New leaves and flowers on trees

After work I rode down to the park near Lachine with all the sculptures, hoping to catch the trees with white flowers. They were just putting out the first leaves, a dark red colour in fact. Hopefully they will flower again soon, I painted these trees a few years ago on May 18th with pink flowers, and May 28th when they had brilliant red leaves. The painting was done by applying the background sky and river, then over-painting the tree and finishing with the red dots for the leaves. Pinkish and green highlights made the tree bark glow.
 

New leaves down by river, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, May 2024

 

On Lunch break I grabbed some bread and a sandwich from Snowdon Bakery, then made a quick painting across the street of this tree with white-chartreuse flowers. There are quite a few different species of trees that flower like magnolia, cranberry and cherry. This may be some sort of lilac bush, although lilac flowers come later in the year.

Flowering tree Harley st, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, May 2024