Testing out the gear in colder weather, I biked down to the Lachine Canal in about -2℃ with some wind. On the right you see an old industrial structure that was a type of crane used to lift things off ships onto train cars and vice versa. After a bit of research this structure is likely to be called a gantry crane, or more specifically a container crane. In is no longer functional but I am glad they left it up for the ambiance.
Gantry Crane by Canal, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3292)
On the way down to the canal I stopped at the new path and renewed hillside they completed this summer. Behind me the sky was mostly blue with a nearly full sun, but on the horizon the sky was a dark purplish colour with grey clouds. To paint the purple-grey I mixed indo blue (PB60) with deep scarlet (PR175) and yellow ochre (PY43). For the glowing parts of the clouds, I used a thin wash of the yellow ochre from DaVinci company, it is a yellowish-beige tint like Dijon mustard.
Renewed Hillside and New Path, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3293a)
This was actually the first painting of the trip, of a snowy hillside off on the horizon with the new path in the front. I think the hillside is a landfill or perhaps where they dump the snow in the winter. Over the years, as the snow dumps melt they leave massive piled of gravel and sand. I find with these winter paintings that yellow and orange can be quite strong, they play well against the subtle blues and greys. To prevent freezing I used salt water, the proportion was 20g into 100mL of water. One container was for dirty and the other for clean water, with a third container for fresh water for drinking.
Snowy Hill on Horizon, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3291b)
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