There was an article on Belmont Park in the news today, it used to be an amusement park up until the 1980's when it was dismantled and became a standard park by the river. Located up on the North shore in Ahuntsic, the park still hosts an annual fair with rides by the looks of the pictures on Google Maps. It also appears to have great views of the bridges over the Prairie river which gave me a reason to ride my bike up there. About halfway I was tired and saw some interesting rustic buildings just north of the Autoroute 40, which you can see in the background. One day these old structures will be cleared for condo developments.
Rustic Buildings, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
Around the side of the rustic structures is a vast pebble field with patches of tall grass. The city has blocked development here for some time, the idea was to build a massive sprawling shopping and condo development. The main issue was the congested autoroute 40 which would be made worse with a large development here. Its hard to describe the vastness of the space, this view is looking West with the autoroute in the background. It was very windy and cold when I did this painting.
Pebble Field, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
A rickety old retail space runs along the La Croix road, in the background is the brick wall surrounding a large cemetery. The scene had a wide variety of yellow and green shades, made with combinations of yellow ochre (PY43), orange (PY110), green (PG36), dark green (PBk31) and some brown (PBr7). To capture the building and all its detail I made a fairly accurate outline first with a small synthetic brush I got from Kama pigments last year. There was no indication as to what GBS stood for by the way, one can imagine a lot of possibilities.
GBS, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, April 2024
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