As February closes out with a leap year, we got surprised with some fiercely cold weather. Due to unseasonably warm temperatures recently I had switched out the salt water for fresh water in my kit. As you can see in the painting, trying to do a watercolour in freezing conditions with fresh water leads to some interesting results. In some way the textures are appealing, and you definitely get a sense of blustering wind. The paint was forming chunks on the brush and freezing onto the palette. Carbon black (PBk6), yellow (PY97) and red ochre (PR101) activated well enough and I could get down the basic scene. Its quite a nice view, Trenholme park looking west with Sherbrooke on the right, and the long path lined with park benches and trees.
Park Path Frozen, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2024
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