Bricks can be almost any colour, ranging from yellow to red and even violet or black. Its hard to notice the hues because bricks tend to be earth colours, we think of them as 'brick red' or 'brick orange'. For a long time, I felt that painting brick hues was a puzzle to be solved, especially their shadowed side. But these days I carry a variety of brick-like pigments and have a better understanding of colours which makes things easier. In this painting, I started to create a brick pattern at the top, then let it disintegrate into an abstract, quilt-like pattern. To maintain visual interest, one part of the painting near the bottom middle is a cream white set against a charcoal black. It acts as a focal point and suggests some form of internal lighting is illuminating the scene.
Brick Hue, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, November 2022 (No. 3209a)
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