Down St. Louis Street there is the Lachine Market that mostly sells flowers, and a pub called Au Coin du Feu (Corner of Fire) painted hot pink. People kept coming out and smoking on the corner, but I left them out of the scene. In the background was a typical house of the area, with plaster wall, art deco trim, and a hefty looking steel balcony and staircase.
Au Coin Du Feu, watercolour 8 x 10" Strathmore Gemini, October 2022 (No. 3333a)
Not shying away from anything, I tackled this difficult scene of yellow poplars against the blue river. Getting the yellow detailing in against a blue and green background can be very difficult in watercolours. The Group of Seven painters did an amazing job of it using oil paints. I'll have to work on it a bit more, but you get the idea.
Yellow Trees and Birdhouse, watercolour 8 x 10" Strathmore Gemini, October 2022 (No. 3334a)
The sun was shining through these tall trees, casting shadows in all directions. I started with the sun and sky using wet-in-wet, just leaving a circle where the sun was. Then I filled in the trees, grass and foot bridge. The bridge used to span a part of the canal, but they filled in this part of it with earth, grass and trees. Finally I painted the trees over top of the whole scene which was a little risky but it worked out pretty well.
Sun Shining through Trees, watercolour 8 x 10" Strathmore Gemini, October 2022 (No. 3335a)
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