Earlier in the month the autumn colours were finally emerging, with red, yellow and shades of olive all over the city. This scene from downtown Montreal contrasts the towering glass and concrete buildings in the background with the delicate trees in the foreground. Its as if the trees are holding up the sturctures. In the foreground there is a bus stop, and a signature garbage can. To mix autumn leaf colours, I blend earth pigments with synthetic pigments... for example yellow ochre (PY43) with benzi yellow (PY184) or burnt sienna (PR101) with pyrol red (PR254). That produces about 3/4 chroma colours that are between being dull and bright. If you use pure synthetic pigments it looks unnaturally bright, while pure earth colours will look too drab. I've nearly updated the catalogue again, at 920 painting for the year so far.
Autumn colours glass buildings, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025 (No. 4906b)
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