Indian Lake 5-29-18

Such an awesome night. We were there until dark which let me get two paintings started.

Indian Lake County Park

Indian Lake County Park was surprisingly pleasant despite the thermometer reading! The shelter provided some shade and there was a bit of a breeze. It was nice to get out and paint. My second paining as the sun was getting lower was fun to do.
It was good to see folks out painting! Wendy

Indian Lake Outing

We painted yesterday evening at Indian Lake and it seemed like a mid-summer day already.  I did a twilight painting and then tried to do a nocturne.  I knew a full moon was about but it wasn't where I wanted it to be and was covered by clouds.  I started the nocturne anyway.  Intending to throw in an invented moon, but once it got darker and I turned my easel lights on, the mosquitos attacked me in swarms and I had to give it up.  But I'm still posting what I completed of the nocturne and hope to somehow complete it later.  The new shelter at Indian Lake is quite nice with good painting views, a firepit, and new rest rooms.  Might be a good spot for a plein air painters party at a later date.

Tom

Solo Plein Air in Lewis Park 

I did some solo plein air work at Lewis Park in McFarland this past weekend.  Wendy

Bucky

 

For those that didn't know I got to paint a Bucky for the Buckys On Parade event. Now I'm doing a painting of my painting as a keepsake. It's in such a cool spot. :)

Salmo Pond Outing

Had a nice warm and sunny morning at Salmo Pond.  There were still bundles of dead branches and stuff along the shoreline from their cleaning up the area, but I tried to paint it abstractly so who knows what it is.  It's just a spring painting.

Tom

Edna Taylor Conservancy, May 8th

I got there a little after 6 pm so the light was starting to look good to me. Nice to be out with the group. Thanks, Tom, for getting us out there again!

Waning Light at Edna Taylor Conservancy, May 8th; 8x8", oil on board, by Jan Norsetter

Edna Taylor Park May 8

I enjoyed getting out to paint for a bit!  See you again soon I hope - Wendy

Edna Taylor Outing

Had a nice turn-out for the first outing and no rain.  The afternoon sun was a bit hazy at first but improved later on.  My field sketch needed additional work and this is what I ended up with.  Complete with red-wing blackbirds.

Tom

Edna Taylor Park May 8

It was a lovely day to paint with the DCPAP. I found this great old tree with lively colors surrounding it for painting. I think I'll do a bit more value work on this before I call it done. I do have a title for it.
Title: Spring Alive
Medium: Pastel
Size: 12" x 9"
Trisha Duren

Edna Taylor Park May 8

It was sure nice to get out and see all of you. We had such a nice night. My values were close is the best I can say for what I left with. A few hours help left me with this. Thanks for holding the pose Trisha.

Plein air painting workshop June 2 & 3 with Jon Wilde and Jan Norsetter at Belleville Community Park

http://lsrwa.org/get-involved/program-and-projects/adult-plein-air-workshop/
This is a fundraiser for the Lower Sugar River Watershed Association. We usually have good weather but, just in case, we reserve shelter #3 near the edge of the water, so we'll paint rain or shine. The park is bordered by the Sugar River,  Lake Belle View and the beautiful surroundings of marsh and trees. I hope you'll consider joining us!

First Plein Air Painting Outing fir 2018 - May 8th @ 3pm @ Edna Taylor Park

We will meet in the parking lot around 3pm for painting at the park.  This is the first time we have painted there.  See website for details about the park:  https://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/find-a-park/park.cfm?id=1159 

Please note there are no restrooms in the park but there are businesses nearby.  So far the weather looks good and in the 60's.

No Spring colors yet

Maybe I better get used to painting in the snow. Here is how my painting from February turned out.

More Snow?

In my last post I said spring is coming soon. You'd think I'd know better than that.  Here's another studio snow painting.  A scene from Cherokee Park that some of us have painted before.  Probably my best snow painting of the winter.  But still, I'm ready for a spring scene.

  

The Ponds at Holy Wisdom Monastery and Salmo Pond

With the warmer weather I was able to get out and paint a bit yesterday at the monastery and draw today at Salmo Pond.  Today I went to Crossroads Coffee House in Cross Plains and saw Jan Norsetter's group rosemaling show and I bought one of her door crowns.  It is just beautiful as is all her work.  Several pieces including a cello had already sold and the opening is tomorrow from 5 to 7pm.  Beautiful work by Jan and two other rosemalers.  I think she is so amazing that she gets so much plein air work done AND all the rosemaling, too.  Makes me feel so lazy!  Tom came out yesterday and painted, too and it was fun to be out there painting again.  There were Buffleheads on the pond and a pair of cranes came at sunset as I have seen them do several times this month.  Maybe they will nest there?

Fisherman at Salmo Pond

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Two small gouache studies at HWM pond

2018 Plein Air Events

I was recently notified that the City of Oshkosh will be having their first Plein Air painting event this year.  I decided it was about time I updated the entire list of 2018 events.  Scroll down on this page and check the right-hand column for the list.  A link to Oshkosh's information and other events can be found there.  If anyone knows of an event I've missed please let me know.

Tom Gilbert

Bucky On Parade

Hey all. I have pretty much finished up all the paintings from last year I want to save. Warm weather can't come soon enough. In January I submitted a few ideas to paint Bucky for the Bucky On Parade event uptown this summer. I was notified in February I got a sponsor and two weeks ago I got to pick up my Bucky statue . They tell me mine will be at Law Park for a few months. I pretty sure this preview is no spoiler. 85 were chosen I think and can't wait for the preview party to see them all together.This is all so cool. 2 years ago I was the only artist I knew.

 

The title is Strike Up The Band and it is going to be a one badger Shake The Lake celebration.

Mountains at Last!

I just returned from a trip to Arizona to visit my daughter.  After spending my entire plein air life in Wisconsin I finally got to paint some mountains.  This was started plein air in the Tonto National Forest, just east of Phoenix, but then I did work on it some more at home.  I also have lots of Grand Canyon photos but the views from there are so immense and overwhelming I'm not sure I'm up for  doing paintings from them.

I have a robin visiting my back yard the last couple days so Spring and painting outings must be coming.  Soon!

Tom

Lake Wingra at Vilas Park

                                                 Two small gouache studies painted in a warm car.