With another dental appointment I made a quick couple of paintings on the nearby corner. Although it was chilly I could do the paintings without gloves on for the first time in awhile. The street in the scene is Sherbrooke looking west, from the corner of Greene/Mt pleasant avenues. It is called Greene up until this point, then it is called Mt. Pleasant all the way up the side of the mountain. I wanted to capture the neat architecture of the wooden bay window painted minty green, and some of the other brick condos along with trees (no leaf buds yet). I signed my initials and year on top of the central building in the middle ground since the paint was very moist. Soon the salt wont be needed and the paintings will dry faster.
Sherbrooke corner with Greene/Mt pleasant, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4282)
Before the appointment I did most of this painting from where I locked my bike up, I just had to apply the detailing on the bark afterwards when it all had a chance to dry. In the end, it created a faux-focus effect, like when a camera focuses on something up front leaving the background somewhat blurry. Everything around here was brown and grey so I composed the tree up front and really embellished the texture on the bark to inject some visual interest.
Tree on Sherbrooke, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4281b)
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