Taking it all in

(C) 2020 Dale DiMauro

People watching can be endlessly entertaining. Particularly, when you have a wide range of people with diverse activities, dress and body language.

The setting for this painting is an outdoor concert during the summer months. I stripped the composition down to it's essence  - the individual. I stained the paper in advance to both eliminate the white of the paper and give the background some warmth. However, you can't see much warmth in the photograph. Take notice that all the cool colors are in the foreground. Often they are in the background.

With this profile you get a sense of the individual's presence. I like the abstract shapes and qualities left by the watercolor washes.