On the way back from Anatol yesterday I stopped on the corner of Bernard and Parc, and made a quick painting of the iconic Rialto theater. Theaters have a way of disappearing eventually but this on has survived the test of time. I started with the roof line, then decided to omit sidewalk and street level from the composition to focus on the facade. It looked comically bad as I painted, a few people even stopped to look, but once the textural effects were applied and the last of the values filled in, magic happened and the sign and other bright highlights really popped. Since I bought this floral tea, it smelled like potpourri the whole time I painted.
Rialto Theater, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2023 (No. 3672b)
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