It was a nice Autumn day, just a little bit windy and a tad bit of snow. Painting was a challenge, in this scene you see snow blowing across the basketball court down in Coffee park. I applied a moist wash to the area of the blowing snow, then painted details around it, using the trees and post as a device to create an illusion of floating clouds of snow.
Basketball net blowing snow, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
Cars at Raffi's auto shop on Harley street were buried in piles of fresh snow and the strong wind was whipping it up even more. Quebec issued a travel advisory for cars, to basically stay home if possible, but the travel advisory did not say anything about riding bicycles today!
Raffi auto cars under snow, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
Riding east along the Maisonneuve bike path brought me to a group of trees that offered some respite from the blizzard-like conditions. On cue, the commuter train rolled by and I could paint its outline real quick, then integrate it with the foreground trees. To begin, I painted out a faint outline where the snow highlights had to be, then filled in the little bits of tree trunk and branches that were visible. So most of the snow is just paper showing through since there is no white paint in watercolour.
Train through trees, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025
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