Rosicrucian Museum Park, San Jose, Thursday, January 6, 2022

Thursday's Paintsites opened the new year with a record-breaking 20 painters, maybe the most since the pandemic began - Alison, Jane, Lora, Tanvi, Masako, Claudia, Helen, Tanvi, Susan BG, Brad, Kathryn, Salinda, Dick, Linda, Laurie, Candy, Monique, Karen, Caroline, Janice and Jayne. 

We began the morning under the date palms in the Peace Garden with a watercolor demonstration by Paintsites member Jane S. on painting trees with tips on atmospheric perspective. We pretty much had the Rosicrucian Museum Park to ourselves until some uninvited guests arrived. Luckily, Jane managed to carry on through the raucous made by a murder of crows (30 +) harassing an unfortunate red tail hawk (possibly injured) perched in a tree above. 

Many artists stayed to paint after the demo.

For more on the Rosicrucian Museum Park please go to:

https://www.rosicrucianpark.org

 

Note: Wildlife rescue organizations in the Bay Area have been getting several calls lately regarding injured birds including hawks. Check out the following website for info on how to report injured wildlife.

https://losgatosbirdwatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LGBW_Animal-Rescue-Info.pdf

Upcoming Events

JAN 16 - SCVWS Online DEMO @ 1:30 PM by Michael Holter

JAN 17 -18 SCVWS WORKSHOP by Michael Holter

JAN 20 – THURSDAY PAINT SITE:  Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto

JAN 27 – THURSDAY PAINT SITE: Casa Grande, San Jose

JAN 30 - WEEKEND PAINT SITE: Rosicrucian Museum Park

For additional information about the January events, go to the SCVWS Newsletter or Website www.scvws.org

Photos of Artists and their Artwork

Paintsites Co-coordinator Jane S giving a demo on painting
 trees and atmospheric perspective

Jane's first wet wash

Jane's limited palette, and calligraphy brush used to paint 
almost all of the painting

Closeup of Jane's completed painting of the palm tree

Paintsites' artists observing the demo

Salinda and Iris 

Masako and Jane S. 

Jayne 

Dick and Salinda

Candy

 Peace Garden koi pond 

Rosicrucian, Mediation by Caroline

Closeup of the Koi Pond in the Peace Garden

Alison's watercolor of sculptures in Rosicrucian Park.

These figures are located in the labyrinth and are Horus 

an Egyptian god in the form of a falcon!~ Alison

Twin sculptures of the god Horus

The Grand Temple by Brad 
Great way to start 2022:  getting reacquainted
with our artist friends; the informative demo by Jane;
 and lots of interesting things (including the Grand Temple)
to paint after the demo~ Brad

Mosaic fountain in front of the Grand Temple

Gateway to the Peace Garden, painted by Laurie

Raptor trying to escape a 'murder' of crows