It was a nice day to go for a ride and do some painting, sort of. Riding with the wind behind me, it seemed fine, but cold wind was barreling down the river as I painted out here on the Old Port, and the ride home was an upwind grind. In the foreground, the harbour area was frozen over, in the background, you see all the new condo towers they are constantly putting up.
Cityscape and ice, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4194a)
Standing at the same spot, looking west, here is a view of the maltage factory, and in the middle there were hundreds of seagulls floating on the open water or resting on the receding ice. If this weather keeps up, all the ice will come back. But after warm, rainy weather last week, most of the snow and ice had disappeared. Its a difficult time to paint since most scenery is grey, dusty and drab, but I found a few good compositions today like the angled edge of the ice on the river.
Gulls on melting ice, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4275b)
On the way back I stopped along Atwater street to make a quick painting of one of the many converted factory-condo buildings. As I painted, the train went by in between the two buildings, it looked like the VIA train. With cold weather and low sun the painting dried slow and I had to finish the details at home. I will go back to this spot in better weather and try to get more details. Today I was checking our reflections and saw some neat ones downtown, but again, better weather would help since painting reflections in glass and marble needs several successive layers. When seasons change, it usually takes a little while to adjust.
Hipster condos sunset, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, March 2025 (No. 4281a)
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