Without air conditioning the apartment hit 30℃ today. We live on the ground floor with two walls facing the exterior so it is fairly breezy. Now that I am used to it the heat doesn't bother me too much but hopefully it will not continue this week. A few years ago it was even hotter and I made a series of large abstract paintings that year including the famous 'Trapped Under the Ice'. The idea is to see a lot of cold colours and shades of blue which gives the impression of being cooled off. I also spent a long time at the grocery store in the meat section to get some cold air! We may go to the local pool too, so it is kind of fun.
The whole painting was done with my new #20 round brush with synthetic fibers, it is quite good for this style. For paint I used ultramarine blue (PB29, Stoneground Paint), Victoria green (PG51 Stoneground Paint), manganese violet (PV16 Stoneground Paint), Prussian blue (PB27 Holbein), Cobalt Blue (PB28 Holbein)
Scorcher with #20, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, August 2022 (No. 2968b)
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