Paintsites has visited Murphy Ave. before and again our mission was, as the saying goes, to "Paint the Town Red". Which we did. And also, pink, orange, blue, green, etc. The Historic District is only a block long, with nothing too grand, but is very pedestrian and artist friendly and has lots of "small" things (small buildings, planters, an old clock, ...) to paint. And lots of restaurants -- including several coffee shops with sidewalk tables, chairs and benches where we could sit and paint and from which we purchased lattes to sip while we painted. (Also a reputed excellent Chocolatier which Leslie went to reconnoiter --- she never came back so we assume it must have been very good --- another reason to go back to Murphy Ave.)
For more information about Murphy Ave. merchants, see http://www.murphysv.com:/
Upcoming Paintsites:
- Thursday, December 18, 2014: Lighthouse Field State Beach, Santa Cruz - Paintsites Holiday Pot-Luck
- Thursday, January 8, 2015: Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
- Thursday, January 22, 2015: NEW - Sikh Gurdwara Temple, San Jose
- Thursday, January 29, 2015: NEW - Sunnyvale Baylands Park, Sunnyvale
Special Event:
- Saturday, January 10, 2015: SCVWS Annual Holiday Party, Saratoga. RSVP by January 5, 2015
(Remember to bring your 2014 plein air work for display on the Paintsites Stage.)
For complete details see the Watercolor Society website or the December Newsletter.
Again, special thanks to Marilyn Perry, who is becoming, out of necessity, quite a weather forecaster, and who monitored the weather and handled the "go / no-go" website and e-mail notifications. And thanks to all who showed up in spite of the uncertain weather and resultant horrific traffic! (At least the parking is free.)
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| Lunch (photo by Liz) |
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| Showing off our work (photo by Yan) |
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| Still showing off our work (photo by Liz) |
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| With the weight of organizing the Paintsite off their shoulders, Sylvia & Jenny can smile and produce even finer paintings. (Photo by Liz) | |
We didn't get photos of individual artwork at the paintsite but here are a few which have been submitted to Paintsites. Hopefully more will trickle in so you can see just how well we all did.
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| Leslie - no yawning, just awnings. |
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| Cathy - the Murphy Ave. gateway on Washington St. |
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| Dick's painting of the old clock |
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rain held off during our time on Murphy Ave. I started sketching the
art-deco theater; then the sun came out and lit up the clock on the
other side of the street. I could not resist! The painting will not
hang in my home gallery... it sold on Friday. Dick
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| Sylvia's first painting of Murphy Street |
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| Sylvia's second sketch |
I painted two sketches of the same scene - one before the shops opened and one after. My second sketch is my favorite. The first one was sold out of my sketchbook at my open studio! Sylvia
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| Caroline's painting |
There were so many interesting compositions on Murphy Avenue I couldn't possibly choose and painted this street scene from memory! Caroline
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| Iris' painting |
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| Candy's painting #1 |
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| Liz's painting |
Experimented with the trees and leaves to make them stand out...used mastix to mask out
the trees and leaves. Liz
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| Candy's painting #2 - a quick study before lunch |
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