These mountains of snow were impressive, they made people look small and they seemed to be holding up the apartment buildings in the background. Unfortunately, the original location painting was ruined by blowing snow so I did this painting at home from the remnants of the original and my memory of the scene. Painting at home is a lot easier, the paint dries faster and all my painting equipment is sitting flat on the table. When on location my painting gear is in a shoulder attache bag in the winter, or a bike saddle pack in the summer. This location was at the Benny urban complex which has apartments, a library, and a sports recreation building. For the brick shadow I simply used perylene maroon (PR179) with carbon black (PBk6). Yellow ochre (PY43) gives the snow a nice glow, with accents of blue and grey.
Mountains of Snow Near Library (repaint), watercolour 5 x 7" hot press, February 2022 (No. 3070b)
And here is the original. It looked okay when frozen but as the ice crystals melted the whole painting ran together. It looks like mountains of snow melting, with melted apartment on top.
Mountains of Snow Near Library (original), watercolour 5 x 7" hot press, February 2022 (No. 3071a)
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