After finishing an abstract painting that I will post shortly, I had some left over bismuth vanadate yellow (PY184) in a small cup. Carefully bringing it on location I used it up on a few paintings, including these big yellow trees near campus. For variety, a touch of yellow ochre (PY43) was mixed in, and small dabs of pale green (PG36) and orange (PY110) were added while wet. Afterwards, the trunks, branches and background details were added at home. I quite like the effect, it has the intensity of the autumn yellow leaves that are so prevalent around town this year.
Big yellow trees, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025
Here is yet another painting of Dagwood's restaurant near campus, it has an interesting shape being nestled into a small triangle between the end of Monkland avenue where it meets Sherbrooke blvd. A bus briefly stopped at the lights but it carried on and I had to mostly paint it from memory. The lemony colour of the cladding on the restaurant is from the bismuth vandate yellow, it looks unrealistic but still really neat... as if the building is made from candy, or its a layered cake with icing on top.
Dagwood's lemon, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025
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