Creative work needs solitude... concentration without interruptions. It needs the whole sky to fly in; with no eye watching until it comes to that certainty which it aspires to... Privacy, then. A place apart. ~ Mary Oliver.
While in Eastsound on Orcas Island, I found Smith & Speed Mercantile where they sold Milk Paint, a new and interesting water-based medium that I'd use again.I chose marigold, snow white, and soldier blue.
Maybe Smith or Speed said it was a kind of old fashioned paint that would work on outdoor chairs, to weather with more color. We're talking weather: sea gales and driving rain on occasion or steeped in sun.