To paint this one I rode down the Maissoneuve bike path after work and stopped at the Girouard overpass near the Decarie. The sidewalk was wide enough to stop my bike and do the painting from a standing position as usual. Luckily I finished painting the car before the owner got in and drove off, he looked at me a few times wondering why I was painting his auto shop. I even got the garbage bag into the scene! To depict the old bricks I used combinations of earth paints and then overlaid the brick shapes and dark grouting. Neutralizing the earth paints can be done by mixing in some perylene green (PBk31) it gives that 'Montreal' brown colour prevalent in the aged bricks, concrete and plaster walls.
Auto Shop near Decarie, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2022 (No. 3138)
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