Dépanneur Yo Yo

As the sun goes down the sky turns a dark blue with greyish clouds. The lights in the windows are glowing rectangles of yellow-orange light. Internal sources of light such as street lamps and the bright lights of a dépanneur cast dark shadows throughout the scene. To paint Dépanneur Yo Yo, I set up on the opposite corner with my bike headlamp turned around to provide some light on the paper. Shortly after establishing the outlines of the scene a person went into the store leaving their dog tied up to the security railing. Then the Montreal commuter train rumbled by in the background. These are the kinds of details one can not get from a photograph, they happen on location. The sky this time was a darkened cyan (PB15 blue plus some PBk6 black) blended with pure indo blue (PB60) to the top of the painting. The clouds were red brown (PR101/PBr7) with indo blue and a touch of magenta (PR122).

Dépanneur Yo Yo with Dog and Commuter Train, watercolour 8 x 10" Fabriano Artistico, May 2022 (No. 3024)