Tag: Montreal Polo Club

After generous comments from subscribers, friends and followers on my blog, I wish to thank you–when there are no comments, it seems void. So for this painting, I decided to take the time to “think” before I started drawing. So the first thing that I asked myself was: “Where is the sun?” [45 degrees of my left shoulder] and “How is it affecting the shadows?” [On the angled roof, the shadows are not direct] I then thought about the perspective…. was this a one-point, two points or three points? Thankfully it was only a two-point. Then I took the time to stay sitting in the car and absorb the scene in front of me. This took me at least 5 minutes… to absorb the scene. When I am absorbing the scene, this is when I decide of my main colour scheme… for this I decided to use Cobalt Blue for the sky and snow, Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna for the trees and paddocks and New Gambodge for creating the greens. When I utilize the three base colours like this, it seems as though the painting is more coherent, more rounded.

This is the Montreal Polo Club on Route 201 in Ste. Marthe, very near my house. In the spring, summer and fall, we see the riders practicing the horses, going round and round. There has to be at least 30 horses that are housed there, with living conditions that are far more generous than for two thirds of the world population.

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Après les commentaires généreux d’amis, de famille ainsi que d’abonnés sur mon blog, je vous remercie pour vos commentaires. Si on a pas de commentaires, on dirait qu’on publie dans le vide. Pour cette peinture, j’ai décidé de penser avant de me jeter dedans. La première question que je me suis posée est: “Où est le soleil?” et “Comment est-ce que les ombres sont-elles projetées?” Ensuite, j’ai regardé le perspective. “Est-ce un point? Deux points ou trois?” Fiou! Juste deux ;-) Ensuite, j’ai pris le temps, bien assise dans mon auto, d’absorber la scène… regarder longtemps en pensant aux couleurs que j’utiliserais. C’est à ce moment que j’ai décidé que j’utiliserais le Cobalt Bleu pour la neige et le ciel, le Burnt Sienna et Burnt Umber pour les chevaux, l’écurie et le foin et le New Gambodge pour créer les verts.

Voici le Club de Polo de Montréal à Ste-Marthe qui est très près de ma maison. Il doit y avoir au moins 30 chevaux de polo à cet endroit, qui ont une bien meilleure vie que deux-tiers de la population entière de la planète.

Paper: Fabriano Artistico, cold pressed, 140 lbs, 7-1/2″ x 11″
Watercolours: Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith & Schminke
Colours: New Gambodge, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna and Cobalt Blue
Ink: Noodlers Lexington Grey
Pen: Pilot Flexigrip
Place: Montreal Polo Club in Hudson, Québec, Canada