A Day at the Lake!

"A DAY AT THE LAKE"

Martha Sue Meek, who is one of the owners along with

her brothers, Mac Martin and JT Martin of the

Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas,

http://www.upstairsartgallery.com/

invited the Wednesday Watercolor classes that I

instruct to her lake house on Lake Granbury for

a  paint out.

Front Row:  Martha Sue and Lupe, Francie, Harriet and Mary

Second Row:  Casey, Patty, Marilyn, Sally and JT

Third Row:  Deb, Joan and Margie

Top Row: Chuck

Martha Sue in front of her

Granbury Lake House

Back Porch looking out on Granbury Lake

View of the lake and boat dock from

the back porch

Front Yard Painters

Back Porch Painters

Side Porch Painters

            Joan                                                                                                                                        Sally

           Harriett                                                                                                                                 Francie

        Marilyn                                                                                                                                      Chuck

Patty

Deb

Mary

Enjoy the next post and see the paintings, the subject matter

and the "Hat People" who attended

our Day at the Lake!

2010 Straw Hat Awards!

"MEEK RETREAT - BEST STRAW HAT AWARDS"

2010

Several in the paint out group wore

very stylish straw hats. 

Here are the Winners of the Day

for Best Straw Hats!

Chuck

                                  

         Sally                                                                                                                                          Patty

Marilyn

Francie

There were Painting Subjects galore at the

Meek Retreat

Granbury Lake House

By the time we reached the lake house, set up, settle in,

picked our subject, drew and started painting it was time to

eat lunch, paint some more then pack up and head home.

We started our paintings but will have to finish at home.

The following are pictures of our starts...

Our Paint Out at Martha Sue's Meek Retreat was

great fun and we learned that painting outside is not always the

easiest thing to do.  It was a pretty day, lots of sunshine but

very windy.  We enjoyed the outdoors, good friends and experienced

"The Art of Plein Air Painting"

By the end of the day some were getting a bit silly but very happy.

So long for now!

Visit again soon to see the next painting, project or outing....

Day 3 Graham, Texas Plein Air Watercolor Workshop

On the third day of our Plein Air Workshop in Graham, the

weather was cold and rainy.  We stayed inside and painted in

the Old Post Office Museum and Art Gallery.

We had a fun morning painting abstract underpaintings called

"Minglings" and "Janet Roger Roses".

On Thursday afternoon I painted a watercolor demonstration of the

 Water Lily Pads below, using a limited pallette and

negative painting.  That is painting around the positive subject

matter which in this case was the lily pads.

There was a nice group of artists at the meeting of the

Graham Artist's Guild.  After finishing the painting, I had a drawing and one of the

long time members won the painting. 

After the meeting, I was packed up and headed home to Fort Worth.

It was a fun workshop and I really enjoyed the ladies in the workshop group

and all the members of the guild who came to the meeting.

One of the ladies in my Canvas by Canvas Painting Group recently

remarried and moved to Graham.  She was instramental in my

getting the gig to teach in Graham.  Thanks again Cindy.

If you missed Day One and Day Two of the workshop just scroll down

and you will see the group painting bluebonnets and

scenes around an old Victorian house in Graham.

Come back soon to see the next art adventure or project!