Red bench, green grass

 

The fire station keeps good care of the front driveway and lawn areas, each spring they paint the bench with a fresh coat of red paint and take care of the community herb garden in the form of a tall mound of earth. With the grass finally turning a bright green there was a contrast of red and green that tempted me to make this painting on the way to the grocery store. Even though the bench was a very bright red, the sun light and the reflected light from the ground made the red a bit paler around the edges. I used pyrol red (PR254) which is also called Ferrari red, its probably the exact same pigment they used to paint the bench. We finally have decent weather on tap for the weekend so hopefully I can get out for a good ride and some painting.

Red bench, green grass, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, May 2024