So I couldn't resist after the last blogs, if the moon watchers were going to wait and take pictures then I would go make some paintings! Finding a good angle on the pizza shop I got this view of the supermoon over the fire station. The fire station and pizza shop provided alternative light sources. To get the deep dark blue sky, I stuck the brush in a glob of indo blue (PB60) accidentally and had a big mess on the paper for awhile, then added pyrol orange (PO73) for the celestial blue, and some phthalo blue (PB15) at the horizon line. The joke of course, is the moon in the sky like a big pizza pie!
Supermoon pizza shop, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2024
There had to be a painting called 'sunflower supermoon' and as a bonus, the partial lunar eclipse started as I painted. The very top of the moon had a fuzzy bite out of it, like a cookie. Superimposing the sunflower over the pharmacy across the street seemed foolish but this is one those paintings where you just have to get the brush out and start painting. The palette was a right mess by the end of it. I brought along the head lamp, just wearing it like a necklace with the light pointed down, this allowed me to better judge the colours. Unseen over my right shoulder is the strong amber light of the Metro grocer in the empty parking lot where I was standing.
Sunflower supermoon, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2024
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