Botanic Garden Statue, Spring

A Group of Plein Air Painters met at the

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens early Wednesday morning to

paint and sketch in the cooler temperature.

I decided to sketch this statue of a child holding a bird's nest

with three baby birds in it.

As I was drawing, one of the gardeners was watching and was

so excited to see painters painting and drawing in the gardens she takes care of.

Gardener Renea told me that she named this statue "Spring". There

are four statues along the path and she calls them the Four Seasons.

It was so peaceful with a little breeze and  relatively cool

in the shade of the trees.

Thanks to Doug, a painter and sculptor who contacts the group

about our plein air outings.

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Plein Air Painting, Botanical Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas

"Cactus"

Botanic Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas

Plein Air Painting

Saturday Morning, July 7, 2012

9 x 12

Oil on Canvas

by

 Margie Whittington

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Morning in the Garden

Plein Air Painting in the

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

"ROSE  GARDEN"

12"x12"

Acrylic on Canvas

The day was overcast but the gardens were

still beautiful.  The fragrant roses were heavenly.

What a lovely place to spend some quiet time.

Except it wasn't exactly quiet, lots of photography going on.

Babies portraits, wedding portraits, everyone wants a

picture of themselves among the roses.

Come back and visit soon and visit the

Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens if you get a chance.

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New Paintings by Margie Whittington

"Ballerina"

11x14

Acrylic on Canvas

Longhorn Steer

16x20

Acrylic on canvas

"Campbell Pups"

8x10

Acrylic on Canvas

"Winter Glow"

9x12

Acrylic on Canvas

"Old Window"

8x10

Acrylic on Canvas

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"Colorful Leaves"



COLORFUL  LEAVES

Acrylic on Canvas

10" x 10"

by

Margie Whittington

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A Paint Out in Acton, Texas

The "Doug Club"  Paint out group met

in Acton, Texas close to Granbury at one of the group's property full

of interesting farm equipment and unique painting

subjects and a pond with a boat.  The May day was gorgeous, sunny with a

little breeze.  We all picked our spots and set up and got started painting

I was fortunate to have my husband, Phil, join me as he usually goes

to play golf on Saturdays. It was a fun day painting, meeting a

group of outdoor painters from Dallas, seeing artist friends and enjoying the beautiful

scenery and weather.

"The Red Tractor"

6" x 6" Acrylic on Canvas

Phil having a go at painting the swing!

Here's Doug, our leader.  He is so good to notify

the artists about paint outs at interesting locations.

The Red Tractor was a favorite subject!

A lazy summer day!

Hope you had a good weekend and a Happy Mother's Day!

Come back again soon.

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Ribbon Embroidered Pillow, Croched Blanket and A Baby Bootee!

RIBBON EMBROIDERED HEART PILLOW

 A Christmas gift last December for my granddaughter, Ella.

I made this crazy quilt with ribbon embroidered flowers

on pretty white and off white fabrics including

silk, taffeta and satin. Of course I made all the

flowers PINK!  Ella has it hanging on her bed post.

A good friend had a baby girl in December.  I finished

a crocheted  baby quilt for the new arrival.   I also painted

a 5"x5" pink baby bootee with her name and birth date.

I'm working on some ribbon embroidered angel sachets

and will post them when I am finished. 

Also, I am crocheting a white baby blanket for the next

friends baby or grand baby.  I am getting smarter in

my old age.  I will finish off the white blanket with a

border of blue or pink whichever I need.  

Visit again soon!

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Painters In Plein Air-Camp Fire USA 2010

      Camp Fire USA sponsored an

invitational plein air paint out for 29 Texas Artists.

This was a four day paint out.  Thursday, Oct. 14 thru

Saturday, Oct. 17. The artists could paint paintings of locations in

the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens or the Japanese Gardens.

Each artist then donated one of their finished paintings to

Camp Fire USA for a silent auction. Awards and the auction were at a

Champagne and Jazz Brunch on Sunday after the Quick Draw Paint

on Sunday morning from 9 am to 11:30 am.

The Quick Draw paintings done by each artist was also donated to

the silent auction to raise funds for CF USA.

The weather during the paint out was wonderful.

Cool mornings, sunshine and warm afternoons.

An artist dream, to sit or stand and paint for four days.

I met so many talented artists, some I already knew

 and enjoyed every day.

I gained a new appreciation for Camp Fire USA and

their endeavors to help children of the community.  It

 is a great organization working to help

children and develop youth into strong leaders .

The Paint Out Committee and Camp Fire USA staff
did such a terrific job helping the artists,

 organizing the paint out and planning the luncheon.
 I was impressed on

so many levels with Camp Fire USA.

The picture of the painting below is of
my donation to the plein air painting of the paint out.

"WATERFALL"

9" x 12"

Oil

This rose painting was my quick draw contribution
to the paint out.
Both paintings sold at the silent auction at the
Sunday Brunch.

"ROSE"

9" x 12"

Oil

Following are pictures of friends and family that came to

visit during the paint out.I was overwhelmed with the support my

friends and family gave me during this

event.  Many of my watercolor class members, friends and 

my Canvas by Canvas group of artists visited and I met new friends

and artists as well.  Phil, my husband, Della, Marta, Judy, Jo and husband,  

Carolyn, her husband and son,

 Joan and husband, Peggy, Deb and friend

visited but I didn't get pictures.

Mary Ann, Connie, Barbara, Margie, Karen, Betty and Nancy

CBC artists

Sally and Francis

Richard, Hadley and Tweed

Leslie, Lisa and family

Danny and Cindy

Me and CBC

Margie

Charlott and Gaye

Nancy and Connie

It was a fun time and being outside at the Fort Worth Botanic gardens

in such beautiful fall weather was such a treat.

Come back soon and see some of the artists who painted in

the Camp Fire USA 2010 Paint Out. Click on the link

and see pictures and a list of artists that participated in this years paint out.

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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,

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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!

Blair Currin Oil Painting Workshop, May 5,6,7,2010

BLAIR  CURRIN  OIL  PAINTING  WORKSHOP

I attended an oil painting workshop sponsored by the

Woman's Club of Fort Worth this past week.

I was a student for a change and had a great time

painting in oils for three days. Here are three paintings

I completed during the workshop.

"SPRINGTIME"

Oil on Canvas"

8" x 10"

This painting was done from a photo I took at Mayfest

last weekend.

"KERRVILLE SPRING"

Oil on Canvas

8" x 10"

This painting was from a photo on a ranch in

Kerrville, Texas a year ago.

"RED WAGON"

Oil on Canvas

8" x 10"

This painting was done from a photo of our children's

little red wagon.  It is now our grandchildren's little

red wagon.  It has survived 2 generations.

The workshop was excellent.  Blair Currin is a plein air artist

and does studio paintings in his Aledo, Texas home.

He taught us the basics of landscape paintings and gave us

individual instructions and a great deal of wonderful information.

He shared his favorite art books and quoted many well known

artists of today and the past.

Please visit Blair Currin's website and view his beautiful paintings.

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Come back soon to see what art project I'm working on next!!!