Arrived at the Ball Field early, really early. Nita2 was kind enough to pick up Kris near her home, then Suzette & Me at Clark's. It turned out traffic was light which meant that there was a lot of just hanging out at the Ball Field parking lot waiting for 10:00 to roll around.
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| Suzette, Nita2 (the driver) |
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| Smiling Kris |
People started to arrive and I managed to NOT get everyone's picture. Sorry about that. I'll tell you who arrived at the Ball Field and left for the park on their own though. It was Jeanne & Gail - separate cars and separate times. They both wanted to stick around for more than the 2 hours so figured they should drive themselves.
But, the ones that came along and left with us all at the same time were:
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| Her Back to us is Carolyn David, Betty & Lisa |
Yes, you read and saw that correctly -- Lisa is back!!! She had a long term volunteer commitment which she completed and now will have time to come back and join us. So good to see her and she even recognized all of us! But that wasn't all of them, still more arrived.
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| Bob |
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| Nita1 |
and
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| Mike |
We all stood there and talked as it was STILL early - had a few people hamming it up for this photo.
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| (L to R) David, Nita1, Betty & Lisa (the hams) Bob & Carolyn |
Finally, after standing around for a bit, we determined it was safe to head over to the park because anyone who was joining us already did.
Before we get started though, I need to ask you to keep reading after what would normally be the final photo. There's just a little bit about some of our artists.
We arrived at the 3rd Pond and the first creatures I see are our buddies from last week.
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| The Duck Family |
See the way they're all huddled up -- there's a reason for that, it was cold!!! Not only that, it was also a bit breezy.
There were even more fishermen than the previous week, although I didn't get pics of all of them. However, they were busy pulling live ones out of the water.
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| Fishermen |
If you look closely at the photo above, you can see more fishermen seated way in the background.
As always, it took some of us more time than others to find our spots. Here are 2 decideds and one deliberator.
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| Way in the background on the left is Nita2 (a decided) Front (L to R) Kris (the deliberator) and Lisa another decided. |
Well, will you look at that, as I wandered around trying to find a spot, off in the distance I saw someone who wasn't at the Ball Field but was definitely part of our group. It was Pat, the early arriver from last week.
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| (L to R) Person with a Big Lens and Pat |
Bet the person with the Big Lens got some good photos. Too bad we don't know her.
It looks like Pat decided on a spot in the shade for her inspiration -- guess she felt that she was dressed warm enough. Me, I had to find a spot in the sun.
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| Pat in her spot |
So, while I was looking I found Suzette hiking down a hill to the pond over precarious terrain. Her reason -- she had to find a spot out of the wind. Ok, so I may have fibbed earlier when I said it was breezy, well not really a fib but a bit of an understatement -- it was Windy.
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| Suzette trekking down to her spot |
Good thing this wasn't hunting territory, will you look at how she blends in to her surroundings - except for her little Dakota Pastel small travel box and it only stands out because of its rectangular shape as the color goes with the background.
There were a lot of people whose spots I didn't see. But, I still had to keep looking for them. While on that search I found this fisherman holding the reel deal - that wasn't a typo 😊!
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| That's a fish flopping in front of his shirt, and not his first one either |
Oh, here comes Betty with all her stuff, walking past one of the decided (Lisa) and the deliberator who has now decided, Kris.
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| Betty sashaying along, Lisa and Kris |
Betty really does have a fun looking swing in her step there and she's smiling too.
Nita1 came to find me to tell me that both she and Mike were going to hop in a car, hopefully one owned by one of them (I don't ask questions) and they were going to go over to the other side of the pond for a different view. So, in other words yellow trees across the pond from the other side 😜 - oh but, you know what, they did have views of US. I didn't get them in their spots. I learned later from Mike that Nori wound up in that spot too.
Here's Bob in his spot and if you look close (so I wonder, every time I say that, do you all lean closer to your computer?), anyway if you look close you'll see going down the line artists in a row.
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| (Front to Back) Bob setting up, Nita2, Carolyn at the bench |
Oh look, we have some more of the same visitors from last week. It's Jette & Jim out for their morning walk in the park.
