On the way back from the Radisson Station and Park, I found myself riding through a labyrinth of construction. Not a single construction worker or sign of activity, but hundreds of fences, cones, and blasted out roads. It seems like they are surrounding Olympic Stadium with concrete, asphalt, and interlocking brick, all of which gets stinking hot in the summer. At any rate I found a frontal view of the Olympic Stadium, otherwise known as the 'Big Owe' due to its tremendous cost to the taxpayers. The roof of the stadium is supported by large curved ribs, and suspended from a giant pillar with hundreds of cables. To create the warm glows I used yellow ochre (PY43), and raw sienna (PBr7). Where the shadows were blue I added indo blue (PB60) with raw sienna (PBr7), or just carbon black (PB6) with deep scarlet (PR175). Deep scarlet is a benzimidazolone pigment from Daniel Smith Company that is nearly identical to perylene maroon (PR179).
Olympic Stadium Front View, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3193)
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