I finally made time to get back to some watercolor painting. I headed out to Nordegg on Thursday the 28th. Originally Margarit was going to join me, but the situation with Hank [see previous blog post] necessitated her staying home. So I came out to the cottage on yet another solo trip. This time around I didn't have any serious plans, other than to relax and unwind a bit, after a very busy couple months.
It has probably been close to two years since I have done anything serious in the way of watercolor painting. Based on my past experiences I seem to be best at, and most enjoy, painting old buildings. But, mine are not straight watercolors. I use the paint to impart a color scheme on the paper, taking a little artistic license, and then fill in the details with both graphite [pencil] and ink. With that in mind, I thought it might be cool to attempt to paint some scenes of old hotels from my Beer Parlour Project outings.
The first one that I attempted is a shot of the side entrance of the Victoria Hotel in Bruderheim. This dates back to Beer Parlour Project outings BP 9.0 and BP 9.1 in late 2023 and early 2024. I was basing this painting on an image that I took with my big view camera, and working from a computer printed version. Below are some snapshots of the painting as I worked on it. At this point I have not yet begun to add any detailing with graphite or ink. My thought is that someday, when we go to do an exhibition of images from the Beer Parlour Project that perhaps I can include a couple of these paintings. I'm hopeful that over the upcoming winter months I can tackle a few more. It remains to be seen how any of this works out.....
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