Merrimac Ferry July 17th

Nice day for painting the ferry.  I was at the little park on the south side. 

Merrimac Ferry - mixed media

Cherokee Park

Lots of good paintings, helpful advice, and good food and company at Marla's made for an enjoyable painting day.  Thanks again Marla for hosting.  Here's my painting after I took some of the advice I received and tried to fix it up.  I had trouble getting the large tree on the right to look like it fit into the scene and this was best I could do.

Cherokee Park and Lake Redstone

I really appreciate the constructive advice the group offers. I threw some paint as this and now there are a couple spots I like. I am also posting the painting I came home with from Lake Redstone. Should I attempt to take it further or call it a good 4 hour painting?

Cherokee Marsh

Prairie in bloom, oil on linen panel, 14"x18"

Cherokee Park

I did a few touch ups on the two paintings from this morning when I got home.
Thanks to everyone for helpful comments.
Also, thanks to Tom for organizing and to Marla for hosting lunch!
Wendy

Darya Vassina's exhibit

I am having a small exhibit at St.Andrew's episcopal church in Regent street in Madison during July-August 2018. It's a mix of oil and pastel paintings, including landscapes and still lifes, mostly done in the last year.

Siraj Hull Art Display

A message from Siraj:

I’ve been working on collages using mostly teabags for a display that will go on starting Friday till early September at the Carbone Center. 

While living in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, I met a local artist from whom I took lessons on recycled Tapa cloth artwork. Using some of the same techniques I learned in Tonga, I’ve started experimenting on teabags. Here is one sample of that teabag collage artwork.  Please visit my display at the UW Carbone Center in Madison, Wisconsin from June 30 till September 26.

UW Union outing

So glad I found Tom last night, otherwise I would have left -- the crowds looked intimidating! :-) Got there after 7 pm and managed a very quick study standing next to Tom -- very sketchy!

UW Union Outing

I almost didn't get there. Street construction blocked my path to the Lake Street parking garage and I had to wander around in rush hour traffic to find another entrance to the garage. I almost left but did finally find it.  Darya also managed to get there but no other painters and I'm wondering if others also couldn't find any parking. I'll think twice before scheduling another outing there.  It was also more crowded than I expected for a Monday evening but I did manage to find a somewhat out of the way spot to paint.  Struggled with painting a complex crowd scene. I have to think more about how to do that.  After the sun went down I tried out my new easel light and did a quick painting of some boats and the last of the light.

Tom

Indian Lake 2017 & 2018

I painted the first one last year I think in June and the other on our recent outing to Indian Lake.  They are both on 140lb cold press painted with watercolor and soft pastel.  Thanks again to Pat and Charles for the refreshments!!

Indian Lake Nocturne

At our recent Indian Lake outing I did an underpainting for a nocturne before being driven out by mosquitos. I finally got around to finishing it from a combination of memory and invention (the moon never actually came out).  So here it is and don't tell me it looks like a sunset ;-)

Tom

Merrimac Ferry Outing

After all my fretting about the weather forecast a few of us did head out Friday morning and it was beautiful, at least for a while.  After a couple hours we lost the nice sky and it started raining about 11am.  But there was time to paint.  Since we haven't painted here before I'm attaching a few photos showing some views.  I tried to paint the ferry docking, as shown in the last photo, but struggled with getting the drawing of the ferry accurate.  Partly because you could only see the ferry docked for a few minutes at a time as it went back and forth across the river. Seems like there's always some strange challenge that comes up in plein air painting.

Tom Gilbert

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