A clear inky blue sky and bright orb-like moon made for some interesting scenes. Here is the McDonald's up in Cavendish mall where the parking lot has some powerful white lights making it possible to paint. It was just after work and I hadn't planned to do a bunch of night paintings after a long week in the office. As usual with a night scene there were light sources coming from every direction. It was a little hazy which created a fuzzy halo around the moon.
Moon over McDonald's v2, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2024 (No. 4147b)
This was the first attempt where I composed the moon centrally and featured more of the building on the right. In fact, the moon was hidden behind the apartment buildings on the right, so I had to add it in from memory.
Moon over McDonald's v1, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2024 (No. 4016a)
These apartments over in Cote st. Luc were visible through some trees. It was a bit earlier than the other paintings so the sky still had some violet. It is very difficult to get the high chroma colours in there like the bright yellow, orange and reds since the palette gets pretty mucky when painting in the night.
Night scene through trees, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2024 (No. 4147a)
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