Of Cottonopolis.
Buttery stones stand out
In this red brick city
A civic castle
And a symbol of pride.
I've always liked this particular kind of Victorian, overblown neo-Gothic architecture. St. Pancras Station (alright, the Midland Hotel) and London's Natural History Museum are two of my favourite examples, and this, Manchester Town Hall, deserves to be mentioned in the same breath. This is actually number 26 of my 30 direct watercolours in the month of June, and I think the practice is starting to pay dividends. This is far more ethereal, far looser than I was painting at the start of the challenge, and far closer to what I was actually trying to achieve in this picture.
