For over a decade now I have rode my bike along the Maisonneuve bike path, making many painting along the way of the various warehouses and scenes of the train tracks. This scene has always struck me and today I stopped to make a quick painting on the way to work. I knew right away the title had to be 'symphony of brown' and I added the study tag in case I would make a larger version when the weather improves a bit more. What struck me was how many shades of brown there were in one scene, at least a dozen or so on the bricks, sidings, facades, ground, and even the curtains in the window which were a dusty purplish colour very close to brown. The only other colours were blue in the sky and a few sprigs of green in the weeds starting to emerge. To get the full impact the scene needs to be painted on a larger piece of paper, which I may be able to do this summer if the opportunity arises.
Symphony of Brown Study watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2024
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