Sunday, December 7, 2025

Snow piles Rona parking lot, McD

In the winter, snow is piled high around the Rona parking lot making for some compelling scenery. Here, you see parts of a car parked behind a snow mound, with trees in the middle ground and the Rona facade in the background. A number of different techniques were used to paint the snow pile including wet-in-wet and drybrush textures. Colours vary from pastel blue, violet, beige, grey and yellow. The car was tricky because it had to look like a car with minimal information. 

Snow pile Rona parking lot, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4938b)

While the first painting dried, I turned and did this painting of the McDonald's with a bus stop and snow piles in the foreground. Naturally, I replaced McDonald's with my initials and the year, and put a smiley face on the bus stop advertisement. When the first painting was finally dry, I painted the tree details and initialed it. Watercolour paint dries slowly on a cold, overcast day, and using salt water, so I usually try to do two at a time. Last year I painted 5 x 7" all winter, but this year I did away with that format and its all on 6 x 7.5". 

McD bus stop snow piles, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4948b)

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