Sunset on Cavendish

 

As the sun set on Cavendish I caught this great view from atop the Maisonneuve overpass. I used a new approach on the cars, it started with a warm background for the road, leaving open spaces for the headlights. Then a darker purple for the asphalt, with yellow blossoms for the headlight glow. Finally some darks and colours for the car itself. To create the illusion of a sunset, the midground and background elements were quite low value (dark). Unfortunately the printer driver has a problem so I can not scan anything. Usually I can fix those kinds of computer problems but this time its a stubborn one.

Here is the scan finally, the ink cartridge was empty which prevented the scanner from connecting to the driver properly. Once I disabled the ink warning the scanner worked again!

Sunset on Cavendish, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2022 (No. 3249)