Just west of the Mercier bridge is the Saint-Laurent railway bridge, its the one that crosses over the Lachine canal that I have painted so many times. Here, you see the st Lawrence in the background, and a small shack on the shore in the foreground. These small shacks have probably been there since the 1950's or so, it seems unlikely that anyone would get permission nowadays. They could be boat houses too, its hard to say. I've been down around here before, there are a few trails and a small forest. This one was also painted over top of an old cut up painting but you'd hardly notice.
Under train bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025
Looking just to the left there was a neat dirt path with squiggly trees and shadows. In the background, the Mercier bridge could be seen, but I forgot to add it until it was too late. It was good to practice painting trees and using green paint for a change.
Bumpy path, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025
The main subject matter here was the iron train bridge which I could see up close. At the top of the iron panel I used a warm variation of the colour, then shifted to cold towards the bottom part of the panel. Its hard to describe the technique, they were mixes of burnt sienna (PR101), burnt umber (PBr7), violet (PV55) and indo blue (PB60). Detailing was with carbon black. It ended up drying perfectly and looking a lot more realistic than I thought. When you paint dark colours you have to remember that they look darker when wet, and dry about one or two shades lighter.
Train bridge overpass, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2025
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