Just around sunset I made this painting down at the Peel Basin where they were holding a house music festival. Painting to the beats, this scene shows some of the tall skyscraper condos with a colouurful sunset with heavy clouds in the background. The colours were embellished a bit, after the amazing sunsets in PEI. Tall condos are hard to capture since there are like 20 floors with 5 columns of windows for a total of 100 windows each! To simplify, I painted the window colour first, let it dry, then made a series of hatch marks to depict the windows.
Skyscraper condos and sunset, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, August 2024
The festival had large inflatable decorations including this great white shark in a wave. In the background is the iconic Farine Five Roses sign on top of the Canada Malt factory. It was a tricky painting with lots of details, I wasn't sure the image would make any sense, and perhaps without adequate explanation it is quite a bizarre scene. A great white shark leaping out of the Peel basin!
Great white shark, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2024
On the other side of the stage was a giant inflatable Titanic looking like it was sinking into the crowd. A lot of people were gathered around the multi-coloured stage and having a good time grooving to the tunes. To paint a crowd of people like this, first apply the outlines of people, kind of like lollipops with shoulders, then paint in broad brushstrokes of colours, followed by a few clothing and hair details. The main goal is to capture the energy of the crowd.
Titanic and house music, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2024
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