Wildwood Park, Saratoga, Thursday, December 5, 2019

Our main reason for painting at Wildwood is the park's beautiful tree lined Saratoga Creek, and it is not much of an attraction when it's dry! So we couldn't believe our fortune when it rained all last week and stopped just in time for our Thursday Paintsite.
For more information on the park, please refer to the following link:
https://www.saratoga.ca.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Wildwood-Park-13

For more photos of this site, see Edward Rook's Flickr album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardrooks/sets/72157712105254007/

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

• Saturday, Dec 7, Central Wholesale Nursery, San Jose
• Thursday, Dec 12, Historic Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale
• 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, San Jose
• Thursday, Jan 30, TBD rain makeup day

Artists and their artwork:

XL's painting of the Saratoga Creek, Wildwood Park

XL, Helen and Carol

Annie's sketches of Saratoga Creek

Annie

Benay

Saratoga Creek

Brad's watercolor sketch of sycamores in fall color

Brad's second sketch of the Sycamores

For his third sketch Brad focused on a large eucalyptus with gnarly branches 

Broncha, Elaine, XL

Broncha's painting of the park's footbridge and Saratoga Creek 

Helen and Carol

Helen's view of the creek and Jane painting by the water's edge

Carol's painting of a redwood and a sycamore

Carol's view looking down on the creek

Dick's painting of the rushing water of Saratoga Creek

Dick and Salinda

Salinda's watercolor of Saratoga Creek

Edward's painting of Wildwood Park

Elaine G's watercolor of Saratoga Creek

Elaine G's watercolor of the park's stately eucalyptus

Jane

Jane's watercolor of Saratoga Creek

Liz

Liz's watercolor of a sycamore leaf

Iris

Painsites artists sharing their morning's work

Weekend Paintsite, November 16, Folger Estate at Wunderlich Park, Woodside, CA

Woodside in general, and Wunderlich Park in particular are known for the love of horses and Equestrian Events. Our weekend artists got a taste of how popular the Park and the Folger Estate can be. If you have driven by this site on any weekend day, you will see cars and pickups lining Woodside Road as people flock to the events going on there. Despite parking and walking with painting materials, four of our stalwart weekenders were undaunted and arrived at the site ready to render objects d'art. Some of our painters may be a bit shy in showing their work, but the following photos can give you the flavor of the site.  

The Folger Stable Historic Site Originally belonging to the Folger family (of Folgers Coffee fame) this estate was used as a warm country getaway from San Francisco's cold summers. In 2010 the Folger Stable and surrounding buildings opened to the public after extensive renovations. 

Link

The main house blends in nicely with wooded surroundings.

Bronze plaque explains the stone walls at the Folger Estate Stable 

A "Chinese Stone Wall"

One of our artists found it an ideal spot to paint.

Mary found a convenient bench in the shade.

Wildlife abounds on the estate

The carriage house begs for the artist's rendering.

Alison's sketchbook

Alison's painting

Hayes Mansion and Edenvale Gardens, San Jose, Thursday, November 21, 2019

The Hayes Mansion was built in 1905 by E.A. and J.O. Hayes, publishers of the San Jose Mercury and San Jose Herald newspapers. This lovely 4100 square foot 62 room villa (currently managed as a hotel and conference center) was designed by George Page and has been noted as one the finest examples of late 19th - century architecture in the Valley.  Edenvale Gardens Regional Park, directly across the entrance to the hotel, was once the grounds to the Hayes Mansion and later in the 1960s and 1970s was the site of Frontier Village. 

For more information on the Hayes Mansion please check out the following links:

https://hayesmansion.com/history/

https://www.nps.gov/places/hayes-mansion.htm

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

• Thursday, Nov. 28, HAPPY THANKSGIVING
• Thursday, Dec 5, Wildwood Park, Saratoga
• Saturday, Dec 7, Central Wholesale Nursery, San Jose
• Thursday, Dec 12, Historic Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale
• 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 Centrer, Fremont
• Thursday, Jan 23, Emma Prusch Farm, San Jose
• Thursday, Jan 30, TBD rain makeup day

Artists and their artwork:

Benay's watercolor of Hayes Mansion

Benay

Indira's watercolor of the Hayes Mansion

Joe's painting of the mansion painted from Edenvale Park

Joe 

John's painting of the side view of Hayes Mansion

Lauren's painting of the northeast view of the mansion

Lora's watercolor of the Hayes Mansion

Mindy

Rich's painting of the east view of the Hayes Mansion

Tanvi

Tanvi's watercolor of a patio at the Hayes Mansion

Tanvi's watercolor of the main building at Hayes Mansion

Jane's painting of Hayes Mansion