There was a beautiful blue sky today, however, after three paintings I ran out of phthalo blue paint on both of the palettes that I brought along. So for this one, I used indo blue (PB60) in the sky, and made the shadows with magenta (PR122) and blue-green (PG7) which produces some blue-violet grey tones. At any rate, the scene was kind of dystopian to begin with, and the dreary colour scheme adds nicely to that theme. On top of the building someone spray painted a pale smiley face. There was still a bit of snow left on the ground.
Bridge and Industrial Building, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
For this one I was completely out of blue paint, to do the sky I added some prussian blue (PB27) at home. Prussian blue is a weird one, it looks blue-violet and dark upon application, then it dries pale and green-blue. Its hard to control so I leave it off the palette. These old warehouses near the autoroute 15 will be gone one day, surely to be replaced with luxury condos.
Two Point Perspective Warehouse, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
On the left is a warehouse with corrugated steel panelling covered with graffiti, on the right is the elevated autoroute 15, and up in the distance is a tall billboard. There was still snow on the ground although it was melting fast. These kinds of scenes are endangered in Montreal due to condo development. Who wouldn't want to live right next to the highway after all.
Billboard and Highway 15, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
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