The Cavendish underpass is lavishly decorated with flowering shrubs, ornamental trees and plenty of tulips. Today the red and white tulips were in full bloom, along with the flowering shrub. To paint the shrub I started with a large blob, shadowed on the bottom, and pale yellow on the top. Then, I built up successive layers of colour and texture by quickly dabbing a semi-moist brush to get a stippling effect. The tulip heads were single brush strokes of colour onto white paper. Any remaining gaps were filled in with a chartreuse. I wanted the cars to look chunky and ugly against the delicate flowers to give you the feeling of their noisy and smelly presence on Cavendish. Too bad more people couldn't enjoy the sight of the flowers, like in a park for example. However, Cote st Luc is not big on parks, just highways and decorated underpasses I guess. The yellow tulips may be up soon so I will have to go back.
Flowering Shrub and Tulips, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, May 2023 (No. 3461b)
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