On campus there is a row of wild flowers growing between the old service building on the left and the large parking lot. It's been awhile that I wanted to paint this scene and finally found the moment, and a bit of shade, to do the painting today. The browns, greys and blues of the surrounding made the yellow, pink and white flowers really stand out. Hopefully the campus follows through on its plan to add more 'green' elements, they already have a multitude of vegetable gardens and patches of nature here and there. At first I was going to leave the front of the car out of the scene, but it provided a good contrast in values and concepts- the solid looking hood of a car against the delicate wild flowers.
Campus Flowers in Parking Lot, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2023 (No. 3491)
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