Paintout - Saturday - February 20th, 2010 Historic Germantown - 1:00 ish Sun's out - predicting high of 60 - can you believe - and it's February!  So sorry for the "no notice" - but it was just thrown together - in fact - I should be here working on taxes, but oh well!  There is tomorrow!! We'll meet at the corner of the Mad Platter - 1239 6th Ave. ...

... AM every morning.  My daily routines, including working out and painting, are as disrupted as my sleep, and only the fact that I swore I would paint for Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout (see sidebar for link) got me up and moving on this one. As usual, I spent at least an hour wandering around the required area on Google Street View, and when I found this road I knew I had what I wanted. ...

Yet another quick, (not totally realized) last minute sketch for the Virtual Paintout. This is a drawing of a now closed, art deco ice palace in the heart of Berkeley, CA., recently designated an historical landmark-much to the chagrin of the owners who would rather keep their options open to the possibility of tearing it down. Efforts to save the structure are still in process. I was drawn to ...

... shivery and achey - so please forgive me if my blog visiting has waned a bit - this too shall pass.Anyway, the housework has fallen by the wayside but I did do a virtual tour of Stavanger in Norway for this month's Virtual Paintout challenge, and I reached for my pastels for the first time in years. Messy, dusty things but they're so much fun, especially when you just want an easier life.

Red Barn The Virtual Paintout has taken me to the Stavanger area of Norway. Google Maps Street View provides the ability to view this beautiful country. This drawing measures 4.5" x 6.5" and is done with Derwent Artists colored pencils on archival matboard. $100 US shipping included All other destinations, please add $15 USD for shipping

... Cherry Tree in Owen Rose Garden Paintout. The Cherry Tree should be blooming. North on Jefferson ... 20, Friday and Saturday, EWEB Spring Paintout, Spring colors at EWEB. Rhodys should be blooming. ... 24, Wednesday, UO Hayward Field Paintout. Students are on Spring break so this is a do over. Rod and I both missed ... 27, Friday and Saturday, UO EMU Paintout. Meet near the EMU, 13th and University. Parking ...

... my mp3 player to listening to the birthday girl practice her violin. I had fun with these curvy lined ink drawings. It is hard for me to leave out color, but I decided to leave this as is. I see the Virtual Paintout is in a very pretty area in Norway this month. Google Maps Pegman and I may just have to take a virtual trip there to sketch. Right now I am off to clean up the dust ETC. from ...

I haven no new artwork to show. I have been running errands and doing too much surfing and blog reading. Plus tonight I played with the Google Street Map thing for Norway. I have several photos saved for the Virtual Paintout but like the last month, I still look for more. Way too much fun to browse thru the streets and be nosy.

Arroyo Panorama 12 x 24 inches oil on canvas Last week I had the pleasure of painting this panorama of the Arroyo Seco from a vantage point high above the canyon. I wanted the late afternoon look, so I had to work fast. As it turned out, I left the painting of the sky and foreground for later, concentrating on the trees, grasses, mountains and architecture as the sun relentlessly continued ...

... , the Uptown Marble Falls Alliance is hoosting "Paint the Town", a plein air event. Artists will submit works for judging (V....Vaughan is the the judge!). There will be Cash Awards and original medals of bronze by sculptor Dan Pogue. If you are a plein air artist and want to participate in the paintout please contact Janey at 830-693-5973. Daily Original Oil Paintings by V....Vaughan

... this course, however I must admit that I am feeling that overwhelm that I mentioned above. I am merely going to try to continue with the two challenges, Following the Masters and Virtual Paintout. I think to try to do more would make me too frazzled. I like having a month to get a piece done. I definitely do not do them justice when I hurry myself (as I did with my latest exam piece for the ...