Last chance snow
Posted: April 11, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized 26 CommentsMy favourite time of the day to paint is the morning — the light is often better and there are more parking spots on the street — but I don’t get to choose my teaching schedule and this semester I was in class early every day. That means I missed all the fresh snow, because if you live in Montreal you are well aware that almost every morning snowfall melted away with the rain that followed it. It snowed again last night, maybe for the last time this April (or maybe not!), and for once I had no class AND there was a parking spot facing my favourite strip of old buildings on Lakeshore Road. A reason to celebrate for sure.
If you are looking for something to do this coming weekend (April 15-17), the Lakeshore Association of Artists is holding the annual spring show at Fritz Farm in Baie d’Urfé (20477 Lakeshore Road). It’s a wonderful outing on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, there’s lots of great art on display (more than 40 artists — including me — will be exhibiting) and it’s for a good cause (a portion of the proceeds from all the art sold goes to Nova West Island). More details about the show here. If you are thinking of dropping by to say hello, the vernissage is Friday evening, and I’ll also be around on Saturday afternoon as well. Hope to see you there!
That wet street is amazing!
Thanks Sheryl! It’s always hard to decide how much to include in those reflections.
Wow! So pleased you found such a perfect subject to showcase your skills. For me, special even by your high standards.
It all depends on finding the right parking spot. There’s only one place from where I have the perfect view and no one can park in front of me. It’s usually occupied but I was lucky today. Thanks Tony!
That street is SO WET! Holy cow!!
It was a wet day! And hopefully the last of the snow!
Wow, the wet street so well done!
Louise
Thanks Louise!
Exactly as I see it in my mind today!
But it’s warming up. We may be in short sleeves by the weekend, if the weatherman is correct.
Awesome!! Definitely worth celebrating all of that coming together, Shari! For all of us…this sketch is amazing. Those reflections are stunning… mesmerizing really! So well done! 😃
Thanks so much Charlie!
love the wet street!
Thanks Suhita. It’s always hard to know how much to include…
You’ve managed to make overhead hanging wires look interesting! 🙂
I love drawing those. They add so much rhythm to the sky. I probably have wires in half of all my outdoor scenes.
I too have them in quite a few of my photos…often ‘tho I wish we could put the wires underground to avoid spoiling the ‘view’…lol. It’s all relative, eh?! 😉
I had already decided that, for me, it is the reflections in the wet street. Then I read the comments here and found I am keeping good company. I love the whole sketch, with a stunner of a foreground…beneath the cleverly worked wires 🙂 Love your joke jmnowak.
Instead of the word ‘joke’ please read ‘humour’ – a better choice of word. Thankyou.
I understood what you meant. Don’t worry! Thanks Sandi.
Love the “wetness”. I need to get out more!
Thanks Donna!
I love the wet look to the street. This is so nice!
Thanks so much Joan!
I love your colors as well . Ditto the beauty of the wet street. Amazing how many love the look of something as common as a wet street. I love it. (Sorry–used “love”3 times but I do love this piece-thats 2 more times.
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Yes, the street, the decisions and control around the ywllow and purple, light and dark.