McClellan Ranch Preserve used to be a horse ranch owned by the McClellan family in the 1930s and 40s. It preserves the original ranch house, a working milk barn and livestock barn. The old water tower was moved to McClellan Ranch from another Cupertino site. The park contains Cupertino Community Gardens, bee hives, a natural reserve, and a trail that runs beside Stevens Creek. The old ranch house houses the headquarters of the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society. Bird friendly plants are growing around the ranch house, and bird feeders attract more birds, and the air is filled with the songs of many birds.
About a dozen artists enjoyed a beautiful sunny but somewhat chilly day for painting at this beautiful site.
For more information see:
Link to McClellan Ranch website
Upcoming paintsites: See the SCVWS website or the February and March newsletters for details.
- Thursday, February 22, 2018: Paintsite and Hike and Sketch, Lands End, San Francisco
- Thursday, March 1, 2018: Heritage Orchard, to be determined
- Thursday, March 15, 2018: Gamble Garden, Palo Alto
- Thursday, March 22, 2018: To be determined
- Thursday, March 29, 2018: Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills
- Saturday, March 31, 2018: Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills
As part of the Silicon Valley Open Studios "Talk Art" series of community TV programs, Paintsites regular John Ediger discusses his background, a few of his paintings, and demos his painting techniques for depicting the rusty objects for which he is noted.
Link to John Ediger's Video on youtube
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Tanvi's painting of old red barn
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| Tanvi and her painting in progress |
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| Tanvi's painting of the blacksmith shop |
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| Mary |
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| Mary's painting of red barn |
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| Marilyn's painting of red barn |
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| Iris and Helen set up in front of the new nature museum |
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| Iris's painting of farm buildings |
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| Helen's painting of water tower |
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| Liz |
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| Liz's painting of red barn |
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| Suzie |
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| Suzie's painting of red barn |
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| Suzie's painting of artist at work |
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Leslie challenged herself to paint the red barn using no pencil lines,
only large brush. She met the challenge very well.
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| Leslie posing beside the shovel bird |
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| Leslie's tombow drawing of shovel bird |
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| Leslie's tombow drawing of pigeon coop |
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| Leslie's tombow drawing of blacksmith shop |
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| Lorraine |
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| Lorraine's painting of watertower and barn |
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| Candy |
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| Candy's painting of water tower |
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| Candy's sketch of magnificent wintering tree |
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| Candy's detail of large red barn |
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| Jane |
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| Jane's painting of beehives |
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Joe's painting of trail running beside Stevens Creek. Joe mentioned
how quiet and peaceful it was painting beside the creek.
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| Anu's painting of tree along Stevens Creek |
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| Anu's two page spread of view of trail |
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