Down on st Jacques street there is a narrow park on the escarpment called Belvédère Terry-Fox park where I have made many paintings over the years. A lot of the trees are overrun with choke vine which I tried to abate with a pair of snippers to variable effect. This scene shows a bin next to the path, and a curvy pine tree superimposed on the scene. The sun was going down which created a pastel glow. To paint the bin I left a white oval, filled in the rest of the painting, and then daubed on mixtures of black (PBk6) blue (PB60) and red ochre (PR101).
Bin Tree and Road, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2023 (No. 3551b)
The trees from the escarpment are leaning over the fence, those are the ones inundated with creeper vines. Large landscaping rocks adorn the park, and a gravely path runs along the fence line. I painted this one as fast as possible to prevent the paint from getting heavy. By now I have worked out a wide variety of green and yellow shades made from PG36, PG7, PBk31, yellow (whichever one!), sometimes orange yellow (PY110), and sometimes a touch of black (PBk31). Notice there is no blue used in my green mixtures although if turquoise is needed I'll daub in a little dark blue (PB60) or sapphire blue (PB15). You definitely need to know your way around green - yellow to paint landscapes.
Tree Rock and Path, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2023 (No. 3553b)
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