Riding west on the temporary President Kennedy bike path there is an incredible scene of Hôtel Le Germain (center), Scotia Bank building (pink, back right), and a few other iconic downtown buildings. I have wanted to paint this scene for a while now, I first saw it while painting the green line series last summer but felt that my skills and knowledge were not up to challenge. It is not often I pass a scene, but in this case it was worth the wait! The key was establishing a good under painting, in this case I used dilute black (PBk7) with a touch of yellow ochre (PY43) to paint out an accurate 'skeleton' with correct perspective and proportions. Next was the daunting task of capturing all the tones and textures of the scene, along with the colourful new mural they are working on. Mural painters were literally there on window washer lifts doing the colours at the same time I was painting the scene. When the pigeons flew off, I made sure to capture them up in the sky, they really added an exclamation point on the painting. This is downtown Montreal- corridors of towering building with a variety of architectural styles.
Hôtel Le Germain Montréal, new Mural watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, July 2021 (No. 2902)
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