Flurries downtown campus

At the downtown Concordia campus there were snow flurries as you can see from this view just outside the library. In the background is Mount Royal seen through the city, shrouded in snow fall. Looking up Mackay street, there were a lot of cars parked and driving south, its a one way street. Snow was coming down onto the painting which created some neat effects. 

Mount Royal view through city, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025

Painting the garbage can first, it ended up looking a lot bigger than in real life. Common sense is to paint the sidewalk and skyline first, then fill in the details so as to maintain good proportions on the objects. But it just felt fun to paint the garbage can, one of my favorite motifs, first, then frame the rest of the painting around it. Despite the steady snow flurries, I got enough detail into the scene, and saw the after effects of snow falling on the painting. 

Big bin corner snow, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025