Downtown Greens, Yellows and Purple

It was such a nice sunny day, I figured it was a perfect day to buy a new umbrella. My old one filly got destroyed in a wind storm and it was a matter of time before it would actually rain in Montreal. Since the Bay opened at 11am and I got there a bit early there was some time to do a painting in front of the Bay, which is unseen off to the right. This view is up Union Avenue. The bike near the bottom is my bike locked up, I wanted to keep an eye on it!

View up Union Avenue, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, June 2023 (No. 3466a)

 

In the square across the street from the Bay, they paved, bricked, and encased manicured flowers in large gardens. Nature is conquered! It took some time but I painted the various flowers and some background elements. If you look closely enough there are two pigeons walking around the garden, hoping for handouts.

Purple Irises, various white flowers, watercolour 7 x 10" cold press, June 2023 (No. 3613)