Standing on one of the paths overlooking Point st Charles, I did a painting of the rooftops and trees. It was very quiet here, just the occasional train rumbling by off in the distance. The main thing with a painting like this is to maintain the white snow-covered roofs, then fill in the areas around them. As it nearly dried I applied the trees, but the right side got smeared despite the use of the drying rack. Anyways, you definitely get the feel of a snowy cold, grey and brown day in the neighborhood.
Rooftops and trees, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2025
Towards the south edge of the neighborhood there is another elevated berm with a path on it, it is the same location that I painted the train yard (previous blog). You can see the construction pylon, they are still working, and I have a feeling many more condos will be going up around here. To the left you see a sliver of the train tracks. The sky effect is done with a yellow circle around white space, then orange, magenta, and dull purple. A few streaks of orange-yellow give the clouds a glowing appearance. Luckily it dried well enough and I could overlay the lamps and trees.
New path sun glow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, January 2025
A passenger VIA train went by as I painted this scene of Montreal. Its probably one of the trains I have taken in the past on a trip to Toronto. Tracks criss-crossed the foreground. In the middle are the stacks of colourful container cars. I could go here a dozen times and come away with a different painting. I did a few here last year like
Seven Trains.
Montreal skyline and trains, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, January 2025
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