The sun was shining on a snowy field just outside of the building where my research laboratory is located. I stopped to make this painting real quick, just a simple field with one set of brave footprints crossing the deep snow. To create the appearance of glowing snow I made a three tone wash with pale yellow, yellow-orange, and blue. The footprints were added when the paint was still slightly wet. To provide the contrast, I included the gymnasium building in silhouette using a potent mix of red ochre (PR102), carbon black (PBk6) and some indo blue (PB60). Some of my students walked past on their way to the lab but they didn't notice that I was making a painting!
Snow Field, Sunny Day, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2022 (No. 3062b)
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