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| Kris, Jim (hidden behind Kris), Jette & Lisa, sorry caught in an awkward position |
That person that you actually can see way back to the left of Kris is Bob. And, yes, I know that's really Kris's right shoulder but I'm trying to keep things simple in describing things as you look at it.
I shared this spot at the bench with Betty. So, here she is in her spot.
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| Betty in her spot |
While I was there we did have some people stop by. One of them was a watercolorist who lives in Prescott but visits this area frequently. Her name is Michelle and she didn't know anything about the terrific organizations we have here. So, Michelle, this is for you.
The Watercolor Association is called Norther Arizona Watercolor Society, better known as NAWS. This is their website:
And another really great organization that is open to ALL media types is El Valle Artists Association, EVAA for short. Jette is the current president of this organization.
There is a 3rd organization that you may or may not be interested in but if I don't mention it, Nori might feel a bit left out besides the fact that it deserves mentioning. You see, Nori is the current president of the Arizona Pastel Artists Association and their website is:
All of the artists that were at this paint out are members of one, two or maybe even all three of these organizations. They are terrific and each offer different opportunities for workshops, demos, and for showing your own work. Not to mention the chance to meet a whole group of friendly and helpful artists.
Ok, I got a little side tracked. That's what happens when you wind up talking to visitors. Here we go, back to our day. I have a couple of more spots to show you because I know you want to know where people were when they were creating their masterpieces and just what they may have been looking at.
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| This is a better pic of Nita2 in her spot |
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| Carolyn in her spot |
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| David, the one in red, in his spot at Pond 2 |
Don't know who he was taking to, it wasn't one of us - just another visitor. I know I've said this before, but it's been a while. It really is funny how when you're out plein air painting, complete strangers will come right up to you and start talking. Now, you know they wouldn't do that normally. But, I always feel like it adds to the fun of being out there and we frequently wind up meeting some very nice people.
I went around and tried to capture the rest, but as I was doing so I caught this person in the distance.
Who was it you ask? Well, it was Suzette and she was heading back to the area where most of us were, her completed painting in hand and all packed up. Guess that means it's time for me to head back and pack up too.
I'm sorry if I didn't find you in your spot this day and I'm also sorry I never saw Gail again, because she didn't even show up for the final photo.
At this point in time, that wind decided it was time to start doing some heavy gusting. Ugh, you know that meant we couldn't build a gallery. We tried with a few but that lasted for about 2 seconds. So, it was decided that we would all just have to gather around and hold up our paintings as we smiled on 2.
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| Back row - 2 people, mostly hidden (L to R) Bob, Mike (you only see his painting) Mid Row (L to R) Nita1, Carolyn, Lisa, David Suzette, Nori, Liz(under Mike's painting), Kris Front Row (L to R) Me (Cecilia), Jeanne, Betty, Nita2, Pat Most of us look windblown! |
Oh, dear, I have a confession. See Liz hiding back there between Nita2 & Pat. David gave me her info quite a while ago and while I put her in my contacts, I forgot to add her to the all important "List". So sorry Liz, but you're on it now!!
I think this may have been a record setting day - there were really 16 of us. Let's see what we can manage to do next week. Hope to see you then!
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Alright, so the following photos are courtesy of Carolyn. She participated in Cottonwood's Walking on Main once again this year. It was a shortened version this year, only 1 day, Saturday. But, she wasn't the only one of our Plein Air Tuesday group to participate. Here is what she sent me
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| Carolyn's Table (minus Carolyn) - Look CLOSE and you'll see some unique watch face earrings! |
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| Sandy Beck's Table - also minus Sandy. |
I think those 2 photos were taken after setup and before the actual opening of the event.
But wait, there's more!!
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| Cindy Montgomery |
And, last but not least!
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| Mike going incognito! |
Well, I know that Carolyn had a successful day, hope all the others did too! Next year I'll have to try to remember to put out an advance notice to all of you.
Till next week.
Cecilia