I am taking Catherine Gibbon's Low Light Outdoor Landscape class again for inspiration. This is a good class for me because it gets me out painting in the evenings when the light is warm and the shadows long. It is also challenging because the light is changing so very fast.
Tuesday was a chilly and very dull grey early spring evening so there were no shadows and very little colour. I didn't want a dull grey painting so I decided to work with a limited palette based on two complimentary colours a red violet and a yellow. This painting is 11" X 14".
This second painting is the same location but using a different but still limited palette. This one is 9" X 12". I think that I managed to get the feel of the evening with both of these and the limited palettes made it much more relaxing and fun.
I am excited about painting again and even got up early enough to pack up my watercolours and head to Burlington for the sketch group yesterday morning. I was glad that I did because Vivian is always a joy to paint. It is fun to be using my watercolours again.
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