This scene looks a little different than last time
I painted it when the roof was a rich brick red colour. Now it is a brilliant blue, which I could match with phthalo blue (PB15) and a touch of indo blue (PB60). The main inspiration for the painting were the wild flowers growing in the parking lot, they were a mix of Queen Anne's lace with some kind of butter cup plant. I omitted all the cars to focus on the building and the flowers. This is the first scan with my new Canon scanner, I got the basic model called LiDe 400for a good deal at Bureau en Gros, they even delivered it for free.
Renaissance blue roof with flowers, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2023 (No. 3506b)
The main reason I got out of the office today was to drop off some donations from my office at the Renaissance. Usually on a work week I am satisfied with one painting, but on the way back there was some amazing drums being played inside of the Caribbean cultural center, at the same time I saw this neat combination of colours from the city bus and mail box in the foreground. As the drum beats echoed through Harley street I found a good visual rhythm. The bus took off pretty fast so I had to finish the details from memory.
Bus stop and mailbox, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2023 (No. 3505b)
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