Plein Air Convention and Expo: Painting Pacific Grove
From my Wednesday, April 15, 2015 blog post. Please go to jillbanks.blogspot.com to subscribe or read the 1000+ posts on Life as an Artist established 2008. And pass the word. Prior to spending this week painting in Monterey, I spent two weeks in Madrid and have 7 years of wonderful adventures and discoveries to share. Happy reading!
Yesterday afternoon, after a full slate of inspirational talks and demos, a huge group of attendees headed out to a wild, windy, wave-crashing coast in Pacific Grove to at least try to paint. Easels were everywhere, weighted down. Folks were holding onto their hats. Painting in cars or under their hatchbacks. I headed to a much calmer site across the street and a little ways North of Asilomar State Beach Park with the waves crashing behind my back. It was COLD. As advised, I dressed in layers. Four of them. And kept on painting and painting a lighthouse that I couldn't previously pull into view.
Anyway ... I'm heading back into the convention and then out to paint. Talk to you tomorrow!
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| Out painting yesterday in Pacific Grove, CA |
Oh, and Berthed isn't the right word for yesterday's boats. Dry docked.
Sign Up for Classes -- In Virgina and Italy!
Registration is going on now for Spring classes -- Tuesday nights, 6:30pm to 9:30pm for Evening Paint (starting April 28) and Thursdays, 10am to 2pm for Painting the Plein Air Landscape starting April 23 (Hurry!). Take a look at my Classes page and I hope you'll join us. Spots are still open in both... but only a couple of them.
And my Paint with Me in Italy workshop in the Piemonte wine region, July 27 to August 2, is filling up. I hope you'll be there!!!
Call for Artists
Plus, if you enjoy plein air painting, consider registering for Paint Great Falls! (Great Falls VA) to capture the town from May 28 to 30 with a Quick Draw event on May 31, 10am to noon. Registration is now open at www.greatfallsart.org/plein-air.
Thanks for reading!
Jill
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