55th NBPA - Results (Spring Lake Paintout)

Check out all the photos and scans from our previous paintout 

at Spring Lake Park!!!

55th NBPA Paintout - Spring Lake Park, Sunday August 31st, 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Location: Spring Lake Park, Santa Rosa CA.

Meeting Place: 
There is a small shore with picnic benches near the main parking lot that should work fine for our meetup. 

Agenda 
11:45am - 12:00am - We'll meet briefly or feel free to start painting!

12:00am - 4:00pm - Let's Paint!

4:00pm - 4:15pm - Let's meet back near the shore to share our findings, techniques or just to chat (not a critique).

Directions and Parking:   
Click Here For Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/Lw1E7 

For those of you who have never visited Spring Lake Park, there is limited space along Montgomery Drive to park for free, otherwise, continue along the road to turn into the park entrance and park at the main lot.  There is somewhat of a hike to get to the meetup point from Montgomery Drive along the Spring Creek Trail. If you don't want to hike, I suggest paying for the lot if you don't have a regional park pass.

47th NBPA Paintout "Crane Creek" (Santa Rosa, Ca)

Crane Creek Regional Park is a regional park east of Rohnert Park, California, U.S.A. which is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department.

Beautiful grassy hills and views of the valley and vineyards!






FYI - Possibly on the weekend, the disc golfing course gets fairly busy.

Meeting Place: Parking Lot













Parking (Fees)
Visitors must purchase a vehicle parking pass for $7 at the automated pay station. Note the the pay station accepts credit cards and cash.

Agenda:
11:00am - 11:30am - Brief Meet and Greet

11:30am - 2:30pm - Let's Paint!

2:30pm - 3:00pm - Let's briefly meet back at Parking Lot to share our findings, techniques or just to chat (not a critique).

Directions
From US 101 in Sonoma County, exit Rohnert Park Expressway. Drive southeast on Rohnert Park Expressway about 2.5 miles, at which point Rohnert Park Expressway ends at Petaluma Hill Road. Turn right on Petaluma Hill Road, and drive south about 1.2 miles, then turn left onto Roberts Road (there's a brown "parks" sign at this intersection). Drive about 1.2 miles on Roberts Road, and where Roberts Road ends (Lichau Road makes a sharp turn right), continue straight, now on Pressley Road. Continue on Pressley about 0.5 mile, then turn left into the parking lot.


Restrooms: Yes

44th NBPA Memeorial Day Paintout, Sunday May 26th, 2013 (11am - 3pm) - Black Point Boat Launch, Novato Ca.

• Location
  This "Memorial Day" Sunday we will be painting at the Black Point Boat Launch in Novato. It's just underneath Hwy 37 bridge!
  Address
  Harbor Drive on the right,Highway 37/Petaluma River Bridge, Novato, CA, 94998
  
  Directions:
  From Hwy 37 in Novato, take the Atherton Ave exit towards Black Point and merge onto Harbor Drive. The boat launch is on the right, just under the Hwy 37/Petaluma River Bridge.
  
  Parking:
  Lot will fit up to 30 vehicles.
  
  Meeting Place: Parking Lot
  
  Agenda:
  11:00am - 11:30am - Meet and Greet
  11:30am - 2:30pm - Let's Paint!
  2:30pm - 3:00pm - Let's meet back at Parking Lot to share our findings, techniques or just to chat (not a critique).
  
  
  
  
  

10th North Bay Plein Air - Results

(photos by: Janice L-H)

Artist: Joe Jaqua

Artist: Joe Jaqua
Artist: Jocelyn

Artist: Jackson Dryden

Artist: Len Brandt
Artist: Len Brandt

Artist: Gerald de Dios

Artist: Gerald de Dios

Artist: Cheryl Cruz

Artist: Cheryl Cruz

Artist: Stephen Tang

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(originally posted by: Jason Courtney)

I've been thinking for awhile now that I should to get back to doing some landscapes. I've been finding it harder to go out on my own lately, and much more inclined to work in groups, meaning most of what I've been doing has been life drawing. But this means lately I've been doing practically nothing else aside from that, and I've been feeling like it's become a somewhat unbalanced practice. Fortunately I came across a painting group (accidentally, through a google reference search in fact), and spent yesterday in the idyllic grounds of St. Vincent's Church in Marin.

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(originally posted by: Janice L-H)

I met the North Bay Plein Air Painters in Marin County this last Sunday. They returned to St. Vincent Church on an initially overcast day. Later the sun decided to show its face and all 11 of the painters were glad for it, I think. The artists worked in oils, watercolor and pastel (me).

We all found different subjects to paint: the church, the courtyard fountains, the arched doorways and corridors, the surrounding countryside and gardens.


12"x18" pastel (Artist Janice L-H)

"Past the Wall at St. Vincents Church"

Below: (photos by Janice L-H)

Entrance road lined with giant Eucalyptus trees.

St Vincent's Church - marvelous stained glass interior

I loved the stone wallwork surrounding the area -
need to paint this! I will return...

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(originally posted by: Sergio Lopez)

These plein air paintings were done at St. Vincent's Church in San Rafael. Our Meetup group got together to paint as we do every month.
This first one I did in about an hour and a half, which I thought I'd spent a lot less time on it. The second one I did in about 45 minutes.


I went with a different approach on this piece. I've found that it's really hard to start with a more muted palette and end on a bright note. I instead started with my brightest primary color and mixed to a more natural tone.

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(originally posted by: Cameron Chun)

My last painting of January at Saint Vincent's Church in San Rafael. I meet up with some pals and other North Bay Plein Air Painters, it was a good turn out with about eleven artist. The day started out very gray and heavy fog, as you can see the sun came out and I ended up with a very different painting than when I started.