Vasona County Park, Los Gatos, Thursday May 20, 2021

Paintsite survivor edition episode 2

Painters braved blustery cool winds and ran afoul of aggressive birds at Vasona County Park. Undaunted our contestants produced beautiful paintings of the bridge, water and boats. ~ Alison

Big turnout with several newish members plus Rich who I hadn't seen for quite awhile.   The most exciting moment was when a fisherman (not an artist - we're too sure-footed) slipped on the boat dock and went into the lake.    Rich sprinted down to help him out but his assistance wasn't required and the chagrined fisherman squished his way back to his car and left. ~ Brad

A big thank you to those who participated in the Paintsites Survey! A total of 37 members participated. We were very encouraged by all the comments along with offers from members to volunteer in the running of Paintsites. If you would like to view the survey results, please contact paintsites@scvws.org. If you volunteered to help or more specifically, to give a plein air demo please contact paintsites@scvws.org 

Upcoming Paint Sites

Please note: Our coordinators will be traveling at various times in the coming months. Paint sites will still be scheduled but they will be reduced to two locations per month from June to October 2021.

• Thursday, MAY 27 - Santana Row Rooftops, San Jose
• Thursday, JUNE 3 - Rengstorff House, Shoreline Park, MV
• Thursday, JUNE 17 - Frederick’s Lavender Field, Almaden Valley, SJ

For more on specific paint sites go to Paintsites Detail and more on SCVWS activities go to SCVWS.org

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Paintsites Member's Artwork and Photos from this Week 

"I'd originally planned to paint the boats but, with the brisk breeze, there was
no action on the water.  So, while I've labored over the bridge
 a number of times at past paintouts, this time I decided to focus
on the background landscape and make the bridge almost an after-thought.
Next time I'll give the bridge another try." ~ Brad

Vasona Lake by Dale

Painting by Claudia

Boat dock by Dale

Vasona Lake

Viewing paintings

View of Vasona by Karen F.

Boat launch

Clemson

Claudia Brad and Helen

Karen and aggressive goose

Duck on patrol

Dale on the docks

Vasona by Helen

"It was really nice meeting some new artists—
Clemson/Klemson and Monique
 (who helped me “rescue” my paint palette chart when
a gust of wind blew it into the water!)."
by Laura 

Kris's painting of the bridge at Vasona Lake
 

Rich's Painting of the boats docked on Vasona Lake

Alison's watercolor of the Vasona paddle boats and bridge

Clemson's watercolor of Vasona Lake 

"Japanese Friendship Garden" plein air
0.5mm Micron pen x watercolor by Dick