tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56605275513567458182024-02-06T19:35:01.604-08:00The Dirty Palette ClubMike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-11433126816877358852015-08-24T10:44:00.000-07:002015-08-24T10:44:03.994-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Check out the latets outing of the DPC at the Burlington Plein Air festival over on my <a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/2015/08/burlington-plein-air.html">DRAW! Blog</a>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-74042869520493369712012-05-25T23:31:00.000-07:002012-05-26T08:57:11.585-07:00Return to the Delaware<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Schools done and the nice weather is here so the DPC summer painting adventure is in full swing. Today the group ventured back along the Delaware river to the "Secret Spot" full of feral cats, blackberries, a few inebriated types with "Florida Chicken" on their minds and a crazy loud family who ended up destroying our set-up and trying our concentration an patience with their little dog named Doug.
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We all spread out and searched for our spot to paint.
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You never know exactly what you will find when going out painting in the Philly area, but you will always have drunk people show up at some point and try and help you paint which happened toward the end of our trip. This loud family showed up and tore down the trash-sail we were painting, they didn't even ask, they just came in like a wild bunch and set about being crazies--I looked up and it was gone. Next, what appeared to be the father of the group set about bring up large boards and logs and started banging on them as the wee dog and kids ran about screaming. You can see them running about as I paint....</p>
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The family was soon followed by two guys that smelled like stale Budwiser, who spent 15 minutes trying to buy the dog from the crazy family,then crit and teach us how to paint as they made their way to each of our easels and inspected what we had and at the same time tried bargain for everything the family seemed to have by saying they'd be happy to trade them for the dog or some pot for some 'Florida Chickens", whatever those clucks might be....
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Eventually the sun was too low and the crazies were too much so we packed it in. Next week we'll be back out to paint around the Philly area--so check back next week and watch out for those "Florida Chickens!"Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-10154958866464083602012-04-22T13:13:00.002-07:002012-04-22T13:13:37.873-07:00Painting The Delaware<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwWzBvYuPSZFG-oRjtuJTiR6CBtkbH9zYM9vHbCXMw4Whqda5x3lrINHrkmAl4ofrukbiTyHCuoYjHt2yA8ECuJIH6pcTHyvZWc5iTHzbbsVHNUAEGLj8Pn2r8OVUJVw9prWRiQfj2ps/s1600/delaware-geese.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwWzBvYuPSZFG-oRjtuJTiR6CBtkbH9zYM9vHbCXMw4Whqda5x3lrINHrkmAl4ofrukbiTyHCuoYjHt2yA8ECuJIH6pcTHyvZWc5iTHzbbsVHNUAEGLj8Pn2r8OVUJVw9prWRiQfj2ps/s400/delaware-geese.JPG" /></a></div>Yesterday was one of the best days of the year so far weather wise and especially for painting, and with the need to finish a few more paintings for the ASE at PAFA the DPC hit the banks of the Delaware River to catch some sun and paint us a river. It was a mini-DPC group, just Lexi and myself this time, so it was a Mini-Palette meeting--but all the same rules applied---paint, paint, paint.<p>
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One of the things you find out while trying to get to the river in philly to paint, especially if you want to paint old piers and such is that they are not that easy to get to. So many places are blocked off or fenced or basically behind signs that say "No Nrespassing". But last year I found a spot and this is the place we went to. We walked out onto one of the long ago abandoned piers and found a cool spot. It seems like many people have been there for fishing and partying because there was tons of trash, fish hooks and broken glass.
