Alameda

We will meet again this Saturday in Alameda, at 9:00 AM to avoid traffic to that area. We'll be at the spot we found two weeks ago:  Use this link to see a map of the area.

Directions: Take highway 880 towards Oakland. Get off at the 23rd Ave exit and follow any signs to Alameda. 23rd Ave turns into 29th Avenue.  Take the Alameda Cross the 29th St bridge and make a right on Blanding St. You will see a Kragen O'Reilly Auto Parts on Blanding. At Oak, make another right and enter the small parking lot across from the Little House Cafe. Go straight into the direction of the water and park on any available space. There are views of some old warehouses, of Jingletown across the water, of the marina nearby and of the green 29th St drawbridge.

Please reply to this message if you think you might be coming. You can always cancel later. Please bring a cell phone. Any cancelations due to rain will be announced here and in the Google Group at least an hour in advance. 

Our old spot in Tormey, with Karen

The summer dryness, with wind, a forgotten California. 30" x 40." Finally got around to photographing it. If you look in the other direction, behind me as I paint, you see the white petroleum storage cylinders on the ridge, and the little houses of the town.

A favorite spot, the end of Schmidt Lane in El Cerrito. Desination, oil on canvas, 30" x 40."
I've done several here. Love the blue rocks on the cliff. I think there are plenty more to do here.

Meekers Slough

We had 10 painters come to the session at Meekers Slough last week.  It was a beautiful day there and this week we will go again. I hope some of you will send jpegs of your work to me and I will post them for you.  We need to set up a time to show you how to do it yourself. Let me know if you are interested.   Karen

Painters at Meekers Slough   acrylic on canvas  20 by 24

Warm Day

Gold Hills   acrlyic on canvas 16 by 20

It was very warm  and bright at Cummings Skyway  when this was painted and my umbrella came in very handy. Karen

A Good Painting Spot

Cumming Skyway     watercolor   9 by 12

Sharon Hind- Smith sent this painting she did of Cummings Skyway.

 We have been going to this spot on and off all year.  For me it is a really good spot.  Althoough it is not the most beautiful spot we have been too it has the rolling hills and the scrubby little trees that I often associate with the California landscape and some very wonderful California landscape paintings. The light is always revealing something different and the colors change with the season. Because there is nothing dramatic or remarkable I have to really work to develop a composition that is effective and that makes me look harder.   There is also access right near the road and it is private so we work undisturbed.  Karen

Summer Day at Lake Temescal

 

Karen Painting   photo by Jean Womack

Jean Womack sent these photos she took on our recent trip to the lake.  She put them through a software program called sketchers to give them a watercolor feel.  I thought they captured the nice day we had there.    Karen

Duck Family                       photo by Jean Womack