There is an excellent viewing platform, a long wide boardwalk, at the end of Old Port, it provides a rare east view of the train tracks, Molson brewery and Jacques Cartier bridge with river underneath. I have painted here several times before. This time, the brewery, just visible on the left, was half gone and lying in great heaps of gravel. Molson moved down to Longueuil years ago, and the old location was donated to the city of Montreal for development. To paint the tracks I first established a long triangle of beige (PBr7, touch of PB60, some orange PO62 to warm it up), then over-painted strips of burnt sienna (PBr7) like slabs of bacon. Then I textured and detailed the tracks and surrounding gravel.
Tracks Molson demo, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, August 2025
Mountainous heaps of gravel filled the lot next to the Molson brewery. The facade with its iconic clock and MOLSON logo is still up there and visible, although the clock appeared to be running fast by an hour or so. I wonder when the main structure will be brought down? In the foreground, there is a small unused lot, its growing various plants and trees. This is a true 'location painting', I mean, where else would you find a scene like this without looking around for it? Other than my blog of course!
Molson heaps of gravel, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, August 2025
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