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There were so many great views here to paint I know we'll go back, here you can see the city a short distance away.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89kqyxjOYySNcF8cpllH2EwgbJyHrHA4G9b3ykWyUsVJs0au4MIJVLZsP09ZiIV0E6HGdr8qtw3WG5sNgwX-PV0gesgDM_3YHnebP59tZksYHjpasRZ-qguZ6ceCHiIxFeNKtMVajrt4/s1600/painting-rig-set-up-delaware-river.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89kqyxjOYySNcF8cpllH2EwgbJyHrHA4G9b3ykWyUsVJs0au4MIJVLZsP09ZiIV0E6HGdr8qtw3WG5sNgwX-PV0gesgDM_3YHnebP59tZksYHjpasRZ-qguZ6ceCHiIxFeNKtMVajrt4/s400/painting-rig-set-up-delaware-river.jpg" /></a></div>Lexi decided to bring acrylics this time as they have a lot less cleanup and maintenance involved, I brought my new French easel I got for my birthday last year. I knew it might be windy and so I spent time really making sure the painting was locked onto the easel. The weather report said thunderstorms by the afternoon so I knew the weather could change fast. At certain points the wind did gust up and I had to use my mall stick, a nice fat dowel of wood and hold down the easel and painting with my left arm--and paint with my right. It was a real battle a couple of times to keep the whole rig from blowing into the river.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4152JhhHBUCYnNXKMf0deY_2YWXwZQ3qr-KAYlvg_GKk6w_xvhhCbyGx9kM6ICQNj_2HDcxWxFICqoVvcVnmv39jPLPz0Ok6453CPYCb25dhGTudDHpKOwHDc7bS8nca54HQB2-p1ovs/s1600/michael-cole-manley-blocking-in-delaware-river.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4152JhhHBUCYnNXKMf0deY_2YWXwZQ3qr-KAYlvg_GKk6w_xvhhCbyGx9kM6ICQNj_2HDcxWxFICqoVvcVnmv39jPLPz0Ok6453CPYCb25dhGTudDHpKOwHDc7bS8nca54HQB2-p1ovs/s400/michael-cole-manley-blocking-in-delaware-river.jpg" /></a></div>Usually when doing a plien air painting I do a smaller painting, say 12x 16 or smaller, but this time I went for broke and used a canvas I made myself which was 13.5 x 39, so I'd have a nice panorama. Of course even though this was my biggest plien air so far, it still pales in size to some of the plien air paintings by Redfield or Garber.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYMfq0jl_aBA_me6_3TxA_4Yd65Cf0h0PAKBIZseE5wR2Qe-BZZSJLIWbMRwD2aEln5aHolitlZdbIzPSuyUCqFt6CSyXOLcbgux_DS8fubSB2dNwHQO5tOTGZptUHfc1sB0k1rKhmvA/s1600/tugboat.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYMfq0jl_aBA_me6_3TxA_4Yd65Cf0h0PAKBIZseE5wR2Qe-BZZSJLIWbMRwD2aEln5aHolitlZdbIzPSuyUCqFt6CSyXOLcbgux_DS8fubSB2dNwHQO5tOTGZptUHfc1sB0k1rKhmvA/s400/tugboat.JPG" /></a></div>As usual while out painting we had visitors and the curious onlooker come by to see what we were doing and what we are up to, this time it was a little different, we had a few fishermen and some families come through, but we also had the crew of the tub boat Virginia come by and moor right next to us as the crew wanted to go into the Wallmart that was right behind us.
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The captain of the ship spent a fair amount of time talking to Lexi as she painted away, even giving her some flowers---awww. I just painted away racing the sun and fighting the wind as I knew any minute that thunderstorm could rear up...
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A shot of my painting as it progressed. I was really trying to push shapes and not get seduced by details and thinking a lot about Levitan, Sargent and Sorolla and how they so beautifully took in nature and then designed it. There is so much they altered, changed or took out in their paintings. I kept saying to myself, "what does the painting need", "Keep it loose and big as long as possible".
