The Chester Flower Shoppe

Here, I sat on a stool in the rain but protected under a large tree and two umbrellas. This was a rainy day-2 of the Chester Plein Air Event. I could have set up my hunter's pop-up tent (thanks for the birthday gift, Chris) but I thought that would appear suspicious in downtown Chester, Nova Scotia. I do enjoy painting when the weather is poor. It's the mood that inspires my creativity. This flower shop (so a passer-by in a car told me) has been used in television and movie sets.

My surface was watercolour ground on a panel. That surface was challenging. It did not react like typical watercolour paper. Colours were flatter than I wanted so I had to "go with the flow" and accept that flatness. I order to "pop" the blues from flowers in the shop window and the reds in the bushes to the right and some in the flower pots, I used oil pastels.

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NOTES

My watercolours are sent unframed to cut costs. This also lets you pick your own frame.

Watercolours on paper substrate include a mat and are ready to frame under glass.

Watercolours applied to wood/MDF panels are ready to frame without glass.
Artwork is protected with gallery-quality varnish.