Today is my 11th blogiversary! Now that I have a little distance from my trip to Georgia, I am beginning to sort out all I saw and experienced and learned. In retrospect, everything seemed fancy to this Central California artist/bumpkin. I don’t get out much, other than an occasional Alaskan cruise (2013) or a trip to Israel (2016). All […]
Two in One Day
We painted today on a huge private estate that belongs to heirs of the Reynolds family, which was fabulous. It was also kind of muggy, but we were brave plein air warriors. This time we were on our own to choose painting sites, one in the morning and a second site in the afternoon. Laurel […]
Long Day Learning
We began the day with sketching exercises, walking around the grounds of a former plantation turned state park. Teacher Laurel demonstrated a step at a time, and then we copied those steps. She is a very thorough explainer. Then I went sightseeing!
Locked out in Georgia
Travel is full of challenges. The current one is having locked myself out of my friend’s house. This gives me the opportunity to try posting to my blog from a small handheld device that I am reluctantly learning to use.
A Summer Place in Winter
Today I am in route to Florida, unable to post, so here is something that happened on Saturday. Mineral King is a summer place, but occasionally we visit in winter. (I probably won’t be able to post tomorrow either, so we’ll just have to bravely soldier on for a bit.) The flowers were fantabulous along […]
Fixin’ To Go
Happy Birthday, Mamacita! Leaving for a trip involves lots of preparations. Whether or not there are specific deadlines, there is a need to finish things. This is mostly due to not knowing what else will be stacked up when I return. Besides, if I am learning to paint plein air, maybe I’d better finish all […]
Story Concluded
I read about St. Simons Island, love the beach, learned that an artist needs to paint plein air, “met” an artist who teaches plein air on St. Simons Island, and met a real person who lives there. The real person invited me to stay with her and her family at their home by St. Simons […]
Trail Half-Day
Yesterday I promised to show you the hike my walking buddy T and I took one morning instead of our usual ground-pounding fast walk. (This qualifies as a hike because we carried food and water.) We drove about 10 minutes into Sequoia National Park, a little ways past the entrance station in order to walk […]
Field Trip
Trail Guy and I took another field trip. If I call it that, then it sounds as if I am working. I am always working if I hand out a business card or take a photo that might be worth painting.
Heading Home
I’ve spent many nights away from home in the past month. The drive between home and away is so beautiful this time of year that I want to show you a few photos. I hold the camera up to the window while driving and not looking at the camera screen, so any photo that is […]