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Here is my finished painting, I made a few touches in the studio and scraped off a couple of bugs. I am pretty happy with this painting and it was great to get out of the studio after being basically a studio painter for the last few months, I really want to spend as much time painting outside as I can now that the better weather is here.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-7047442373683943742012-03-06T12:23:00.000-08:002012-03-06T12:26:15.290-08:00The Dirty Palette Club Back In Action<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmJZ5EA-esWGmz9Jl6EMC1UNX2dyAAKdz1CcB6nMmr8RMHz27oSkRhlDmgaNAH2v_Nrs_wHTsbMgYKDxQrsbJ6BIraD62GErABRemnfe-Sp0qFOz5yhyHu7X9TlNWLL1WxDHyU-Sax40/s1600/will-painting-mike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="299" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmJZ5EA-esWGmz9Jl6EMC1UNX2dyAAKdz1CcB6nMmr8RMHz27oSkRhlDmgaNAH2v_Nrs_wHTsbMgYKDxQrsbJ6BIraD62GErABRemnfe-Sp0qFOz5yhyHu7X9TlNWLL1WxDHyU-Sax40/s400/will-painting-mike.jpg" /></a></div>After a spell yesterday the DPCC got back together at mi casa for an afternoon of jokes, goofing, art-talk and of course painting a crazy still life! It had been a while since we gathered in my house to paint, our last gatherings had been to see art or plein air paint, so it was fun to hang with the gang and paint away like we started a few years back now. Will did a handsome portrait of me and you can see an in-progress of it abouve.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwkg1xZT-sZqZVUVrm07z92W1v_rKwoYuFFEo60Neweoz_Qt2jCqQj6T_wMky8_TTGlNml5dtjHjztI3VypUU2lECXmvccR3GXCX3p_LSCZJuyDfky0Zkfgp0dIhpVby30Xnndfi7pII/s1600/two-skinless-michael-cole-manley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="296" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwkg1xZT-sZqZVUVrm07z92W1v_rKwoYuFFEo60Neweoz_Qt2jCqQj6T_wMky8_TTGlNml5dtjHjztI3VypUU2lECXmvccR3GXCX3p_LSCZJuyDfky0Zkfgp0dIhpVby30Xnndfi7pII/s400/two-skinless-michael-cole-manley.jpg" /></a></div>This is the final painting, I had to bum paint off Dave and Will as I left all my paints at school, so I will need to put a little retouch varnish on this to bring up the colors even as the darker colors sunk in a bit. There was so much fun stuff to paint in this piece, from the little Mickey head to the pig yp the faint blue reflected light on the wall next to the ecroche.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpG5z-dNsDx0P-P0MMA_6KTvIno7tRVsPu0FRcJx23cggil6J9EkoDR1ab4DIO7o9bc11PHl6ktFNbzY1DZBHcuts9YvyKBSfb4DubWvS_JTpUgfX42o1gfhPWnOou9AzFOEKDuFJKFc/s1600/will-sentman-portrait-mike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpG5z-dNsDx0P-P0MMA_6KTvIno7tRVsPu0FRcJx23cggil6J9EkoDR1ab4DIO7o9bc11PHl6ktFNbzY1DZBHcuts9YvyKBSfb4DubWvS_JTpUgfX42o1gfhPWnOou9AzFOEKDuFJKFc/s400/will-sentman-portrait-mike.jpg" /></a></div>Will's final painting of me.
We plan on getting together weekly now like we did in the past to just hangout and paint in the looser and congenial atmosphere of the DPC.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-35290525166631121702012-02-21T19:07:00.000-08:002012-02-21T19:09:00.456-08:00Studio Incamminati Demonstration (Burlington, NJ)<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.studioincamminati.org/">Studio Incamminati</a> and the<a href="http://www.burlingtonlyceum.com/"> Burlington Lyceum Hall</a> have come together to introduce a new series of painting classes. As a promotional event, Robin Frey, Stephen Early and Peter Kelsey have come together under one roof to do a live painting demonstration.</div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><u><br /></u></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ELb6uGXeKQ/TxJnT7QB_fI/AAAAAAAABBo/guZx5dThhFw/s1600/IMG_0398.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ELb6uGXeKQ/TxJnT7QB_fI/AAAAAAAABBo/guZx5dThhFw/s200/IMG_0398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697730070597205490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Since the event seemed like a great chance to pick up a few tips and meet some new faces, my friends and I decided to drive in and check it out. The demonstrations were set up quite well, and those running the show held no expense when it came to treating guests with hospitality.