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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