It is not too often that you see a deer in downtown Montreal, let alone one that is glowing. In fact, it is part of a light installation left over from the holidays that included several lit up deer shapes, coloured lights illuminating the trees, and some coloured spheres hanging from tree branches. Capturing the subtle light and colour effects required a good control of the water and paint content on the paint brush. The foreground consisted of a three colour blend from golden yellow, to pink, to blue. Interestingly, the shadow of the tree was a greenish brown due to the colour of the night sky reflecting from it. It took awhile to pick this scene, and I almost walked past knowing that painting a light-bulb-deer with watercolours at night is nearly impossible, but I am glad to have stuck with it, this painting captures lightning in a bottle so to speak.
Cabot Square Night Lights, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2023 (No. 3396)
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