I was down on Sherbrooke on the weekend painting the new donut store when a fire truck stopped and the fire people hopped out to wait in line and get donuts. No there was no fire or anything, but it must have been an emergency donut, or perhaps a donut emergency? In the painting I depicted the firetruck from memory using pyrol red (PR254) which is a very thick and very red paint good for fire hydrants, stop signs and other bright red objects like donuts. Pyrol red is a weird one, it doesn't mix well with anything, and it will quickly muddy up on the palette creating a much duller brownish red. Recently I picked up some quinacridone red (PR209) and might try that on the palette for awhile, it has a higher tinting strength with more blue reflectance. Red is actually not very common when landscape painting, its probably the least used paint on my palette. Its more useful in abstract paintings, like this surrealistic take on donuts and a fire truck.
Emergency Donuts, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, June 2024
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