I arrived and found a few people hanging out on the street near an open car.
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| Pink hat is Pat, Lisa, Bob, Mike & Mike's Mug |
This time I even caught Mike taking a sip of his morning brew, also glad to see the Mug wasn't among the missing again, that's how I know for sure it's Mike 😉.
Everyone dispersed to various locations within that little town square, except for a few that decided to just hang out on street corners. In fact, when I saw a person on a corner across the street from the park and facing downhill, I had to go over to see who it was. I think it was Pat who said, Oh, I don't think that's one of us, really, it looks like they're painting.
Well, I was right, it was one of our crew.
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| Betty |
It was Betty and while it's not really obvious from this pic, what she is standing next to there is an old bumper car painted gray. Remember them from the amusement parks. The old gas station there has 2.
Bob had selected the corner across the street from Betty for his spot.
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| Bob |
Bob said he managed to stay in the shade all morning. That really was a smart move. I, on the other hand, was cold when we arrived and wanted sun -- gee, no surprise here, it got hot in the sun. Not to mention the added glare on my painting causing an additional challenge (seriously, what was I thinking??).
Who's this person walking over, oh wait, I think I recognize all the "stuff" she's carrying (still individually).
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| Carolyn and her "stuff" |
Carolyn did wander around a little bit and here she is giving some serious thought to just what might make a good painting.
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| Carolyn |
Carolyn then wound up winding her way over to Christine. And, here is Christine shortly after she arrived and also Sophie looking for a spot.
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| (L to R) Sophie, Christine on the edge |
So here's Christine in her spot. (Ok, no comments about her choice of spots, clearly she wasn't paying attention to what she was standing in front of, but was preoccupied with the view of the building and hanging shades across the way.)
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| (L to R) Gas Station prices, Trash Can, Christine |
There are those bumper cars at the gas station again and check out the price of gas!! Ok, obviously not a working gas station. As Christine pointed out to me, the gas station building has copper plates on the front, so it's not that it's painted copper, how unique and interesting.
And here's the stripped down version.
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| Christine's clothes, Christine, hiding behind the tree is Carolyn |
Sorry Christine, I only seemed to take pics of you from the back. That was mostly because I didn't want to hang out in the middle of the street to get a front facing one.
Pat went back to almost the same spot she was in last week I think.
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| Pat |
Left with few places to wander, Sophie hung out under a tree to paint another tree.
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| Sophie |
Lisa's spot was over from mine, but in view of the Gazebo.
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| Lisa |
Mike, as always, found a spot in the shade.
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| Mike |
I seem to catch him dipping into that water a lot. But then, he is a watercolorist.
I caught Pat in conversation with someone -- looked like maybe it was Tecla, see.
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| Pat with someone - maybe Tecla |
Well, let's see...
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| Definitely Tecla |
Well, I then learned from Tecla that she and Nita were there but near the old train depot. Guess I'll have to take a walk to the train depot. (Even on a day when it should've been super easy to find everyone, this group manages to make it a challenge for me!)
Ok, well, let me leave this spot
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| My spot in the SUN 🙄 |
and see if I can find the 2 missing artists who are waiting for a train at the depot.
Oh, there's one, sitting on a corner in Clarkdale, Arizona -- hmmm, remind anyone of a song, just the wrong town. Actually, I guess this was a big day for hanging out on street corners, what is this group coming to??
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| Tecla's corner |
and, as I got closer off to my left I saw ...
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| Nita |
Almost looks like Nita's sketching a parking lot - oh my, how exciting 😉. Oh, I see she was just sketching "IN" the parking lot.
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| Nita and Violette's Bakery Cafe |
So, Nita (by the way timestamp 9:30 per her own admission), was painting on the other side of the building from Tecla, see she wasn't just sitting on a street corner.
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| (L to R) My shadow, Tecla |
It really is a charming building or old caboose. Here is a pic where you can see the part where the train tickets were sold.
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| Under The curved Roof, the sign says "Tickets" |
It's really an interesting location.
So, we wrapped things up at 11:05 and used last week's bench for the gallery. Hey, it worked last week, so why not.
Then we all stood there and everyone discussed all the paintings amongst each other. A fellow came by and suggested we take a picture of ourselves with all our paintings. He actually offered to take it for us, but then how would we know when to smile. So we opted for the tripod and smiled on 2!
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| (Front to Back and Left to Right) Lisa Sophie, Christine, Nita, Betty, Pat, Carolyn, Me Mike, Bob |
Ok, well, it's off to someplace new next week. But, it sure was a fun and pleasant Day 2 at the Park.
Cecilia