It was total mayhem downtown in Montreal tonight outside of the Bell Center where the Montreal Canadiens (nicknamed the Habs) were playing the Tampa Bay Lightning in game 6 of the series. I found a spot outside of the McDonald's with good light, and a spot to nestle my bike in without getting over run by fans. A cop car sat there blocking the main road to the arena, which was just for fans and a big screen outside. The Habs colours are blue white and red (bleu, blanc, rouge) and the McDonald's was yellow (Jaune). The cop car was also red white and blue which is kind of neat. I liked the sky which was just on the verge of night time, I did it with indo blue (PB60), phthalo blue on the horizon (PB15), and a streak of pyrol orange (PO73) with indo blue at the very top.
Bleu blanc rouge (et jaune), watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, May 2026
Here was the scene looking towards the arena (which is on the right, unseen in the painting). A large crowd was cheering loudly, and I could hear the massive crowd inside of the arena, and hear the whistles from the ref and the announcer call, and the sound of the sticks and pucks though loudspeakers. Waves of cheering kept going, although I could not see the score, only the back of the screen. Incidentally it was 0 - 0 the whole game, and Tampa scored in overtime to take it to a game 7 in Tampa.
Bell Center big screen, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026
This was the first painting I did, after approaching the scene along the st Jacques bike path. A cop car blocked the road here too, and there were cruisers parked all over. The Bell Center is seen up in the background, with the Bonaventure station ramp going over to the upper left. Another watercolour painter stopped and talked to me, she had her paint kit with her, and we will follow each-other on Instagram, that was kind of neat. I made the traffic lights on the left red, blue and white to go with the theme.
Bell Center game 6 Montagne street, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026
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