Brattleboro Common

(C) 2019 Dale DiMauro

The Brattleboro Common is such an important park in the downtown area as there is minimal open space for the public to access. In the Winter, I find the experience of walking through the Common with the deciduous leaves down, in the sun, more appealing than in the Summer.

This watercolor started out as a study of the two trees in the foreground. It wasn't necessarily going to be a completed painting but I liked the direction it was going. Initially, the feel of fresh snow and the crisp shadows on the snow were a source of inspiration..

Clearly, elements were deleted from the site to simplify the composition. The gazebo looks a bit like a folly but I like it nonetheless. I seldom use phthalo blue, but that is the only pigment used for the sky.