Skating rink in cyan on a snowy night

The last painting of the day was this scene down in the Old Port where a lot of people were skating on this ring under multi-coloured lights. I had to pick a colour for the painting since it was moving between the whole rainbow of options every minute or two. Since I did a magenta skating rink last time, I went with cyan this time, thinking it would look good against the purple sky, black buildings, and yellow windows. It was snowing by now, and you can see the actual snow that landed on the wet painting turned into whitish marks that resemble snow. The cyan section was too moist so the snow just turned to water and made everything blur together. I thought about touching it up at home, even my initials are illegible, but then I kind of liked the blurred effect, it gave the feeling of movement and skating in the snow on a cold Montreal night. Tomorrow is officially Winter, so let go!

Skating rink cyan, watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, December 2024