure. The bricks of course were painted with iron oxide pigments, the very same that are probably used in the bricks. Art imitates life!
Old Tree on Campus, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2021 (No. 2824)
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