It was a great day for a bike ride, so we headed down to the park by the river with some coffee and home baked peanut butter cookies. Our bench was in the shade and had a great view of the river with the reserve on the other side. This painting shows the view looking back towards Lachine, the body of water there is a small inlet that leads to the Lachine canal. There were plenty of seagulls, lured by the smell of our cookies they gathered expectantly around the park bench.
Alizarin crimson (PR83) was an old favorite of mine until 2020 when I completely abandoned the pigment due to its lack of stability. To replace it, MacEvoy on Handprint.com recommended perylene maroon (PR179), which is an almost identical dark red. I also have a paint called deep scarlet (PR175) which is nearly identical to perylene maroon, and is currently in the palette. To make the red even darker, perylene green (PBk31) or indo blue (PB60) work wonders. The dark red tree leaves used variations of those paints, with some dabs of orange (PO73), red (PR255) and yellow (PY154) to give the leaves a sun-lit effect.
Red Trees, Park near River, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3229a)
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