AeroDynamic Aviation, San Jose, Thursday, April 17, 2014

Watching all of the activity at AeroDynamic Aviation, I suspect flying an airplane of one's own must be great fun --- maybe a close second to painting them with a group of wonderful artists.   Which is what we did when Watercolor Society member Marion Podolski hosted us at her husband's Reid-Hillview Airport flying school for a day of painting.

For additional information about AeroDynamic Aviation, see:
http://www.aerodynamicaviation.com/index.php

Upcoming Paintsites: 

• Saturday, April 19, 2014:  Los Gatos Creek County Park, Campbell
• Thursday, May 1, 2014:  Dun Vien Buddhist Pagoda, San Jose 
• Thursday, May 15, 2014:  Memorial Park, Cupertino 
• Saturday, May 17, 2014:  Chitactac-Adams Heritage Park, Morgan Hill/Gilroy
• Thursday, May 29, 2014: Alum Rock Park, San Jose, Paint site and Hike & Sketch

And don't forget the pick-up date for the Baylands Exhibition is Saturday, May 31st, 10:00 - 12:00 noon.

Check the Watercolor Society website or April Newsletter for details 


With lots of activity and planes moving around constantly, a number of us chose to paint an old aircraft with three flat tires figuring it wouldn't be going anywhere anytime soon ...

Here we are at work: 
 

Marilyn

Marilyn's painting

Sylvia
 

Sylvia's painting

Dick

Marilyn, Yan & Lisha

Lisha's painting

Dick's painting

 Alan & Broncha found the black-on-yellow diamond pattern on a rudder interesting ...
 

Alan

Alan's painting

Broncha

 It was a wonderful "plane" air outing!    Broncha

Broncha's painting

 Melanie and Leonard kicked things up with the yellowest plane on the ramp ...  

Melanie

Melanie's painting

Leonard

Leonard's painting

 Others found a plane of their own to paint ... 

Mary

Mary

Mary's painting

Brad's painting

This old Cessna Bird Dog provided under-wing shade for my first painting so I thought I'd pay it back by painting its portrait for my second.     Brad

Sylvia & Katherine

Katherine

 Meanwhile, back in the hangar, Leslie and Marion found interesting non-flying subject matter  ... 

Leslie

Leslie

Marion

Marion

Then a long lunch and "critique" in a shady spot:

Then the drive home - how prosaic after watching airplanes taking off and landing all day.