The bike path intermingles with cobblestone down at the Peel basin, Off to the side, there are a few benches and wild flowers growing in a large patch, with little plants sprouting up through the cobblestone. I used perylene maroon (PR179) with a touch of pyrol red (PR254) to get the basic colour of the stones. Brown protrusions, some type of decorative grass, were growing out of a large patch of Queen Anne's lace. The highway arching over the Peel basin is seen in the background.
Cobble stones wild flowers, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026
I was mainly standing here due to the shade from an adjacent train bridge. It was the end of my day of painting and I just stopped on this location for a few more before heading home. I will post the other ones from downtown after this blog. In this painting, I caught the shadow against warm concrete, the basin in the middle ground, and a grain silo in the background, covered in graffiti.
Bridge shadow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026
Water rippled as it gently lapped against the old concrete basin walls. Once a big shipping/receiving port, now its a place of recreation and summer festivals. Not to mention a great place to paint!
Ripples and fence, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026
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