With a holiday weekend upon us and plenty of sunny weather ahead I am looking forward to a good weekend with a little painting too. For a warm up I rode over to the Decarie and painted a few typical scenes. The other day I tried to paint a blue pine tree and the colour didn't quite work out, so when I saw this one I decided to give it another go. This time I used dark blue (PB60) with yellow ochre (PY43), but it was too neutral so I added some phthalo gren blue shade (PG7). The yelow ochre was a different one than I normally use, it is from Daniel Smith company and I brought along the tube on location. The colour of the tree worked out well at least.
Blue Pine near Decarie, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2024
On the Notre Dame de Grasse street overpass there is a wide community garden suspended over the Decarie. There is a good view of the river, the st Jacques bridge and some of the highway signs beyond the gardens. I was just glad to paint a blue bin! Soon enough things will be growing here.
Community Gardens over the Decarie, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2024
Looking down onto the Decarie there was a car accident, some kind of serious fender bender. There were police cars, tow trucks, city trucks, an ambulance and a fire truck working on the scene. By the time I barely started the painting the vehicles started leaving and a tow truck whisked off the damaged vehicle. It seemed wrong to make a painting of a car accident, it takes rubber-necking to a hole new level. Nobody seemed to be injured from what I could see.
Car Accident on Decarie, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2024
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