At night Trenholme park is aglow in strong amber lights. These ones were illuminating one of the soccer fields at the back of the park. Looking to the south, the sky was an inky blue which I captured with dark blue (PB60), red-orange (PO73), and a touch of blue-green (PG7) in the corners. The orange are mixes of orange-yellow (PY110) and green (PG36). I had my bike lamp pointing back at my painting surface to judge the colours. The illuminated pillar was one of the tall field-lamps.
Amber Glow on Field, Trenholme Park, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2022 (No. 3241)
Looking northwards towards Sherbrooke, this scene captured the table used for playing ping-pong, and the street traffic. The real subject matter was the sky and treeline. The sky was a very dark blue at the top, and faded to a slightly lighter cyan at the horizon. To depict the sky I used dark blue (PB60) with a touch of red-orange (PO73) at the top, then blended it with blue-green (PG7) and a touch of water towards the horizon. It took some fiddling and I had to try a few things to reach those mixes, so the sky is not quite perfectly smooth. Next time I do this kind of sky it will be easier. The trees were dark green (PBk31) with dark red (PR179) and carbon black (PBk6).
Night with Table Tennis, Trenholme Park, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2022 (No. 3241)
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