The thing about painting dumpsters is that they are usually in parking lots or driveways with good sight lines, and being big blocks of colour they are relatively easy. Rectangles also make for decent composition. In this case, there were blue, magenta and yellow bins in a row out in the back parking lot of the new Royalmount mall. I saw them from afar and was drawn in like a moth to a candle. It was ironic that the mall buildings in the background also looked like dumpsters, although that was probably not the intention. A hot sun was beaming down from behind, luckily I brought along a bucket hat I could wear to protect my neck and ears. Its been nice to roast in the sun for the last few days, soon enough I will be complaining about the heat! The blue was done with royal blue (PB60) and phthalo sapphire (PB15), the magenta was quin megenta (PR122) with quin purple (PV55) shadows, and the yellow was benzi yello (PY154) with dark yellow shadows. To make dark yellow, I add either a greenish grey or orangish grey depending on tint. Iron oxides (PR101) and umbers (Pbr7) create the rust effects.
Blue magenta and yellow bins, watercolour 8 x 11" cold press, June 2025
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