Over in Coffee Park leaves had fallen over the basketball court creating interesting contrasts. The contrasts were between the leaf colour, yellow, and the court colour, neutral violet. Also, the smooth playing surface contrasted against the rough and chaotic leaves strewn about. Its a very difficult effect to achieve in watercolour because you can not paint bright yellow over top of grey. Instead, I painted the playing surface first using a cool neutral grey (PB60 + PV19 + PY43) leaving random pieces of paper showing through roughly in the shapes of leaves. Then I painted over the yellow, orange and brown colours. The basketball net carries the picture, it links the textured foreground to the tightly composed background elements. Before I paint, I usually find a good angle on the scene. In this case, the rest of Coffee Park was surrounded by construction fence. They have razed the old shed, and are building a new shed in a more forward location. I will have to make a painting of it when its done.
Basketball court with leaves, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, October 2023 (No. 3565a)
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