Heavy Snowfall

Today we had the first heavy snowfall of the season, about 20 cm! The city had scraped a lot of it off the sidewalk, but as you can see the plow had to weave around the telephone poles creating a snaking path in front of the grocery store. Most of the parked cars were still covered in snow. Painting in winter is tough due to the temperature and the bulky clothes especially the moose-gauntlets that I Wear. To simplify matters, I bring no more than three paint brushes, sometimes just one, and I keep the paintings small. One odd problem is that the thumb-hole in my palette is not big enough to fit my thumb when I am wearing the the giant size gloves.

Snowy Sidewalk Somerled Av, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2021 (No. 2951b)

 

I have painted many pictures at the Sports complex, they did a wonderful job with the open spaces and landscaping. Usually I save this location for days like today when I don't feel like going much further. It will take some adjusting, both mentally and with the paints, to get into the spirit of winter painting. There were moments when I really enjoyed it last winter. I will never forget painting the ice floes on the St. Lawrence River.

Heavy Snow Sports Complex, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2021 (No. 2952b)