Near Catalano Square 7x5 acrylic

I got there before my friends so sketched a little bit. Utrecht is pretty close to where we were last week. All around is metered parking except on Erie street towards the Hoan Bridge area where we were last week. I sat with Al & Roger. Al wanted to paint the umbrellas at Charlies but all these parked cars were in the way. So we moved a picnic table where no cars were parked but kept it in Catalano Square Park.

I used pthalo blue, titanium white, burnt sienna and hansa yellow light which is sort of a green yellow. Rather cool, around 70F, slight breeze. Golden opens were not drying so scraped back into the paint to put in the light pole and umbrellas. At first hardly any people but by the end there were quite a few.

Trimborn Farm 6x8" acrylic 7/19/13

Met up with John about 8:30 am Friday morning. We decided to paint in the shade of a large tree but the shade kept moving, so I had to keep moving back. Ran out of time before I finished. Used Phtalo Blue which really matches the sky. The sky was definitely darker than the farm buildings and silos. Yellow ochre was a good yellow for the silos but probably needed a cleaner yellow for the greens. Alizarin Crimson worked well for the reddish farm building. Halfway through someone opened the barn door. Titanium white was used also.

Hoan Bridge as Seen from Sail Loft Spirits and Dining on Erie Plaza in 3rd ward

Lake park is NOT located at 500 N Harbor Drive. That is near Discovery World. Pleasant breeze off the water. Restaurant not real busy (moderate amount of people eating outside) as it was a week night but I could see this area getting really busy on the weekend, holidays, and Summerfest.

Met up with Al, Cathy, Roger, and Ame.

Traffic was a bear going there at 5 and really bad getting home. Express backed up so took St. Paul to 35st to National Ave (backed up at MillerWay, maybe a train?) so jogged over on street behind Walmart Market and took Greenfield Ave the rest of the way.

Used titanium white, CP Cadmium Yel Medium (Wanted a more orangey yellow for bridge), Phthalo Blue-Green Shade to match the sky color and Burnt Sienna for red. No real bright reds here. Used damp paper towel on palette, mixed paints 1:1 with Behr Faux Glaze and sprayed occasionally with spray bottle so paints would not skin over or dry out due to wind and 90F temperature.

6x8 acrylic on canvas

 

Campaign for Kids

Last night I gave Al two of my matted and framed older paintings for this show along with the paperwork. http://milwaukeesketchclub.blogspot.com/2013/06/works-of-heart-charity-auction-juried.html

http://katsmishmash.blogspot.com/2010/02/oil-pastel-of-horse-eating.html

http://katsmishmash.blogspot.com/2009/07/5-pieces-for-st-marks-exhbition-july-19.html

Pen sketches

Hard week last week. Just did some pen sketches when I went to parade.

I find inanimate objects easier to draw than wiggly people but as I keep practicing I'll get better. We were on the shady side of the street. The people I was sketching were in the hot sun so they were uncomfortable.

6x6 acrylic from Hart Park in Wauwatosa

Very overcast and in upper 60s in July!
I used titanium white, Paynes Gray for blue, Burnt Sienna for red, and Hansa Yellow Light. Paint was still wet when I got home.

Must have got interrupted, never published this.

Some Wauwatosa Garden Tour pictures

I participated in The Suburban Woman's Club of Wauwatosa Garden Tour: "A June Jaunt in Ravenswood Gardens." Walking tour of six gardens near 87th and 88th streets off Blue Mound Road. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 29. Tickets were $10 or buy three, one free; $10 day of tour. Benefits local community service projects and teachers' scholarships.

It was definitely a nice place to paint and for a good cause too! I got there a little early and met up with Al from the Milwaukee Sketch Club, http://milwaukeesketchclub.blogspot.com/.   We walked through the Gardens. I got to say "Hi" to Wendy Thompson of WIPAPA, http://www.wipapa.blogspot.com/ . That's a good group too. Then Donna arrived and we started to walk around the gardens. We ran into Fred Bell http://fredbellpaintings.blogspot.com/ and Judith Reidy http://www.judithreidy.com/ . Judith was wearing a special panting overall with lots of pockets. I thought she said she got it indirectly from Jerry's Artarama but I just looked online and didn't see it on there. Finally Donna & I chose our painting spot. Al and Amy decided to paint there too. People were extremely nice there and interested in what we were painting. The day started out really cloudy and looked like it was going to rain. However by the time I left the sun was out giving interesting sun and shade patterns which of course kept moving.

I started out painting a really interesting house using titanium white, ultramarine blue, hansa yellow opaque, and burnt sienna for my red. (I like to challenge myself and use a limited palette.) I liked the triangle shaped lawn patch which led your eye up the right side of the house, then the peak led your eye back down in a circular eye pattern. I took out a big tree in front of the door because it disrupted the eye pattern. Also eliminated off white, sided addition.

7x5 acrylic on canvas

Donna left and Al went to visit around. Amy was still painting but I was basically done so decided to go to a peaceful garden that I saw earlier. I really liked the way the sun hit the leaves of the circular Ligularia (leapard's bane, rocket) and Cimifuga now called Actaea (snakeroot, bugbane). I had to break out the Alizarin crimson to paint the Actaea. The owner had a neat gate there too but I was painting to small to put it in. The owner told me that I painted his favorite view. Then he asked me if I was the one using my hands to find a view to paint earlier. Guilty! My hands are my favorite view finders. You can tell this was painted later in the day. With all this wet weather the colors of the green vegetation are still very intense.

 

 

6x8 acrylic on canvas

We got to wear a neat button too!