About 10 years ago this area was very flat, just a bus depot and large parking lot, now its a teeming hub of city life, illuminated at night. Overhead, the VIA train and STM commuter trains go by, while underneath the city was fully lit up in yellow white and orange lights. The underside of the bridge, a kind of polished concrete, reflected the lights from the street lamps and passing cars. Just the bottom third had a daunting amount of detail to complete on location, with the top portion containing shapes and textures of concrete and a passing train. Passengers could be seen, comfortably seated.
El train illuminated city (study), watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025 (No. 4932b)
With heavy overcast conditions, some buildings were projecting colours onto the cloud cover. The green was likely from the Dejardins building in place des Arts, which I
painted up close the other evening near the skating rink. The top floor of this condo had interior magenta lights, while the other windows, and lights on the passing train were shades of yellow and pale orange. Its good to find as many light sources as possible at night to give some contrast elements.
Cloud colours passing train, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025 (No. 4933b)
The train was rumbling by on the overpass to the right, while a converted-factory-condo building was illuminated by big flood lights on the left of the scene. I am standing on Wellington street sidewalk looking due south here, using the light from a white-LED streetlamp for illumination. I settled on this scene for its composition, the dark blue-violet sky made an interesting shape wedged between the two flanking elements.
Condo convert near overpass, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025 (No. 4934a)
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