Menton Old Town in Watercolour Art Print

Menton Old Town in Watercolour Art PrintToo much beige. Not enough terracotta. This fixes that. A loose watercolour of a narrow Menton street, all warm orange townhouses, soft yellow walls and pale blue shutters under a clock tower. Hang it and the room warms up. Walls feel sunnier, plain off white surfaces stop looking flat, and any rattan, linen or oak nearby reads as part of the scene rather than just furniture. It earns its keep in a hallway, a bright kitchen, or beside a breakfast

Hang it where you actually want people to look — above a sofa

or higher above a reading chair so it reads across the room

Looks especially good framed in black or oak on a chalky off-white wall

a clay pot

Best hung at eye level above a small writing desk

brass hardware

a writing desk or a low bench in a hallway

Lamplight helps more than overhead lighting

The shapes are clean

the red lifts the timber

and a little bit cheeky

pastel houses and cypress trees pull the eye through the wall instead of stopping at it