Along Monkland avenue there is a row of pine trees in the Benny park corner with Cavendish. Today I found a spot to stand under the trees and made a naturalistic painting of the pine trees, shadows, and needles on the ground. The only sign of of the city is a sidewalk angling off in the background. I used a drybrush technique to make the pine needle textures, its done by just pushing the semi-moist brush directly down on the paper so it splays out a bit. That technique is bad for the brushes but my current brushes are pretty beat up now. Some of my brushes are almost 20 years old, although the Holbeins I bought in 2020, and the synthetic squirrel (not real animal hair) are from last year. Probably time for some new ones! The initials were done in red to provide some contrast against all the green. The Japanese print makers used that trick, they would make their signature symbols all different colours and even integrate the signature with the composition.
Pine Trees with Sidewalk, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2023 (No. 3466b)
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