On the way back I pretty near went by this scene due to being tired and feeling generally unwell but I knew that it was a now or never type of scene to paint. The moon had a greyish halo around it which I outlined using a dilute yellow ochre (PY43), and surrounded by with blue (PB60). The pizza restaurant was mostly done in variations of yellow ochre neutralized with the indo blue, and hinds of orange. The brick colour is pale ochre, but the sign cast a greenish glow, and the moon cast a whitish glow. Amber lights illuminated the right side of the structure. Its harder than it looks, this painting, to manage it I used a smaller brush and established the perspective lines first. The lower section was completed, leaving the sky white for most of the painting time. Leaving the sky until last, the scene looked terrible, but when that dark blue sky went in... it was really neat. I am glad to have done this painting up on the corner of Walkley and Fielding.
Pizza 88 under moon, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2024 (No. 4148)
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