Two Squirrels Trenholme Park

As the weather continues to warm up the grass is becoming greener and the leaf buds are emerging. In this painting I captured the moment in Trenholme park which is transforming into spring time. As usual there were squirrels looking around for handouts, one is on the ground and the other is climbing the tree, almost camouflaged. Cilei thought it looked like an crocodile which I found amusing, a tree crocodile, camouflaged in Trenholme park. With global warming and climate change, who knows what can happen. 

Another reason for doing this painting was to test out a limited palette, I only used six paints here including carbon black (PBk6), phthalo blue (PB15), red-brown (PBr7/PR101), yellow ochre (PY43), and a smidgen of phthalo green ys (PG36) and benzi yellow (PY175) for the grass effect and new buds. The carbon black was used for the outline, while the blue, ochre, and red-brown were used for the rest of the painting. Just those three colours produced a very dull and muted scene, which made the green and chartreuse really pop. The plan is to try this method out more extensively and really focus in on the drawing elements and less so on the vibrant colour. It may work well in the city, lets call it the 'tourist technique'.

Two Squirrels Trenholme Park, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, May 2022 (No. 3105)