Blossoms Reflecting in Pond

 

I recently picked up some more watercolour paper at Avenue des Arts in Westmount and stopped to make this quick painting of the pond in Westmount park. The tree blossoms were reflecting in the shallow pond water which was a brown-green colour. I painted the pink trees and their reflections at the same time, then surrounded them with the background and pond elements. As it dried I applied a very fast glaze of the pond colour on top of the reflections to give them a blurred look. Then I finished the painting with the textural brush strokes and shadowing. 

The paper for this painting was the same Fabriano I always use for doing small paintings. If you saw my last blog for dépanneur yo yo, that was using a different kind of Fabriano paper called artistico. It is 140 lb cold press, so very similar to the d'Arches or Winsor Newton cold press which are no longer available to to supply issues. I also picked some Strathmore paper, unfortunately they were out of the nice Aquarius, but had the 400 series and Gemini papers. Since I am using so many different papers I am making a note in each blog about the paper.

Blossoms Reflecting in Pond, Westmount Park, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press Fabriano block, May 2022 (No. 3120)