With winter upon us the roads are covered in piles of snow and ice. It is hard on the bike for sure, so I found an old, disused bike and fixed it up. It is a medium-sized mountain bike with knobby tires and a low center of gravity. With a few days of work I got it running and could attach the bike pack to the back of it. To test out the new rig I made a tour of three different parks in NDG. In this scene, you may notice the bike trail I made in the snow as I rode under the lattice.
Loyola Park, Winter Bike, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2021 (No. 2953a)
I rode south to Trenholme park on Sherbrooke street and painted this scene. For simplicity I edited out the play park that was in front of the trees, and focused more on the sky, the roof line and the lively trees. This is how the park may have looked like when they first started it, I mean, not full of fences and structures. A few squirrels watched me paint, they probably just wanted peanuts though.
Trenholme Park, Winter Bike, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2021 (No. 2954a)
With waning sunlight I made it up to Confederation park. The sun was just dipping below the houses in the background. In the foreground is the old arena and some of the landscaped trees and shrubs found throughout the park. Luckily I could get the under-painting to dry which allowed for that cold blue backdrop. The sunset was a yellow-orange I made with isoindo yellow (PY110) and pyrol orange (PO73). And the bike? It worked great!
Confederation Park, Winter Bike, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2021 (No. 2955a)
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