Ok, I know we don't normally do a Day 3, but the heat is intense and Tlaquepaque does offer many opportunities for shade and you can certainly paint something different each time your go. So, we decided to head there one more time, once again meeting at 8:00 am at "The Fountain". See the directions on the right.
This past Tuesday being the 4th of July, we had a few less people show up, but still a nice fun group.
One of the first people to arrive after me was Mike
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| Mike & his Red Jeep |
Tecla & Carolyn drove right in after that and boy, they didn't even give me a chance to say hi before they took off scouting out spots.
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| Carolyn & Tecla |
Ok, so their backs are to us, but you have to take my word for it, it's them! Bob came swinging in after them.
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| Bob |
Cathy surprised me by coming in from a different location, turned out that she thought she'd get a little extra walk in by parking at the other end of Tlaquepaque.
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| Cathy talking with Carolyn |
Whoa, and it still not being quite 8:00, I spotted of all people, NITA!! That's right, time stamp 7:57
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| Nita, Cathy, Tecla |
Look at that, Nita & Cathy are both wearing the same color blue and apparently when you wear that color blue, you also wear colorful sneakers since they both are. So, Nita returned from her trip back east and even got a tour of our nation's capital, she does have a story about it if you ask her. She was also quite impressed with the architecture.
Cynde also showed up, however, my camera wasn't ready for her arrival.
Needless to say, knowing that the temps were going to be rising, everyone headed off pretty quickly to find their spots.
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| Nita in her spot with multiple sketch books |
You know she takes this all very seriously, not sure how many sketches/paintings she actually did that day, but I do know of at least 3.
I found evidence of an artist when I looked down this alleyway into a courtyard -- see the tripod down at the end.
That meant I had to take a walk down there to see who it was.
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| Cynde in her spot |
Speaking of multiples, turns out the artist was 2 Panel Cynde. Yes, she actually had 2 oil paintings going at the same time.
Carolyn found her spot in the shade of a few sycamores.
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| Carolyn |
Cathy's spot wound up being in the sun because some pretty flowers caught her eye.
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| (L to R) Stranger, Cathy and way in the back is Bob |
Yes, Bob decided to take advantage of the bench underneath the Mexican Restaurant sign. Although I know that was not his final Spot.
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| Bob squinting as a lot of artists do in his initial Spot |
I didn't have to look far to find Mike in his spot, just out beyond where Bob was and very much in the shade.
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| Mike |
I had to check with Carolyn to see if she knew where Tecla went because I couldn't find her. She told me to check The Secret Garden all the way on the other side. I have to be honest, off the top of my head I couldn't place where it was, so I had to go in search. I did find it and it was a very active restaurant proudly claiming they served breakfast.
In fact, the location was so busy that Tecla, with her big heart, wound up sharing some paper and paint with two little wanna be artists. Guess they thought she was there for their entertainment.
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| Tecla in her spot alongside The Secret Garden |
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| The two little artist wannabes and their mom |
Oh look, I didn't realize this even though I took the picture. Cathy also had more than one spot, here she is alongside Carolyn.
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| Carolyn, pretty stairway & sycamores, Cathy |
Oh, how appropriate, they're by a sign (for a store I imagine) that says "Just Us Girls"
And, while I didn't get a picture of this, a few of us did gather around to chat while others finished their paintings. At this point a few of us did discuss next week's location and that's when it was decided we would return for a third week. We all felt like we still would need shade.
Oh, that reminds me, one thing that came up was a discussion started by Mike on Hazel Soan and her use of a limited palette. We all thought, well, now there's a challenge for us. Let's all plan on next week using a very limited palette. While he talked about 3 colors, maybe we can expand that to 4, I don't know, what do you think? Are you in?
Well, as usual we built our gallery not far from The Fountain along the curb and in front of these old sycamores.
And, as always, a lot of smiles on 2
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| (Back L to R) Cynde, Mike Bob (Front L to R) Cathy, Tecla, Nita, Carolyn, Me |
Well, that's another Tuesday down. Hopefully, many, many more to come. Hope to see you all next week!
Cecilia