Looking east along the main drag, Notre Dame, I got a good view of the trees lining the walkway and all the old leaves on the ground which were an earthy orange-yellow. Headlights from the cars pierced the gloom, and a few specks of blue from the sky could be seen through the trees. The painting was so moist that it never really dried, and the paint was getting absorbed into the paper. Painting in these conditions is always a challenge, but every now and then it works out and its worth the effort. I mostly did this scene since I was waiting for the under-painting to dry on the Cartier street painting. It was so windy, the Cartier painting almost blew away while it was sitting in my bike pack. I brought along the wooden drying racks, which sandwich the paper between cardboard panels with elastics. In this way, I can pack up the paintings and take off without smearing them. I got pretty cold doing the painting but warmed up quickly on the bike ride home. Feeling cold and its only hovering around zero, I will have to get used to it if I want to paint this winter.
Last Leaves, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, November 2023 (No. 3042b)
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