Westhaven field, Rona parking lot

Back to watercolours on location, I just posted a slew of digital images, and had not painted outside for several days until this Wednesday. This scene was done at the Westhaven field near the train tracks, just across from Raffi auto. Yellow buttercups grow this time of year, I did a painting of chair in a field of yellow buttercups one of my all time favorites. 

Field yellow flowers, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026

The bottom of the painting shows part of a community garden in the Westhaven field, while Rona sits in the background. Rona actually donated the land to the community which was a decent thing to do.

Rona rear community garden, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026

Lets hope this electrical pole isn't the harbinger of construction. For now, it was just a funny thing to paint, it seemed to have an orange top hat, and was singing show tunes? 

Electrical pole tophat, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026

Using my newfound knowledge of glow effects (learned from using digital sketchbook app), I could create a realistic looking interior track light effect. Done with brush and watercolour its a trick thing to get right. The main idea was the giant tree, and how it seemed to be growing out of the auto shop. Its actually behind the auto shop along the train tracks. 

Raffi interior big tree, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026

Great piles of wooden palettes were stacked up in the Rona parking lot. Mainly I stood here to get shade from a nearby tree, and painted the scene up close. The palettes were done loosely using a blend of earth colours and blue. 

Palettes in shadow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026

Also in the Rona parking lot there is a donation bin in the corner, and someone left this old couch sitting out. I painted a couch on the curb in London Ontario once, I will try to dig up that painting and scan it again. This one turned out pretty good, it has a nice breezy feel to it. In the background is the recently completed massive condo building on st Jacques street. 

Donation couch, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, July 2026