Late last night I made this painting of the auto shop across the street from the vantage point of our living room. It was an unusual experience for me to paint a scene like this from the comfort of home, usually I go on location but it was far too cold and windy. Not to mention, it takes some extra motivation to go from a warm home at night to get all the winter gear on and tromp outside in a 20 below blizzard. The painting shows the eerie lights and purplish sky, with the apartment buildings in the background.
Auto shop snowy night inside, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, January 2025
Next, I got all the winter gear and tromped outside in a 20 below blizzard to paint the scene for real. The first painting looked all right but I was curious to see the difference between painting from inside versus outside. For light, I had the head lamp around my neck, pointing down at the gear. Sure enough, the wind was howling and the snow was coming down on an angle. You can see where it froze and blended together when the snowflakes melted later on. The main differences were the colours, you see the greenish tinges here that were missing from the indoor version, and you feel more like you are standing in a blizzard.
Auto shop snowy night out side, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2025
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