During the week I ate lunch out in the quad taking in the fresh air and sun. This painting shows the shadowed side of an indigenous statue that adorns the campus. It seems to represent the territorial acknowledgement that the land was once indigenous before passing hands from the French army to the church and then to Loyola college and finally Concordia University. To paint the bright blue sky, I used phthalo blue sapphire (PB15) from Holbein and cobalt blue (PB28) also from Holbein. The Holbein phthalo blue paints are much better suited for landscape painting than some other brands, because they do not stain as much and stay put when you apply them to the sky. Other brands have the problem that phthalo blue will create blue marks on the paper and run into the cloud effects. Cilei really liked this painting so I hung it up on the wall in a simple two piece frame with clips.
Indigenous Statue, Loyola Campus, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, October 2021 (No. 2839)
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