Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont was very beautiful
with the grass on the hillsides so green, poppies such bright orange, lupine
such rich purple, lots of water in the marshes, and the rain from the night
before making everything appear so fresh without making trails a bit muddy. From our first painting spot on top of Red Hill we
could see the San Francisco Bay, Dumbarton Bridge, the Peninsula, San Mateo
Bridge, San Francisco, Oakland, Mt. Diablo, the Diablo Range, and the marshes
at the park. Our hike was pretty short, only
about 2 miles total, leaving us more time to paint. In addition to the poppies and lupine we saw
lots of wild radish on the trail up the hill and blue eyed grass on our way
down.
A
group of school children arrived by bus and hiked up to
the top of Red Hill. They were just
delightful because they were so excited when then saw a group of artists and so
complimentary when they looked at our artwork in progress.
S
ome artists painted the views of the marshes from near the
parking lot. After the hike, some of the
artists strolled along the boardwalk out into the marsh and then enjoyed a
visit to the Nectar Garden which contained many beautiful flowering plants.
Upcoming paintsites:
- Thursday, April 19, 2018: Campbell Heritage Theatre, Campbell
- Saturday, April 21, 2018: San Jose History Park
- Thursday, April 26, 2018: Cummins Iris Garden, Scotts Valley
- Thursday, May 3, 2018: San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
- Thursday, May 10, 2018: CharMarron Peony Gardens, San Jose
- Thursday, May 17, 2018: To be determined
- Thursday, May 24, 2018: Cooper-Garrod Vineyards, Saratoga
- Thursday, May 31, 2018: Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton
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| Artists amid the rocks and poppies at the top of Red Hill |
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| Liz with San Francisco Bay in the background |
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| Liz's painting of poppies and rocks |
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| Lora is using watercolor pencils for excellent portability |
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| Lora's watercolor pencil drawing of rocks, poppies, and vast vistas |
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| Salinda |
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| Salinda's painting of rocks, poppies, and San Francisco Bay |
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| Salinda's painting of poppies and lupine |
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| Matt |
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| Matt's wildflower painting |
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| Matt's painting of marshes |
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| Broncha's Tombow painting of San Francisco Bay and Dumbarton Bridge |
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| Broncha's Tombow painting of Glider Hill |
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| Salinda and Cindy with Bay and Dumbarton Bridge in background |
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| Cindy's panorama painting of Bay, Dumbarton Bridge, Peninsula, poppies, and rocks |
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| Cindy's closeup of poppies amid the rocks |
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| Marilyn (Photo by Salinda) |
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| Marilyn's panorama painting of San Francisco Bay from Dumbarton Bridge to San Mateo Bridge |
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| The hikers (photo by Salinda) |
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| From one hilltop to another (Photo by Salinda) |
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| Liz photographing pink wildflower (Photo by Salinda) |
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| Heading back down the hill (Photo by Salinda) |
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| Dick's painting of birds on the marsh |
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| Dick's painting of Northern Shoveler on the marsh |
