The weather was a bit warmer today but the wind picked up and the snow was blowing around. I found a nook protected from the elements at the back entrance of the library and cultural center and made a painting of the scene before me. The snow was wind-swept and piled high around the tree. The background was a jumble of windows and bricks. To paint the snow I used a nearly grey shade of blue with some darker parts for the shadows. There are also subtle washes of yellow-orange to create the effects caused by the sub reflecting off the snow. The colour of the snow depends on the sky, today it was half cloudy, half bright blue sky. To paint the bricks I used a mix of near identical red iron oxides (PR101/PBr7/PR102) slightly neutralized with carbon black (PBk6).
Tree and Benny Apartments, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2022 (No. 3072a)
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