High Hub - framed original watercolour Painting

Being a former architect, I'm always drawn to Victoria Street in Edinburgh. It's three dimensional form and topography are incredibly complex. It's a curving cliff face of multi-coloured buildings with facade stacked upon facade and walkways threading through at a number of different levels and crowned by the spire of the converted church, now the Festival box office known as The Hub. I decided, one cold day, to draw it directly onto the paper I would be painting on, in situ, not realising quite how frozen I would be once I'd finally resolved all of the fiendishly complicated changes in perspective for the various elements. The classic view of this street is from the lower end, but I find the interplay of shapes more interesting from this position at the top. Needless to say, I painted back at the studio. To add further complication, when I came to paint I decided to change the light from the overcast day it was when I was there to something more pleasing - morning sun. As with many architectural scenes, it was a constant battle to not get bogged down in the detail, especially as it is a smallish piece. The painting was done on 300gsm Langton rough paper and the overall size of the frame is 27.1 x 35.4 x 3.2cm