Being down in Verdun you see a lot of green and brown hence the nickname verte et brun. The reason for this has to do with the numerous old trees and park land, not to mention the prolific use of brown-red brick in the housing. For location painting Verdun has a lot of nice spots to sit and good angles since it surrounded by the St. Lawrence river on the south and the aqueduct on the north side. This is the welcome sign on the east part of Verdun, I sat on an angle because there is a parking lot in front of this sign without a good place to sit. I'm going to do a few more in Verdun and numbering them on the bottom left, this is #1. 5x7" cold press, watercolour, August 2020
Wanting to see the other side of Verdun I rode down the park path along the river, stopping at Fayolle street which de-marks the west most boundary of Verdun. There was a much better place to sit, under a tree in the shade and with a direct angle on the sign. It took a lot of brushwork for the flowers, I tried to get all the different shapes and colours. These paintings are turning out really colourful, not just brown and green. Verdun #2, 5x7" cold press, watercolour, August 2020
Next I headed up to the aqueduct and found a small pedestrian and bike bridge called Crawford bridge on Crawford street. I was standing on the other side which is technically still Verdun, looking back across the bridge. There was a Caribbean dance part or something going on behind me in park Angrignon so I got to listen to Caribbean dance music the whole time I did this one. The shape of the concrete posts was tricky, along with the wooden baffles they installed, which were probably stained with iron oxide pigments. Verdun #3, 5x7" cold press, watercolour, August 2020
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