Stanford Red Barn, Stanford, Thursday, January 2, 2020

The Victorian style Red Barn, built between 1878 and 1880, is rich in history from Leland Stanford's world famous horses to Eadweard Muybridge's experiments in motion photography. Today the Red Barn is the Stanford Intercollegiate Riding and Equestrian Center. For more information on the history of the Stanford Red Barn please refer to the following link:

https://web.stanford.edu/group/set/cgi-bin/wordpress/the-stanford-red-barn/history/

Don't forget: The annual holiday party is Jan 18 from 11 am - 2:30 pm.  RSVP by Jan 9 and bring sketchbooks and/or matted artwork to display on the raised stage area at the back of the hall. Please make sure your work is labeled with your name and phone number. Also, to participate in  the painting exchange  bring a watermedia painting in this year's theme 'STARS', on a 4"x 6" watercolor paper. For more information on the annual party see the SCVWS website.

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

• Thursday, Jan 9, Sikh Gurdwara, San Jose 
• Thursday, Jan 16, Don Edwards Environmental Education Centrer, Fremont
• Saturday, Jan 18, SCVWS Annual Holiday Party
• Thursday, Jan 23, Emma Prusch Farm, San Jose
• Thursday, Jan 30, TBD rain makeup day

Artists and their artwork:

Brad's watercolor sketch of the rear entrance to the Stanford Red Barn

Claudia's ink collage of horses

Joe's watercolor of the front view of the Stanford Red Barn

Joe's second watercolor of the Red Barn

Joe

Elaine G's watercolor of a rider and horse in the exercise paddock

Elaine G's second watercolor of a paddock rider and her horse

Linda P's watercolor of the Red Barn with a glimpse of the inside stables

Linda, Kaaren, Toni and XL

XLs painting of the Stanford Red Barn

Susan BG's watercolor of a paddock area

Lorraine's painting of the Stanford Red Barn

Lorraine

Jane's watercolor sketch of the statue of Electioneer near the Stanford Red Barn

Helen and Laurie

Tanvi's watercolor of the Stanford Red Barn

Tanvi

Paintsite artists take a lunch break on the bleachers in front of the Stanford Red Barn

Central Wholesale Nursery, San Jose, Thursday, December 19, 2019

Yet another rain-free Thursday and today we were blessed with sunny skies and warm temperatures. Many thanks to Central Wholesale Nursery for welcoming us back for another year of painting among their beautifully displayed plants. With the large acreage of this privately run nursery we could set up easily and paint open vistas with swaths of color or focus on individual potted plants from the nurseries' diverse selection.
For more information on Central Wholesale Nursery check out the following link:
https://www.centralwholesalenursery.com/types-of-plants

For more photos of the Central Wholesale Nursery check out Edward Rooks' Flickr account:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardrooks/albums/72157712279934072

HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY BREAK

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

• 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:

Annie's watercolor of Central Wholesale Nursery

Annie

Cindy's watercolor of the Central Wholesale Nursery

Cindy

Claire's watercolors of festive cyclamens

Claire's second page of watercolor sketches

Claudia's watercolor of nursery plants and a mysterious bunny

Claudia's watercolor of landscape ornaments, east meets west 

Claudia

Dick's watercolor of  birds within a bird ceramic 

Salinda's watercolor sketches of nursery plants

Dick and Salinda

Edward's watercolor of Central Wholesale Nursery

Edward

Elaine's watercolor of a Red Flyer wagon and Japanese maples

Elaine

Helen's watercolors of nursery plants

Helen

Iris's watercolor of nursery plants

Indira's watercolor of the pansy display

Indira's painting of fruit on a potted lemon tree

Sham's watercolor of a palm

Indira

Sham

Toni's watercolor of the view from the natives section

Toni

XL's watercolor of cacti and succulents

XL

Elaine, Annie, Kathy and Jane

Lauries poinsettias painted from inside the show room

Display of ceramics sold at the Central Wholesale Nursery

Paintsites artists sharing artwork from Central Wholesale Nursery