Down on st Jacques there are a few fast food restaurants including this A & W hamburger joint. I have tried painting it before, this time I got closer and emphasized the entrance. Bright orange was the main colour, and pale pink flowers adorned the foreground. The orange was mostly done with chormium orange hue (PO62) from Schmincke.
A & W entrance, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, August 2025
How many artists have painted the McDonald's drive through? That's probably what the people driving through were thinking. Yellow was the main theme colour here, it was in the golden arches, the brown-eyed-Susans, and the signage on the garbage can. It was a happy looking garbage can, I enjoyed painting it quite a bit. The brown sides were done with burnt umber (PBr7) and indo blue (PB60), the top reflection with dilute sapphire blue (PB15) and green umber (PBr7). A lot of pigments have the code PBr7, it can describe anything from greenish beige all the way to super dark chocolate.
McDonald's drive through, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, August 2025
I had a request from one of my 'super fans' to paint the front of the Chalet Bar-B-Q, a chicken rotisserie that has been operating since the 1950's, well before Swiss Chalet existed. Its is still more or less the same thing, albeit with higher prices now than in 1950. There are several unique elements to the scene, including the A frame overhang, the tiled facade, the golden window frames, two rooster-themed wall mosaics, and a hanging chicken-themed ornament, not to mention the over sized sign. I consider this more of a study since I would like to go back on the weekend and do an 8 x 10" when there is less traffic in the way. I think I'll crop the top windows more and zoom in the facade next time to get the details.
Chalet Bar-B-Q study, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, August 2025
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