Walking the neighbourhoods near me is a regular thing now, with no gym membership. My daughter and I usually walk together and choose different destinations. For a change we went up to Beaconsfield, where there are curvy streets and cul-de-sacs. At one point we heard a strange and quite loud buzzing noise like machinery of some kind. Curious, we followed the sound to another street and a glorious old tree in full blossom. It was completely full of bees, furiously working on the nectar. So many bees, and so loud!
I photographed the house across from the tree and later painted it. It has complimentary orange and pthalo in the sunlight with lots of planar shifts from one section to the next when viewed from behind. The lessons from my last entry about underpainting prompted a little experiment in colour and a more detailed underpaint. The bricks are under painted in light and dark blue while the sky is orange, with neutrals on the pavement and roofs. This is a cheap paper panel.
