In st Henri there is a long narrow park, near the canal its called Parc Gédéon-De Catalogne. Plenty of shade and benches, its a place I often sit to rest on the way back from a bike trip, or eat a snack. The paths are paved with pale red interlocking bricks, and magenta flowered-shrubbery grows in square planters. Having almost run out of yellow paint after doing a series of paintings along the Falaise path and highway meadows, I liked the idea of this scene containing a lot of magenta. I got to use plenty of purple magenta (PV55) and bright magenta (PR122), with green accents (PG36). A soft violet shadow cast across the brick which I made with perylene maroon (PR179) and indo blue (PB60). It was a fine day to paint, and sitting here, I got to listen to the band playing at the nearby Canal Festival.
Magenta shrubbery, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026
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