Chilly Ride to Atwater Market

Hoping to paint on a nice sunny day, I was a little disappointed to find a partially melted bike path and a bitterly cold wind. This scene is near the footbridge, looking towards downtown. The building is actually a factory converted into condos, they conserved the old smoke stack and facade of the structure. Despite it being mid February, the ice was thawing out on the canal.

Canal and Stack, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2024 (No. 3693a)

This scene shows a sliver of the Atwater Market, with a scene of the tree line and parking lot on the left. I tried to play up the contrast between the pale yellow ochre bricks with a purplish sky. Mount Royal is in the background with a prominent apartment building.

Tree Line and Atwater Market, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2024 (No. 3694a)

The last painting was moist and I had to let it dry to get the trees and windows detailing on. While I waited, I made this quick painting of a colourful scene looking east. A Rubik's cube like art display sat in among a puzzle of shapes created by the condos in the background and the public building in the foreground that sells ice cream in the summer. Two people were sitting at a table, down in the bottom right.

Colourful Scene near Atwater Market, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2024 (No. 3693b)