Rengstorff House, Mt. View, Thursday, July 17, 2014

Horrible, horrible traffic on all the freeways leading to Mt.View!   (Probably engineered by  an anti-Watercolor Society --- they are so jealous of us.)    But that didn't stop us from settling in for a perfect day's painting at the Rengstorff House at Shoreline Park in Mt. View.    The house itself was the big draw but some of us were equally drawn to the old pump house and windmill.

For more information about the Rengstorff House, see: 
http://r-house.org/

Upcoming Paintsites:

• Thursday, July 31, 2014:  Hike & Sketch:   Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, Fremont

The Watercolor Society website and the July newsletter have the complete details.


Here we are (note plein air therapy at work:  all smiles, brush in hand, residual road rage tension melts away) ...

Yan & Kaaren

Anna

Candy

Cathy & Melanie

Judy

Kaaren

Laurie

Helen & Lisha

Liz

Mary P.

Mary R.

New member Nancy - first Paintsite adventure

Nancy T.

Mitsi

Dick & Yan

 Paintings of the main house:

Melanie's finished painting of the main house

 

 

Liz's finished painting of the Rengstorff House

 Some details of the house:

 

Caroline Garbarino

  the pump house and the windmill:

Beautiful day painting with friends and a nice place to recover from horrible commute traffic on 101. I was drawn to the pump house and windmill. I loved that you could order this windmill from Montgomery Wards for $42.50 in the Thirties.      Mary P.

Dick

"When the going gets tough, the tough paint details."


 Our work completed, still smiling, it's time to evaluate our day.  (And eat lunch.):

Weekend Site. Rengstorff House April 20, 2013

It was a beautiful warm spring day, and Mountain View's Shoreline Park was a whirlwind of activity with aquatic lessons, sailing, standup paddleboarding, windsurfing, pedal boating, canoeing, bicycling, hiking, bird watching, and picnicking all taking place at once.  Most of the eleven plein air painters enjoyed painting in the gentility and relative tranquility of the beautiful gardens of the Rengstorff House, one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture on the West coast. Adding to the ambience were the ladies in Victorian costumes who arrived to prepare the "Spring Melody Tea" to be served in the house that afternoon.

For more information and photos of Rengstoff House and Shoreline Park, see:
http://www.r-house.org/
and
http://www.mountainview.gov/city_hall/comm_services/shoreline_regional_wildlife_area/default.asp

- Marilyn Perry

Rengstoff House Paintsite, April 20, 2013

Marilyn Perry

When I attended a docent-led tour of the Rengstorff House in the past, I was told that the very fancy entrance in the front was mostly for show, and everyone actually used the side entrance which I painted.  With the beautiful garden, gloriously blooming roses on extensive trellis, and red rhododendron about to bloom, I found the side entrance to be very inviting, indeed. - Marilyn

Broncha Berger