Just before sunset I got down to the train tracks near campus and made a few paintings. It was pretty frosty out there, you can see all the ice crystals that formed in the watercolour washes up in the sky, and in my shadow at the front. The commuter train went by and cars were heading home after a days work. Between the road and the bike path there was a triangle of fresh snow that cast my shadow in a neutral sky blue.
Road path tracks my shadow, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, February 2026
Looking to the west, the commuter train rumbled by. The foliage around the train tracks, including trees and vines, made for some good contrasts with the straight lines of the train tracks. When composing scenes in the winter, its important to keep an eye on the compositions because there is not a whole lot of colour to work with. In this case I used a variety of overlapping lines, in the first painting I relied on the triangle of snow to carry the scene. Hopefully it warms up a bit and I can paint some more.
Train foliage, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, February 2026
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