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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Plein Air Pastel Paint Out

Finally a little plein air outing. It had been a while. The Austin Pastel Society organized a paint out for today. It is so good for my heART. I have a good time, become very enthused and enjoy the overall atmosphere. It is great to be with other artists and share the day.

I didn't get very good photos, are you surprised? I didn't get any of the artists that they would enjoy publishing publicly. We met at a Starbucks where Regina has an exhibit. From there we went to see her beautiful studio and dream about having such a fine place to work. After that we went to Bear Creek Resort to paint the beautiful views and grounds. I will try to make links to the other artists from today a bit later.

A pretty area near the entrance of the property.

Maybe this is the Welcome Wagon.

Some cattle wandering by in a long row, going to water I would guess.


A prickly pear blossom.

Regina's painting and her set up.


Bear Creek View
Plein Air Pastel, 9 x 12 inches
on Colourfix card.

I'm pleased with what I accomplished in about a two hour stint. I was near Regina so the view was similar. I focused on the cacti. I did an under painting with a dark reddish purple under the cacti and red under the trees. The paper was sort of a yellow so I left that under the sky. It was cloudy to start with and made the colors rich. Later the sun appeared and changed the feel. I hope I kept the cloudy day feel in the painting.

A little baseball note. The Longhorns are playing this weekend series with the Texas A & M. Texas won last night in extra innings, the Aggies won today. Tomorrow?? Check out the news on Joanna's Longhorn Baseball Page and the official page. Did they loose today because I wasn't there?? Hmmm. Baseball people are very superstitious. :) And who is going to win the conference? It is so close....

7 comments:

Rae Andrews, Contemporary Texas Artist in all media said...

It was fun was'nt it Jo? I am not sure my own painting was a winner, but oh well. I will send my photos to you as well today.
Cheers
Rae

Miki Willa said...

Great painting. I really like the composition. The cactus is really eye-catching. What a beautiful place to paint.

Jo Castillo said...

Rae, thank you. Your painting looks great in my photos. :) Hope you have a great day today, too.


Miki, Thank you. It was a wonderful place to paint. I didn't have to do much thinking for the composition, it was just there!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Jo: Love the look of this neat photos and the work Rigina is doing on the painting.
Tell Gene I said hi. I went golfing over the last few days, I struggled at times but won a long drive contest from the senior tees.

Jo Castillo said...

fishing guy, thank you for your note. I'm glad you can get out and play, you went to PA wasn't it? That sounds like fun!

Teresa said...

Plein air... sigh...what fun! Out here in the boonies my "art companions" on a plein air would be rabbits, possums, birds, raccoons, foxes and an occasional bear.

Love your photos and your painting. I keep thinking I'll give pastel another try... but it's all I can do to get to colored pencil and oil painting!

Tried to comment on your blog this past Friday when I had access to a computer with high speed net but couldn't get the comment box to come up... had same problem with several other blogs..so I'm catching up on TurtleNet... the irony of it!

Jo Castillo said...

Hi Teresa! Thank you. Plein air and talking with friends is great. You will probably get more painting done with the wildlife friends ... except the bear. Ha.

Weird about the posting on high speed, although I can't post on blogs that have the drop down menu for some reason.

My old laptop and this hotel are slow so I will be fixing my blog for you. I hate this waiting!


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los NiƱos. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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