HI! Yesterday I went with Monelle to the Maplewood Garden Eastern Shore Art League Paint Out. It was a lovely time. Phil invited us this year. His wife Barbara used to have us there,she passed away with cancer a few years ago and was very much missed. We all brought a food dish to serve--me--noodle salad.. and we painted around the pool and garden. I did the little pool house..it was fun just dabbling in watercolor and talking. We swam in the cool pool. (The water was cool..) Brenda declared she was a 3 noodle kind of girl as we all took a brightly colored styrofoam noodle to float with. It was fun being with Grace,Monelle,Barbara S.,Gayle,Brenda,Dottie,Donna,Carol, Willie,Purube,and Sharon,and Phil came out to say hello.
Today I'm getting my things organized for class tomorrow. I'm teaching Painting Sunflowers in Watercolor at Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Norfolk. I had to run down to the Smiling Dolphin in Nassawadox Va. to pick up some more yellow paint.. Jenny Floyd owns and runs this art and framing shop.
The first photo is of a painting I sketched at the beach of the star fish shells. I poured after the sketch and am now defining the shells.. better get the paper and things together before painting.
Talk to you soon. Enjoy your weekend, let me know what you are working on! Diana
Your work is so lovely. It would be so nice to take a class from you. I have much to learn. I am happy to hear you are going to have those CD's. You will love them. They are always on when I paint. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteNow if this doesn't describe a most fabulous day, I do not know what does! And such lovely art works came out of the day of fun, too!
ReplyDeleteGlad your back my friend, and looks like your having a good time.. I'm happy about that.
ReplyDeleteWhat I worked on last was the bunny .( you saw that) a small piece but .. I like to keep my brush going ,so that was it.
My art guild is planning some events after summer and I'll be participating in those.
Talk to you later.. BJ
Hi Diana, looks like a fun outing and you are so right about Barbara Custis being missed.
ReplyDeleteBack again, Diana, to suggest you consider removing the requirement that a code be entered to post a comment. It is very annoying and most of all difficult to decipher. As a blog author, it does not display when you comment, but does discourage people from posting on blogs that use them. Just thought you would like to know.
ReplyDeleteHi Diana. That looks like such a wonderful place to spend a hot summer day. Love your plein air painting, and admire you for painting outdoors. I am so far strictly a studio painter.
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