Quest for Colour

Today I went on a quest for colour in NDG. There must be some, somewhere out there? Across the street, artists completed a new mural on Walkley street last summer. The painting only shows a corner of the mural and some of the parked cars that were reflecting on the colours.

Mural on Walkley Street, watercolour 6 x 8" cold press, April  2022 (No. 2993b)

 

Down the street is the famous Meldrum movers, with their gaudy neon night sign. During the day it looks comparatively dull, but the red, yellow and green popped against the brick and cream colours.

Meldrum Movers Sign, watercolour 6 x 8" cold press, April  2022 (No. 2991a)

 

A little further down Sherbrooke street is the Persian supermarket called Akhavan where we sometimes buy nuts, tea and dairy. The awning , a brilliant red contrasted with the blue-green winterized entrance. When the weather warms up they will remove the structure.

Akhavan Supermarket, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April  2022 (No. 3091b)

 

This scene was a celebration of yellow and orange. They were redoing the bricks on this building, and the walls were right down to the foam insulation layer. To create the yellow insulation, yellow ochre (PY43) was darkened slightly with perylene green (PBk31). It started to snow/rain midway so I had to get it done in a hurry and head home.

New Bricks, watercolour 6 x 8" cold press, April  2022 (No. 2992b)