Bins train snow

As the after-work commute started to ramp up, I found this scene of my favorite yellow dumpsters, now covered in graffiti, and a passing commuter train. With steady snowfall, usually its a no-go for painting but the snowflakes were large and dry so the painting came out pretty good. In fact, falling snow flakes created a snow-effect on the painting, which was due to melted water of the snowflake creating a small backwash. It was just a fun painting to do, after grinding through the last few days of painting, today windchill was lower and generally more pleasant than before. To paint a scene like this, its important to start the bright colours, so I laid down the yellow, red, and blue, then filled in the brown, grey and black tones. 

Bins train snow, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, March 2026