The big city

I went downtown extra early before an appointment today just so I could draw. I love my quiet neighbourhood but there’s nothing like drawing in downtown Montreal. I parked on Blvd. St. Laurent and had a view down Milton, where there were buildings, cars, a truck, pedestrians, graffiti, and the sound of sirens. A perfect city experience.

I only had a 005 Micron pen with me so I did a lot of excited scribbling. So much scribbling that I wore down the nib of the pen and had to discard it. But it was just great to be sketching from my car again.

On my way home I made a little detour to Pointe Claire to sketch in one of my favourite spots. The village has changed a bit. Now there’s no parking on Ste. Anne, a street where I painted so many winter scenes. And my favourite yellow building has been renovated and now is clad with a dull brown siding. Oh well, it was still great listen to the cold wind howling outside while I painted my first snow scene of the season.