To get back from the Renaissance store to my office I took a shortcut through the Reno Depot parking lot but encountered great piles of snow. Standing in the midst of these piles I made a quick painting to show the impressive effect. Most of the painting is just snow pile, with a tree top, condo and telephone wires from across the street poking out at the top of the composition. Getting the value and colour correct on the snow pile was the key to the painting's success. After studying the true colour of snow for the past few years I knew that it had to be a pale, low chroma near-blue. Blue also dries a bit lighter, so it was applied slightly darker.
Big Pile of Snow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2023 (No. 3390a)
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