The Lachine canal was partially frozen, which created some really neat shapes. To capture the effect I applied a greyish violet outline of the snow piles, then daubed in a neutral cyan, followed by a blackish wash. I've tried to do this before and it failed, but this time it worked perfectly. The trick is to get the colours right, and the moisture right, then it all blends together softly. The black pock marks were holes where people had tossed snowballs across.
Partially frozen canal, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2024
Near the new st Jacques bridge, there are great views of the recently completed Turcot interchange. The cars turning here would be merging with autoroute 15/Decarie towards NDG, while the cars going to the left are headed downtown. In the background you are seeing ville st Henri, and way off in the distance in the middle is the Jacques Cartier bridge. All of the white highlights are the paper showing, since there is no white paint used. That means you have to leave spots for everything such as the cars and the snow covered railings and apartments.
View over Turcot, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2024
The road was shimmering with moisture since the temperature on Sunday was close to zero Celsius which is the melting/freezing point. The wind on the other hand was fierce and cold. There were piles of snow with a neutral blue-violet next to the road which was a darker violet, and the glare shimmered in yellow and orange. The rest of the painting turned out all right, I like the tree, it had little red seeds on it, probably frozen for the winter. I also tried to get in the snow-covered spiral staircases.
Glare on road, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, December 2024
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