Here is a painting of the underground highway 136 entrance off Notre Dame corner of Peel, I painted a similar scene of the
tunnel and building in the background on a vertical format last month. This time, the glass building was cropped to the left, with additional structures visible on the right along Notre Dame avenue. The train bridge is sandwiched in the middle, with the highway tunnel entrance at the bottom left of the scene. With giant puffy gauntlet gloves the size of oven mitts, it was a complex scene to pull off but I am much better painting detail on cold days. It was nice to see a blue sky for once!
Tunnel winter glare, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4554a)
Along the Lachine canal, just before Peel basin, there is a view of the new, old, and oldest bridge structures, with Farine Five Roses sign and New Canadian Maltage factory looming in the background. Instead of 'SLUK' I put my initials on the Maltage building, in real life, there is an enormous graffiti up there. Getting the lettering correct on the Farine sign was quite a feat given the circumstances. In the winter, shadows have an interesting blue-violet shade that can be mixed with blue (PB60 or PB15 red shade) and a dab of magenta (PR122), and dilute accordingly. I did one more on the day, will post separately in a moment.
Bridges canal winter, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4555a)
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