Warner Hutton House, Saratoga. Thursday, August 20, 2015

Great paintings in the "Shades of Summer" exhibit in the Saratoga Main Library (runs thru August 29th) and equally fine paintings at today's Warner Hutton House Paintsite just around the corner --- the only difference is that this is the only place you can see the Warner Hutton House paintings.    We hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we did painting them.

Upcoming Paintsites:

• Thursday, August 27, 2015:  Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto.
• Thursday, September 3, 2015:  Linda Vista Park, Cupertino
• Thursday, September 10, 2015:  Private residence on San Mateo County Beach - see Members Only: Paintsites Details for more information.    Currently "Wait List only".
• Thursday, September 17, 2015:  Martial Cottle Park, San Jose.  This is a new park and a new Paintsite.
• Saturday, September 19, 2015:  Saratoga Farmers Market at West Valley College
• Thursday, September 24, 2015:  Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, Santa Cruz.  Followed by post-paintout pot-luck at member's home.  Reservations required for pot-luck - see September Newsletter and the Members Only section on the website.
• Friday, September 24, 2015:  Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz.   Followed by post-paintout pot-luck.   Reservations required for pot-luck - see September Newsletter and the Members Only section on the website. 

For additional information and details for all of these events, see the SCVWS website or the August and September Newsletters.
For more information about the Warner Hutton House in Saratoga, see:
http://www.saratoga.ca.us/cityhall/rec/facility_and_park_rentals/facilities/warner.asp
(Note: the adjacent parking lot is for City Business Only - we parked in the Main Library parking lot and walked through the Heritage Orchard to the Warner Hutton House.)

Here we are:

Alan

Alan's unfinished painting of Melanie and a shady corner of the house.

Helen

Helen's quick sketch of the side of the house.

Helen's finished painting of the front corner of the house.

Caroline

Caroline's preliminary sketch.

Caroline's finished painting with Melanie on the front steps.

Yan and Dick, Rich in the background.

Dick's painting of the house.

Rich's painting from just behind Dick.

John and Melanie - the secret of their success (see below): while the rest of us kept brushing away like mad, they knew when to stop painting.

John's painting

Melanie's close up of the entrance.

Lisha

Lisha's painting of the front of the house.

Liz (front and center) and Broncha (slightly to right of center).

Liz

Liz's unfinished painting.

Broncha

Broncha's painting from just right of center of the house.

Brad's painting of the back of the house from the Gazebo ...

 ... which is where we met for lunch.

Lunch in the Gazebo.  Followed by our critique.  Followed by a trek to the Main Library to view the "Shades of Summer" exhibit.