After quite some time, like pre-pandemic, they have been working on two new entrances to the st Henri metro station. Recently, the construction walls were brought down to reveal the new structures... tinted glass cubes on the north and south side of the street not too far from the old entrance. To paint the scene, I framed one wall with the background elements, including a bus, the caserne (fire station) in yellow-ochre bricks, and the distant view of downtown Montreal. A tiny bit of snow was still on the sidewalk, melting away with the plus temperatures. The reflection was done by painting the scene twice in mirror image, then quickly over-painting the tint colour (blue-green-magenta grey). When it dried I did a third over-paint of the black window dividers. Since you can see through the glass, there were actually overlapping images of the reflection, and the bus as seen through the glass.
New metro entrances st Henri, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, February 2025 (No. 4193b)
The Lachine canal was still mostly frozen, here is the foot bridge going from Verdun to Atwater market on the other side. It's not too often you see the blue shadow of the bridge on top of the white snow. Once it all thaws, the canal gets a dark tea-colour with dark brown and blue reflections. These two paintings took longer that usual, since the weather was nice I could use more complex techniques.
Atwater bridge shadow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2025 (No. 4279a)
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