Today the temperature rose to above zero for the first time in awhile and the snow started to melt. At the back of the cultural center I found this scene of a large puddle reflecting the interesting colours of the building. The walling at the top is semi-transparent so you can see the emergency stairs behind. That dark yellow panel really stands out as the focal point of the painting. Capturing the puddle was just a matter of painting the same scene as above but squiggly and slightly darker. The surrounding asphalt was glistening and textural. To paint puddles successfully one has to see the values correctly, in this case the dark parts of the puddle were darker than the surrounding asphalt, while the light parts were lighter. I learned that from a book by Szabo called painting little landscapes.
Melting Snow, Cultural Center, watercolour 5 x 7" hot press, March 2022 (No. 3074)
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