With rain in the forecast, it stayed remarkable dry for this bike ride, not even a drop. This scene shows part of the old gantry crane, it was used to load and unload cargo from the train cars onto boats. Now its just an iconic structure. I used a dreamy pastel colour sceheme for the rest of the painting, trying to make some of those 'happy trees' that Bob Ross used to talk about.
Pastel sky gantry crane canal, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026
Making a visit to the Zen Factory, which is my nickname for this derlict factory warehouse that is now a graffiti haven. This scene shows the side view near rue st Patrick, although I am standing on Boulevard de la Vérendrye. The city is making plans for this location, probably a community housing development. There is a lot of wildlife here, so too bad it wont be a forest.
Zen factory horizontal, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026
Some young lads were looking around, trying to get into this place. They kept staring back at me, thinking I was a cop probably, but then went ahead and climbed onto the roof and through a window anyways. Watch out for the tetanus! I wont get near the place, last time I wheeled my bike onto the asphalt around the building I got a flat tire and a rip in my bike pack. All the graffiti was changed to be my intials and year.
Zen factory vertical, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026
I got a close up view of Mount Crud... that is, the giant pile of snow that is created from snow removal during winter. The black colour is probably gravel and tire particles... I wonder how many car keys, money, glasses, and other lost objects are in that pile? It was a towering hill, probably ten or so stories high. Getting the charcoal-shades correct was harder that is seems, I used mixtures of violet (PV55), blue (PB60), yellow ochre (PY43), burnt umber (PBr7), charcoal black (PBk6), red ochre (PR101)... is there any paint I did not use?
Mount crud, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026
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