Sunday, December 22, 2019

Central Wholesale Nursery, San Jose, Thursday, December 19, 2019


Yet another rain-free Thursday and today we were blessed with sunny skies and warm temperatures. Many thanks to Central Wholesale Nursery for welcoming us back for another year of painting among their beautifully displayed plants. With the large acreage of this privately run nursery we could set up easily and paint open vistas with swaths of color or focus on individual potted plants from the nurseries' diverse selection.
For more information on Central Wholesale Nursery check out the following link:
https://www.centralwholesalenursery.com/types-of-plants

For more photos of the Central Wholesale Nursery check out Edward Rooks' Flickr account:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardrooks/albums/72157712279934072

HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY BREAK


Upcoming paintsites:  See the SCVWS website or the November Newsletter for details:

  • Thursday, Jan 2, 2020 Stanford Red Barn, Palo Alto
  • Thursday, Jan 9, Sikh Gurdwara, San Jose 
  • Thursday, Jan 16, Don Edwards Environmental Education Centrer, Fremont
  • Thursday, Jan 23, Emma Prusch Farm, San Jose
  • Thursday, Jan 30, TBD rain makeup day

Artists and their artwork:


Annie's watercolor of Central Wholesale Nursery

Annie

Cindy's watercolor of the Central Wholesale Nursery

Cindy

Claire's watercolors of festive cyclamens

Claire's second page of watercolor sketches

Claudia's watercolor of nursery plants and a mysterious bunny

Claudia's watercolor of landscape ornaments, east meets west 

Claudia

Dick's watercolor of  birds within a bird ceramic 

Salinda's watercolor sketches of nursery plants

Dick and Salinda

Edward's watercolor of Central Wholesale Nursery

Edward

Elaine's watercolor of a Red Flyer wagon and Japanese maples

Elaine

Helen's watercolors of nursery plants

Helen

Iris's watercolor of nursery plants
Indira's watercolor of the pansy display

Indira's painting of fruit on a potted lemon tree

Sham's watercolor of a palm

Indira

Sham

Toni's watercolor of the view from the natives section

Toni

XL's watercolor of cacti and succulents

XL

Elaine, Annie, Kathy and Jane
Lauries poinsettias painted from inside the show room


Display of ceramics sold at the Central Wholesale Nursery

Paintsites artists sharing artwork from Central Wholesale Nursery


Monday, December 16, 2019

Weekend Paintsite December 7, 2019 Central Nursery, San Jose, CA

Central Wholesale Nursery is "ground zero" for artists that love to paint plants of many kinds and varieties. This independently owned San Jose landmark hosted our weekenders as they danced between the raindrops on this mixed weather December day.


Link

Central Nursery in full autumn color

Alison's painting

Alison brought home a poinsettia for a studio painting

Cindy's folding sketchbook painting
There will be no weekend paintsite in January. Enjoy the Annual Holiday Party!

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Historic Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, Thursday December 12, 2019


Although a very short jaunt from one end to the next, charming tree-lined Murphy Avenue is chock full of interesting and colorful facades (which made up for a lack of sunshine) and home to thriving businesses including boutiques and international restaurants.  For more information on Murphy Avenue check out the following links:
https://murphysv.com
http://www.sunnyvale.com/story/Murphy-Avenue-in-Sunnyvale-From-Historic-to-Hip/170910

Upcoming paintsites:  See the SCVWS website or the December or January Newsletter for details
  • Thursday, Dec 19, Central Wholesale Nursery, San Jose
  • Thursday, Jan 2, 2020 Stanford Red Barn, Palo Alto
  • Thursday, Jan 9, Sikh Gurdwara, San Jose 
  • Thursday, Jan 16, Don Edwards Environmental Education Center, Alviso
  • Thursday, Jan 23, Emma Prusch Farm Park, San Jose
  • Thursday, Jan 30, TBD rain makeup day
HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Artists and their artwork:


Edward's watercolor of Murphy Ave

Annie's watercolor of a shop window Santa

Broncha's watercolor of the Sunnyvale Caltrain Station

Dick's sketches of the Murphy Ave clock and restaurants

Dick and John

John's watercolor of Murphy Square
John's second watercolor sketch



John's sketch of Kaaren

Elaine's pen and watercolor of the Murphy Ave clock

Elaine's second watercolor of window displays at Isabella Boutique

Helen's watercolor of the Murphy Avenue shops and restaurants

Indira's watercolor of Murphy Ave shops and shoppers 

Kaaren's painting of a Murphy Ave pub

Lora's watercolor of a sycamore leaf 

Jane's watercolor of a Murphy Ave bookstore

Salinda's watercolor of the Murphy Ave pub 

Sham's watercolor of another Murphy Ave pub

Susan BG's mini sketches of the Murphy Ave shops

Tanvi's watercolor of Murphy Square
XL's painting of Murphy Avenue
Annie and Elaine

Helen

Kaaren in foreground.  L to R in background: John, Lora, and Annie

Paintsites co-coordinator Marilyn

Salinda

XL

Paintsites lunch break on Murphy Ave

Lora, Indira and Sham

Lunch on Murphy Ave
Paintsites co-coordinator Jane leading discussion of artwork

Paintsites artists enjoying their morning's work

Paintsites artists sharing their morning's work

Paintsites' artwork on display