Feeling slightly lazy today I took the bus to a stop near Mount Royal and walked the rest of the way to the main summit area where they have a large skating rink. There were hundreds of people up there, seemingly all crammed onto the skating rink, but a few were skiing and hiking on the trails. I found a quiet spot with a view of the undulating landscape and dense trees. This poor tree in the foreground had the orange spray-paint on it, indicating that it will be cut down soon due to the worms.
Forest with deep Snow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2023 (No. 3386a)
The first painting dried slowly and was faded away when I next saw it, so I touched it up with some darks and details. For the next painting I tried something a little different, I used an impressionist style to create the background and middle ground. If you squint it should look like the river off in the distance, downtown Montreal in the middle ground, and some trees and snowy surfaces in the immediate foreground. You know its impressionism if you have to squint! It turned out all right but a larger piece of paper would help. I don't have a drying rack for 8 x 10" so its not possible right now to paint larger in winter. So I bought a narrow 1/4 by 3/4 wood molding piece, about 2 meters long, and will try to make a drying rack for 8 x 10 for winter location paintings.
View of st Lawrence River Impressionism Style, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2023 (No. 3387a)
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