Plein Air Tuesday: Plein Air Tuesday - 3/24/26

There she is, Sedona Schnebly, the iconic statue at the entrance to the library in Sedona. Yet, I don't think any of us painted her. Afraid, I guess, that we wouldn't do her justice.

I arrived there just as David was LEAVING.

David

He said he wanted the early light -- so much for joining in on the camaraderie. That's ok, there were others who pulled in shortly after me, Dona and Jimmie being one duo.

Dona

Sure was good to see her, I already missed Jim as he promptly started off for his walk as he usually does while Dona paints.

I looked around and found that Barbra, who thought she was going to be late, was the first person there with a prime spot under a tree for shade.

Barbra

And, here's this person who seems to be studying his options for a spot by wandering down the parking lot.

Mike

Guess he didn't want to waste any time once he left the parking lot in trying to find a spot.

The next person to come along was Janel, and this is a little funny - look at the next 2 pics of her

Janel

Doesn't she look like she's taking a drag on a cigarette in the first one and exhaling in the second. I'm sure the poor girl is now horrified that I said such a thing. But, what I suspect was really happening was that she was looking around and thinking "Oh dear, what am I going to paint???"

Well, I'll give you a hint, it turns out there are MULTIPLE statues in that area, I honestly had no idea. Always thought there was just the one. Anyway, she decided on another one of the many out there.

Another person who joined us was Tecla and here she is sitting on a bench across from someone else who is sitting on a bench. Oh, wait, never mind, that someone else is just another statue. But they both look pretty comfortable.

Tecla

Let's see, our meetup time was 9:00 am, who else might still be coming as now it's 9:19:54

Nita

Right, it's "Life Is Good" Nita, she could've sworn she left her house in time. Well, let's face it, this post wouldn't have been complete without a timestamp.

Let's see what happened to Janel, what spot did she find.

Janel

She looks like she's thinking about ordering something from a menu. Guess she was really just getting her paints set up. I found a spot right near her, I may have even made use of the shade her umbrella gave.

Since the primary reason for selecting this location was because of the NAWS Library Show, we had a lot of visitors. Also, a well known artist was going to be set up and painting right there at the library who would be willing and ready to answer all painting questions. Who was this well known artist -- let's see if I can provide a pic.

Here she is:

Betty Carr

Betty had on display a painting done "in process". Meaning she went through the effort of starting a painting, stopping, starting the same painting again but taking it a little further and so on. A lot of work as each time she was showing you how a painting evolves and having to recreate what she had just painted. She also has some workshops planned.

That's Betty, showing us the info on the upcoming workshop she's holding. Oh, you can't read that -- well, perhaps I can help you out.

Sounds like a course well worth taking -- so those of you interested in learning more about working with watercolor or enhancing your skills, take note. Here is a link to the Sedona Arts Center where the class is being held.

https://sedonaartscenter.org/product/watercolor-crash-course-26-0406c-bc/

Oh, I was going to tell you about some of the visitors we had stop by, I didn't get pics of all, but here are a few.

Linda

Do you all remember her, she used to paint with us. In fact, she had a doppelgänger - sounding familiar? Yes, it was Miley & Caden's grandma, they would join us a lot when we would go to the river in the Summer to paint.

Here's another one of those visitors who can be seen whizzing past -- she was in and around all the artists here, inside and out and was the primary organizer for the NAWS Library Show which caused us to paint there.

Denise

Ok, not the greatest or clearest picture of her. But, in my defense, I did say she was whizzing around.

There were more visitors to us and the library and some of them you know since they do paint with us. Don't have their pics, but they were Lauren & Eileen (separately). And, strangers who kept coming over to see what we were doing, including someone from the newspaper who was there to take photos of Betty I believe. We all have become quite adept at talking to strangers, guess we look approachable.

You may have wondered if Tecla had that comfy spot all to herself, well here's the answer to that question.

(L to R) Linda, Tecla, Mike, Nita

As for my spot, as I mentioned earlier it was near Janel. You'll see we were in clear viewing distance of Nita.

And, my friends, that brings us to the gallery.

And because some of them really need a closer look - here you go...

As usual, my watch was up to its old tricks. This time, it said "the heck with getting her in the photo, I'm just going to take it without her, and it looks like the whole group went along with it.