After a whole day of whiteout conditions the weather finally broke and I could get out for a quick painting, not far from the condo. Everything was buried in snow, and the plows were going by trying to clear up the road and sidewalks. The sun was just about down below the houses across the street, a few highlights were catching the tops of the snow-covered parked cars. The painting started with a rough layer of dark blue, leaving the highlight areas free. Then I worked up the dark value areas including the trees, houses, and pieces of the cars you can see. As it dried I applied the yellow-orange highlights with isoindo yellow (PY110), and the tree details. For the first time ever, a paintbrush literally snapped in half as I was painting, it must have been very brittle from the cold. The bottom part flew into the snowbank behind the shrubs, I will have to look for it when things thaw out.
Blizzard on Somerled, watercolour 5 x 7" hot press, February 2022 (No. 3068b)
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