Mariner's Cove

We were surprised to find the lakefront area at Mariner's Cove all torn up and under construction.  Not too inspiring and for a while I didn't think I would find a scene to paint.  But I finally did find this boat that had nice shadows and after a rough onsite painting (drawing boats is hard!) I finished it at home.

Tom

August 29th - Holy Wisdom Monastery

Last night I did an ink and watercolor sketch at the monastery.  I had tried the Mariner's Cove site but could not find parking close enough to the venue so went on down to the monastery.  The prairies there are beautiful right now and the fragrance is amazing.  It was a beautiful evening.

Creek Bed Farm

I had a wonderful time painting at the Creek Bed Farm -- a sunny, but breezy day and... no bugs!  The view from the hill was nice, and I am happy I had the right format panel for it. Wish I could also paint the sunflowers, but did not have more time. Maybe, next year. :-)

Morning on the farm. Oil, linen panel, 11"x18".

DCPAP Annual Pot Luck August 15th

What a great morning for painting at Cherokee Park followed by a great lunch!  Many thanks to Joan Siebers, her husband and Maggie (adorable puppy) for hosting the group this year in their lovely home with a gorgeous view of the Yahara River.  It is such a beautiful part of Madison but feels far away from the city.  Every time I go there I feel like I've taken a mini-vacation to some exotic place.  Here's a few photos from the morning and our plein air work.  (So great see everyone and forgive me if I messed up on any names!  Just let me know and I will correct them.)

Cindy & Tom 

Cindy with oil painting gear

Newest member Jane Barnard - Welcome and so glad you found DCPAP

Pam, Ann & Doug....

....and Marla!

Pam seated under paintings by Joan Siebers,  Tracy Wiklund and Jan Norsetter

Rick, Cindy, Jane, Anne Marie & Tom

Some watercolors from the morning and an oil of sunflowers from our last outing

An oil from this morning on the banks of the Yahara River

3 more oils from this morning

creek bed Farmancy

Watercolor. Only did a tiny bit of clean up at home. 9  x 12

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Creek Bed Farm - Sunflowers!

We had perfect weather, a great sunflower field, and no big crowd at the Creek Bed Farm outing yesterday.  There were other painting scenes besides the sunflowers but I decided to try my hand at a sunflower close up.  It's still a work in progress but I thought I'd share a few photos from the day, starting, of course, with sunflowers!