Hot and Muggy Last Day of June

Coffee park is down by the commuter train station, on the other side is the Westhaven neighborhood which has Snowdown Bakery and the City Fruit store. This scene is looking down at the brickwork and summer shadows, with a view of the park benches and train tracks off in the distance. There are actually two perspectives represented by the painting, one looking down at the path, and one looking up at the distant elements. I fixed my gaze on the two points successively to get the effect looking natural. As a viewer, you can get the sensation of looking down, and then looking up. The bushes with white flowers in the upper left were the same ones I recently painted at the train crossing.  

Coffee Park Summer Shadows, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2023 (No. 3483)

 

 

Here is the fruit store where we often shop for discounted chocolate, natural products,spices, fruits and vegetables. I have tried to paint it many times before and never quite got it right! Today I tried to play up the perspective and use a panorama format but it seems a little off in terms of composition. At least the colours and the summery atmosphere are clear, despite the smoky haze that we had again today. As always, there were construction pylons in the scene from some unknown project.

Marche Fruterie Citi Perspective, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2023 (3483_1a)