Saturday, April 2

We will meet at Sunset View Cemetery in Kensington. It is located at Fairmont and Colusa Ave.

From the top left section of the Cemetery there are good views of Albany Hill, El Cerrito, Berkeley and the Bay.  We will meet at the parking lot just inside the gates. The director has given us permission to paint on the grounds.  Here is a link to the directions:

http://www.sunsetviewcemetery.com/Site/Hours_and_Directions.html

Monday, March 28

We will try again! Aquatic Park is located at the intersection of Addison and 2nd Street. Take the University exit off 80. As you come off the overpass, get off at 6th street. Make a right on 6th Street and another right at Addison. Continue past the train tracks onto 2nd Street.  Park on the street.

Saturday, March 26

This session has been cancelled. We will not meet at Berkeley's Aquatic Park this Saturday, but we'll try again next week. Stay tuned!

Toxic Art Materials

I saw an article today in the East Bay Express about toxic art materials. Its a good article and a good reminder about health hazards. There is a photo of Rebeca in her studio.

Larry

Monday, March 21

The session at Berkeley's Aquatic Park was cancelled. We will try again next week. Aquatic Park is located at the intersection of Addison and 2nd Street. Take the University exit off 80. As you come off the overpass, get off at 6th street. Make a right on 6th Street and another right at Addison. Continue past the train tracks onto 2nd Street.  Park on the street.

Saturday, March 19

This session has been cancelled because of the sudden showers we are likely to experience this Saturday. It does not look like the weather will cooperate. We will try again next week, at the corner of 8th and Camellia streets in Berkeley.

Julie at the Hoffman Marsh

We were lucky it did not get drizzly until after our three hours were up. Julie was right in front of me and we did not have that much space.  The grassy area between Rydin St. and the marsh is not that wide. Everything was wet.

Julie paints with another outdoor painting group and joins us occasionally. She was working on a wonderful painting of the marsh itself that included the Central Ave highway 80 overpass in the background.

This is a 20 x 16" acrylic on canvas. I used a lot of matte gel for the green grass and the sky, and kept changing the marsh behind the eucalyptus trees. I may continue to revise this painting. I usually line up three or four paintings and revise them simultaneously.