Night Goose

With night falling upon Montreal, this hopeful goose thought I might have some handouts. It seemed slightly mad to paint a goose at night under a lamp next to the Lachine canal, with a train bridge and creepy looking tree in the background. Eventually it wandered off. Geese fly up to Canada to feast on grass and insects, then fly back down south for the winter. There were lots of geese in Winnipeg, which was neat, I painted two geese flying over the red river. To do the grass I made a three-part blend of lime yellow (PY184+PG36), neutral green (PBk31 plus the lime mix), then dark green (PBk31 + PG36). When dry, I overlaid the grass texture using various colours so as to create the illusion of a lamp illuminating grass. As I painted this, the thought occurred to me: "What the heck am I doing?" Lol, I quite like this painting. 

Night Goose, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, May 2026