There is a relatively new bridge over the Decarie expressway, it continues St. Jacques all the way past the Hospital and to Ville St. Henri. It takes a lot of the traffic off Upper Lachine Road and Sherbrooke and gives better access to the hosiptal. I found a place to stand on a small patch of grass next to the sidewalk with a good view of the bridge with cars, and the tangle of highways to the right which you see as a sliver of detail. There was some graffiti on the highway wall, which I turned into my signature towards the bottom right of the painting. To paint the clouds I found a new trick, I painted the body of the cloud with a wet in wet fade, then let it partially dry, then surrounded it with the background sky. With some practice I should be able to do this in successive layers to create the effect of a partially cloudy day. Luckily I decided to head home because there was an ominous cloud coming from the west which got me wet on the ride.
New bridge over Decarie with Cars, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2022 (No. 3078)
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