Icy surfaces everywhere, chip truck

Parked out in front of City Fruiterie was this chips truck, I changed the brand to be my initials but you can probably guess which brand it was! I used some of my still life techniques to paint the truck, including fonts, and shiny things. The view was cropped because there were not too many places to stand next to my bike and paint today, I found a little corner at the strip mall where the locals hang out in the summer, it blocked most of the wind chill. 

Chip truck, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4972b)

Speaking of wind chill, I had just dropped off some donation items at the local Renaissance thrift store, and made a quick painting out in the expansive parking lot. The entire parking lot was frozen solid like a skating rink, making it impossible to ride. I had to walk my bike around the edges where the snow was crunchy. The painting was much brighter and with more contrast upon completion, but the slow drying time allowed paint to soak into the paper more than usual. This tends to happen when the windchill approaches -30℃. My water is heavily salted in the winter to prevent freezing, but it still freezes a bit in these conditions.  

Frozen parking lot, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025  (No. 4987b)