Dimanche matin
Posted: January 14, 2019 Filed under: Uncategorized 20 CommentsCarré St. Louis is Montreal’s grandest square. If you’ve walked through it, you know what I mean. It’s surrounded by stately Victorian houses which I’ve sketched in the past, but I’ve never painted it in winter. Since the day was quite overcast I used a limited palette for the soft winter colours — mostly Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Cerulean Blue and Ultramarine Blue. Of course for the garland of plastic blooms that adorns the gazebo, I dipped my brush into pure yellow and red. Painted wet-in-wet on a half sheet of Arches 140 lb rough paper, 15″ x 22″.
Really nice
Thanks Chris.
Wonderfully done!
Thanks Bernadette!
Hello Shari,
Really nice… as usual !
You have a new color in your small palette : Lunar Black. What do you do with ? Thank you and hope to see you in Amsterdam !
HI Joelle, I hope to see you in Amsterdam too. Yes, I have had Lunar Black in my palette for a while. I don’t use it much for mixing, and I don’t have it in my larger palette, but sometimes when I sketching in the city, I need a real black for signs, poles, wires, etc. It comes in handy!
Love your Comanche Matin scene. Such a nice feeling of depth: foreground, middle and background all read so nicely. As always the color palette is “spot” on. The people feel just right. Excellent! So much to be proud of. Thanks for being an inspiration to so many of us. Best of days to you.
I think our country is collapsing.
Jim, I so appreciate these thoughtful comments. Best to you.
Wish I could be there. Really nice painting with the feel of cold and snow. And interesting balance of the gazebo and people with the trees on the right. Did you paint from your car?
Thanks Judy. I painted this one in studio. This is too big to paint in the car because it’s a half sheet of watercolour paper. I can only paint those at home.
Didn’t realize that was a half sheet but should have known. Yes, I can just see trying to use that in the car.
It is a lovely painting.
WOW * what an absolutely beautiful piece!
Many thanks Ineke.
You’ve distilled the Canadian City in winter. Love it!
Thanks so much Leslie!
Excellent work, very subtle.
Thanks so much.
So good Shari. I can feel myself standing there in the cold.
Wow, I appreciate that Edo. Thanks!
I like it very much. It is serene without being sad