With steady rain there was a brief opportunity where it subsided enough to get out on my bike on the first day of the new year. I had seen this scene on a previous ride, it is a small rectangular building housing a Domino's Pizza chain. It was more about how the building sat in its environment that drew my eye, nestled between condos and surrounded by trees in the background. Light, misty rain came down as I painted. Most of it was done on location, although I had to touch it up at home to get the edges and finer details.
Domino's Pizza rain, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, January 2025
This interesting looking building on the corner used to be a hair dressers, but now it is scheduled for demolition along with the entire block along Cote st Luc. The other shops are all closed down except for a laundry mat which is still open for business for awhile longer at least. The rain was picking up as you can see, and I had to sharpen up the details at home after it dried. I will go back to this location and paint the shops before the demolition.
Corner store demo rain, watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, January 2025
It was steady rain by now, so I found a small overhang to get under and do this painting of an interesting blue shadow of a tree. The sidewalk was wet and reflecting the orange light from one of the street lamps behind it. Since the sky was still a little blue, the shadow also took on an eerie blue against the coral coloured sidewalk. The cars going by cast yellowish highlights onto the road. Painting this under any circumstances would have been challenging, the rain made it more so. At home, I painted the tree and a few other edges and details that were not possible on location due to spitting rain. Normally this would be snow coming down, but the weather is very warm lately. It should cool off considerably in the coming days though.
Blue tree shadow, watercolour 5 x 7.5" cold press, January 2025
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