Downtown Painting

Pearl Street Bridge, oil, 9x12

Painting along the river...warm sun and sounds of flowing water made for an enjoyable morning.

Here I am, set up near the Gerald R. Ford Museum, along the Grand River,  painting with the Plein Air   Artists of West Michigan (PAAWM). This was a challenging choice of subject matter...bridges and large buildings. I had decided to narrow down my focus to avoid a complicated view of the bridge and buildings on the other side of the river. I liked the morning light on the protruding bridge base and the color of the water as it rolled into sunlight from the small waterfall. Lots of reflected light that adds interest to the grays of the concrete. The blue pedestrian bridge can be seen under the arch of Pearl Street Bridge.