Sports Field Rainy Night

Paint at night, during a rain storm? Why not?! The numerous challeneges of doing a painting like this on location include dressing in waterproof clothes, finding an overhang to block most of the rain, and keeping everthing togther. Just getting the painting home without smearing is a feat, luckily it worked out in this case. To find a spot with enough light I gravitated to the sports field adjecent to the research center, where there were really tall, bright lights illuminating the field. The overhang I found was small and ineffective, but it kept off the worst of the rain, allowing for just a few drops here and there to create the rain effect. So the rain effect is created by having some rain fall on the watercolour while still wet. In 2021, I was caught in a rain storm and made some cool paintings of some condos and cars, and did a few out in the Jarry area. That sky byt he way is indo blue (PB60) and pyrol orange (PO73) an incedible combination. A dab of phthalo blue at the horizon completed the sky effect. 

Sports Field Rainy Night, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, October 2025