West Port Plaza

West Port Plaza ©2015 Steve Penberthy Watercolor and Micron pen on  Strathmore Gemini 140-lb cold-press watercolor paper in handmade sketchbook 6.75" x 10.25" (17 x 26 cm)
West Port Plaza is a mixed-use retail, entertainment, and office development in Maryland Heights, Missouri.  Lots of great restaurants here.  Normally, the Plaza is a busy, bustling place; however, during the hot & humid afternoon while I sketched this, the plaza was nearly empty.  Too early for evening dining, I suppose people were either out doing their back-to-school shopping or staying in where it was cool; not sitting on a park bench sweating and sloshing paint around as I was...  :)