august 2013

Not much time in the landscape - a lot of time working on portraits that we may post sometime. Coco and Mimi spent a day at oak park, fog lifting after lunch changed the light. 
Spent a week in Tahoe, had about an hour to paint.

nina warner
oak park, 9"x12" oil on board

misty morning light
bees swarm to make a new hive
we watch, keep painting

nina warner
tahoe meadow, 6"x8" oil on board

quick study behind the tamarack lodge

24 july 2013

back in the landscape to paint and celebrate Gige's birthday. started out wet, but ended up a lovely day at oak park. blue sky, dappled sun, the sounds of a clarinet screeching in the background accompanied by colorful cursing from a group of homeless guys, along with the occasional grunts of effort from the tennis courts made for a special time together.
We, all four, did some nice work - different views, but similar palettes of color.
So here we are (some still in progress):

d. handloser
eucalyptus trees
9"x12"
oil on panel

p. zwehl-burke
rocks & dry grass
9"x12"   oil on panel

l. smith
sycamore
9"x12" oil on panel

n. warner
through the trees
9"x12"
oil on panel

july 2013

catching up. have been busy becoming portrait painters, so we haven't been out in the landscape as much. but here and there, we still get out.

"nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy"  
mark coleman, "a breath of fresh air"


Coco has a lovely, quick study from Yosemite:

lake tenaya
8"x10"
oil on panel





Mimi was lucky to do ONE study from Paris:

view out the window
6"x8"
oil on panel






and some quick studies in the Sierra:

fir saplings
4"x11"
oil on board

behind the cabin 
4"x11"
oil on board

kaiser meadow
4"x11"
oil on board

pines
5"x7"
oil on board 

young and scraggly
5"x7"
oil on board





Lulu did a weekend workshop full of ocean/beach paintings. will post as soon as I have some images.
Gigi has not been out due to a broken leg (!!!) but is slowly mending and may soon be able to hobble out.

may 2013

Mimi got to spend a little time in the Sierras. weather went from sunny and warm to lightening, thunder, hail and snow - all within a few days. 

worked with a minimal palette of color: cad yellow light, alizarin crimson, cad red medium, ultramarine blue, viridian (found some sap green, too) and white.

the école should spend a week here just to paint!

cold sunlight, clear sky
eye wanders up the hill from
dead limbs to young tree

8"x10" oil on panel

sketch from the window, 
just before storm turns sunlight
to bits of white ice

8"x10" oil on panel

april 2013

April painting days have become a little sketchy, but we are still trying to get out there and work.

Santa Ynez Mission "paint-out" day - 3 of us were out for a clear beautiful day.
A lot of folks came out to paint plein air for this event.

Nina Warner, View from behind the mill, oil on panel, 6"x12"

Libby Smith, View from above the mill, oil on panel, 

5 1/2"x14"

Pamela Zwehl-Burke, Olive trees & shadows, 
oil on panel, 8"x10"


22 April - Steven's Park

Pamela Zwehl-Burke, Oaks, 
oil on panel, 9"x12"

Diane Handloser, Oaks, 

oil on panel, 9"x12"

10 April 2013 - lake los carneros

Coco and Mimi got back in the landscape after a several week hiatus to work with portrait painting. Good to be back outside. Beautiful day, warm and only a little breeze. 2 views of the same path.

                                                         

libby smith
meadow path
oil on panel 
8"x10"

nina warner
meadow path, oil on panel, 6"x12"

11 march 2103 - anderson park

first long, daylight savings day of painting - also warm and sunny, spring in the air with a hint of summer. a hidden gem of a park.

pamela zwehl-burke, oak tree study, oil on panel, 8"x10" 

libby smith, park view, oil on panel, 4 1/2"x12"

libby smith
back-lit tree
oil on panel
8"x10"

diane handloser
big oak study
oil on panel
6"x8"

nina warner, end of park view, oil on panel, 7"x14"

nina warner, park study, oil on panel, 4"x15"