Donald Park, August 26, 2020

No.691; Wednesday Morning at Donald Park; oil on panel; 7x10"

It was really quite hot but, as Tom says, shade and a nice breeze made it pleasant enough. I looked around for quite a while. Donald Rock was very tempting. I resisted it in favor of these oaks and the mild blue yonder behind them. The sky was actually blue but I used warm colors to express the heat of the day.

 

Donald Park: Larson's Pond

 On the other end of Donald park, there is Larson's Pond. In the far background on the right side, you can even see Donald Rock. Watercolor. 9 x 12. David Williams

Donald Park Outing

It was a bit hot and humid last week but not too bad with shade and a breeze. I'm hoping we've seen the last of hot weather. Here's my Donald park painting after substantial fixing at home.

Tom

McCarthy Park

Had some nice weather and a good group of painters at McCarthy Park last week. My painting from there is still undergoing repair (it may not survive) but here's a photo of some of the park's scenery.

Paint the Point, the nocturne event...

This is my nocturne from this year's Paint the Point event. It's 8x16" on a gessoed panel. It won 1st Place in the competition. Also, the owners of the Mineral Point Hotel (the building in the middle) bought it. If you want to see it in person take a jaunt out to Mineral Point. This was the perfect evening. Not too hot, a little breeze, and zero mosquitos!!! Therefor the title of the painting is: A Perfect Evening on Commerce Street. 

It was great to see so many DCPAPainters at the event. I thought Arts Mineral Point did a good job of keeping everyone safe. A lot of nice work this year!!!

Paint the Point

I just returned from Mineral Point after painting in their "Paint the Point" plein air event. The weather was good and the landscape and painting options there are just great. Other painters from our DCPAP list who attended were Jan Norsetter, Preeti Ojha, and Kyle Martin. We all did good work (in my opinion), with Jan winning the award for best nocturne and Kyle winning the Painter's Choice award. Preeti did an outstanding "Quick Paint" and I sold two paintings. So I may have achieved my goal of at least covering erxpenses.

One of my sold paintings was one of my better efforts so I have to post it. I titled it "Morning Glare". I'm also posting a photo of a dangerous gang of cattle who bellowed and threatened me as I was attempting to paint (behind a fence). The farmer stopped by to see what I was painting and I complained to him that his cattle were unruly. He just laughed.

Tom