It was just a delight to paint at Emerald Lake again and to have this private oasis all to ourselves. Thank you very much, Andre Boudin, for being our extremely gracious host. With so much recreational equipment, slide, diving platform, beach toys, kayak, pedal boat, colorful beach chairs, etc, it was easy to imagine all the fun the Country Club members and their guests could enjoy during the lake's regular season of Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Country Club including the 1.75 acre lake also features a sleep over for children, comedy night for adults, opera night featuring singers from the San Francisco Opera, a cardboard boat race, and art projects for children. Usually only members of the Country Club are permitted to use the lake and memberships sell out very quickly, but thanks to introductions from SCVWS member Chris, we were allowed to paint there. We took full advantage of the opportunity and were happy for the perfect weather.
For more information about Emerald Lake Country Club, visit:
https://www.emeraldlakecountryclub.com/
Upcoming Paintsites: See the SCVWS
website or the September Newsletter for details:
- Thursday, Sept 12, Rosicrucian Museum Park, San Jose
- Thursday, Sept 19, Allied Arts Guild, Menlo Park
- Saturday, Sept 21, Edenvale Gardens Regional Park / Hayes Mansion, San Jose
- Thursday, Sept 26, Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz
Artists and their artwork, clockwise around the lake:
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| We had Emerald Lake all to ourselves. |
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| Annie's painting of the lake scene |
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| Annie |
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| Sham's painting of the lake and lakeshore |
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| Sham |
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| Tanvi's painting of the lakeshore |
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| Tanvi's floral painting |
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Mindy's painting of the lawn chairs all lined up
and ready for a string of people to watch the
activities on the lake
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Mindy holds her painting with her subject
material in the background.
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| Indira's painting of the lakeshore |
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| Indira |
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Lauren captured many of the recreational
opportunities on the lake.
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| Lauren had a very comfortable painting location on the bench. |
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Thursday paintsite co-coordinator Marilyn's painting
of the slide and its reflection in the water
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Marilyn also had a very comfortable painting location on the bench.
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| Three ducks came to visit Lauren, Marilyn, and Wendy. |
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| Wendy's painting of the diving platform |
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Some of them are sort of hidden, but there are seven
artists in this photo, five on the sandy beach and
two on the overlook by the Totem Pole.
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| Sunny's painting of the lake scene |
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| Sunny painting her lake scene |
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| Elaine's painting of the slide and its reflection |
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| Elaine waving from her overlook by the Totem Pole |
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| Kaaren's painting of the lake scene |
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| Kaaren |
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Lavonne included three lake scenes on
one sketchbook page
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| Lavonne |
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| Linda P.'s painting of the lake scene |
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| Linda P. |
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| Helen's painting of the lake scene |
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| Helen |
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| Anne spotted a turtle swimming by the lakeshore. |
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| Xueling's painting of the diving platform |
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XL and her painting with the diving platform in the distance.
Xeuling's painting is a mirror image of this view of the diving platform
because she stood on the far side of the platform to paint.
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Thank you to Kaaren for leading the sharing of our artwork. She did an
excellent job of leading the discussion. She pointed out the best things of
each painting and occasionally mentioned something that could still be
done to make the painting even better.
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