Sun struggling through the clouds

Parts of autoroute 136 are covered, I painted one of the entrance tunnels the other day on a cold afternoon. Further east, the Viger square park stretches over the autoroute, providing some much needed open space and places to sit for the locals, complete with a dog park. Apparently, its also a good spot to make watercolour paintings, and to roll funny smelling cigarettes. You can guess which activity I was doing. Small patches of snow were still hanging on, but with above zero ℃ temperatures it will melt soon. Having said that, snow is on the forecast for tomorrow. 

Viger square park, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025

An arched bridge crosses over the Lachine canal on Mill street, connecting the Bonadventure expressway 10 with Old Montreal. A bike path also goes underneath. Our new Mayor of Montreal said they will not remove any bike paths, but might slow down the development of new ones. In this painting, you can also see a new condo building they completed last year, it is clad in blue, with a pale grey circle in the middle. The sun was struggling to get through the clouds today. 

Arc bridge, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025

Every so often I take a crack at this scene, it gets slightly better each time. I was rather hoping the tourists would be absent this time of year, but it was still full, and several people had to talk to me, or give a running commentary to their friend or child as to what I was doing. Its okay being an entertainment product, there is not much to do around here after labor day. The pigeons didn't seem to mind. 

Bonsecours Market pigeons, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, November 2025