First snow evening

It snowed quite a bit today and was cold enough that it stayed around. Painting in the winter at night is tricky, for this scene I stood on the sidewalk and painted from my shoulder bag kit which consisted of a paint palette, paper in a small rack, one brush and salt water. Its best to keep it simple in the winter because wearing gloves makes it hard to mess around with the gear, and time is usually of the essence although today was not too cold really. The salt water and cold temperatures make the paint dry especially slowly which takes some getting used to. For the sky I mixed dark blue (PB60) with red-orange (PO73) and phthalo blue (PB15) at the horizon. Keeping the snow highlights clean meant painting around those areas, leaving the paper blank. I walked around for some time after this one but could not find another good scene to paint.

First snow evening, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2024