On the busy corner of Sherbrooke and Walkley is the sprawling Meldrum Moving company. They moved me twice, including when I arrived in NDG back in 2014. The yellow moving van was illuminated by direct sun and parked between buildings that were in shadow creating a remarkable contrast. The Sherbrooke bus kept stopping every 5 minutes to let people out but there was not enough space to include it in the painting. The yellow van was meant to be the focal point, so including a bus would take away from it. The yellow van colour was mostly hansa yellow medium (Daniel Smith company) which is pigment code PY97 and chemical name arylide yellow. A touch of benzi orange (PO62) was added to give the orange-yellow tint. It scanned out a bit redder, in the real painting the van is like a fresh banana.
Yellow Moving Van, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2022 (No. 3174b)
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