A rather dull, cool day and a rather plain, graystone building in Los Gatos, but our paintings were all so different and lively.
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| Sue Newberry, Forbes Mill |
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| Brad Santos, A view of the back of Forbes Mill |
On first glance, the Forbes Mill Museum isn't a very impressive building --- next to noisy Hwy 17, squat and grey, Jenny called it "boring" and Sylvia commented that it looked like a jail. But with prolonged study it grew on me as the various types, sizes, colors, and shapes of stone and the masonry styles or patterns emerged from the boring, squatty greyness. Afternoon forecast showers never came but the constantly changing (in addition to the expected moving) light made everything even more interesting. Working on the relatively "sunny" sides, Laurie and Mary found all sorts of subtle colors and textures in the stone. A bonus was that in the Museum Gift Shop, 2006 Los Gatos Historic Home Tour note cards that Jenny had drawn were on sale --- a set of which I'm now the proud owner.
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| Laurie Barna, The back of Forbes Mill |
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| Caroline Garbarino - Forbes Mill Afternoon |
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| Jenny Tero, The front of Forbes Mill |
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| Sylvia Waddell, Charcoal and Watercolor sketch |
Everyone's work is so completely different! The shapes and colors of Sue's painting give it such a strong graphic impact. Brad cpatured all of the different textures-love his trees! Laurie's stone colors are subtle but really bring the pattern of the stone out and Jenny caught that flash of sunlight on the autumn leaves so nicely. Wish I could have been there instead of babysitting!
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