Dieppe Park and Old Montreal, Hot Humid Day

Parc de Dieppe is a small spit of land that connects to Concorde bridge. Looking across the river there was a great view of a skyscraper that seemed to be floating on top of the trees! In the foreground you see the criss-crossing bike paths and an interesting variety of trees.
 

 View of Montreal, Park de Dieppe watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3217)

A narrow path skirts around the park, it is used by fishermen (and the occasional painter). The water's current was strong here, I could hear the sound of the waves and the whoosing of the water against the retaining wall. To capture the Cartier bridge I used phthalo green blue shade (PG7) mixed with a bit of a new yellow tat I got recently ochre. Unlike the other yellow ochre I have from DaVinci, this one is from Daniel Smith, and it has an orange tint much like raw sienna.

View of Cartier Bridge, Park de Dieppe, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3218a)

I was standing by my bike/studio in the old port, looking back towards old Montreal which is divided by a train crossing. There were a lot of tourists, many stopped to look and say a few things. I have to get a sign with my Instagram handle so people can follow.

Train Crossing, Cartier Place, Old Montreal, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3219)

This scene was kind of neat, the barren scape in the foreground with the vehicle is where the Cirque du Soliel tents were set up, now they are all gone. In the background is the ferris wheel. To make earthy greens today, I mixed the new yellow ochre, which has an orange tint, with phthalo green yellow shade (PG36). The orange was mostly pyrol orange (PO73).

Circus Over, Old Port, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, August 2022

On the main drag, Commune Street, there is a constant stream of cars going in both directions. As they drive by you can hear the zipping sound of the tires against the cobble stones. It was dusk here, and the headlights and taillights were visible. I had been thinking about how to paint this kind of scene after doing autoroute 20 the other day, and it seemed to go a bit better this time.

Cars at Dusk, Old Montreal, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, August 2022 (No. 3220)