Finally it has arrived, from today 22nd of May 2023, my coffee-themed watercolor paintings will be displayed at Nelle's café Overgade in Odense. This is the largest painting I have made for anyone 76*56, Lykke, the kind manager asked explicitly to make a large piece with their front entrance and we agreed on showing it in summer with customers enjoying the sun with their coffee. I have to say it is not the piece I am most of proud of, but it helped me to push my boundary, I took a lot of time as I did not want to spoil it. I also used high quality material, my kolinsky brushes, Daniel Smith water colors, I think I have used most of the available hues. I tried to suggest the heat of a summer day just after the rain, as it is common in my beloved Denmark, so I combined warm hues, Quinacridone Gold and Burnt Sienna above all, and cold hues Blue Phthalo and Cobalt with hints of Burnt Umber for the greys. I have worked mostly wet-on-wet, and left the hues to bland and embrace each other on the paper, not to lose their individuality. The building itself is kind of white-grey, I tried to make it more interesting adding bluish shadows and golden lights, suggesting the sun being sucked by the building, which donates warmth to the customers, enjoying their time under sun or under the shadow of the big gingko tree outside. I tried to keep faithful to some of the landmark on the road, the old inn with flags, the stone paved road, the trees at the end of the road and the curve. The guy on the front with the red shirt, well, he is basically my husband ;) I wanted a key figure to guide the eye of the viewer towards the entrance, but not quite there, so I started sketching a tall slender guy, wearing a bright coloured shirt, with chestnut brown hair and well there you are, I have painted my hubby and as the figure was taking form, he just asked me if he was him ;) Here you can see the painting on the wall of the café, I will post more details on the paintings. Thank you for stopping by, I gotta get some coffee now ;)
Bertie xxx
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