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EqsYbr4GkhQ/TxJnTOen_PI/AAAAAAAABBc/1rb2AbCom4k/s1600/IMG_0407.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EqsYbr4GkhQ/TxJnTOen_PI/AAAAAAAABBc/1rb2AbCom4k/s200/IMG_0407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697730058578820338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Daniel Murano and Kathryn Vaughan talking to the lovely Robin Frey.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jter8FsVBvE/TxJnSyLxc7I/AAAAAAAABBM/oUhdQSHhdiw/s1600/3-deatilgood%252520force2.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jter8FsVBvE/TxJnSyLxc7I/AAAAAAAABBM/oUhdQSHhdiw/s200/3-deatilgood%252520force2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697730050983556018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.stephenearly.com/">Stephen Early's</a> Figure Demonstration</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5SJ5DZ5Z6ME/TxJnSkMrBXI/AAAAAAAABBE/n8ysEcAoXHE/s1600/IMG_0393.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5SJ5DZ5Z6ME/TxJnSkMrBXI/AAAAAAAABBE/n8ysEcAoXHE/s200/IMG_0393.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697730047229232498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IiTf0Bt_5L0/TxJm4jUeiXI/AAAAAAAABA4/pwgBtW5mYbA/s1600/IMG_0402.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IiTf0Bt_5L0/TxJm4jUeiXI/AAAAAAAABA4/pwgBtW5mYbA/s200/IMG_0402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697729600316934514" style="display: block; 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width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcLbLuILrp0/TxJm3EalJAI/AAAAAAAABAU/qMOdqL5_hnU/s1600/IMG_0474.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcLbLuILrp0/TxJm3EalJAI/AAAAAAAABAU/qMOdqL5_hnU/s200/IMG_0474.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697729574841164802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gHq2ILj0New/TxJm261XrSI/AAAAAAAABAI/hfaO7t6KcWs/s1600/painting07.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gHq2ILj0New/TxJm261XrSI/AAAAAAAABAI/hfaO7t6KcWs/s200/painting07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697729572269174050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://peterkelseyart.com/">Peter Kelsey's</a> Portrait Demonstration</div><div style="text-align: center; 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width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eJV4W2ggftM/TxJmDR6N1II/AAAAAAAAA-8/IalIL6PiLAE/s1600/RobinFrey_MirandaBIG.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eJV4W2ggftM/TxJmDR6N1II/AAAAAAAAA-8/IalIL6PiLAE/s200/RobinFrey_MirandaBIG.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697728685110318210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 99px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://robinfrey.com/">Robin Frey's</a> Figure Demonstration</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAgZx8lw5FQ/TxJmDFubkLI/AAAAAAAAA-0/fHMzaZW2lfE/s1600/IMG_0394.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GAgZx8lw5FQ/TxJmDFubkLI/AAAAAAAAA-0/fHMzaZW2lfE/s200/IMG_0394.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697728681839661234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; 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width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-28524237006871722132011-08-04T19:59:00.000-07:002011-08-04T21:29:09.321-07:00THE DPC takes in a DemoYesterday the DPC made a little road trip over the river to Willingboro, NJ and took in a portrait demo by <a href="http://www.john-ennis.com/">John Ennis.</a> It was a short demo where Ennis demonstrated his underpainting technique.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsjloFjK294duWsMFMfzSqhfeAhRgBVdGvnPR2hTYFe9dFEGBKRpTr4ZuzWGJkQHofGr2KU_lUCBzJgSuyiWYnzEJPtomZuNOoKlVMhZVCOA8Zsi_LWI8kQWrT_Tn1eCbVHvhXHgonQU/s1600/john-ennis-demo-0.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsjloFjK294duWsMFMfzSqhfeAhRgBVdGvnPR2hTYFe9dFEGBKRpTr4ZuzWGJkQHofGr2KU_lUCBzJgSuyiWYnzEJPtomZuNOoKlVMhZVCOA8Zsi_LWI8kQWrT_Tn1eCbVHvhXHgonQU/s400/john-ennis-demo-0.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221837059668466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimbzKJfp52qtpRdZIzBAEci0PMtC_hUMMy-3OMYG1EJo3yVdtXtV0JTDj_FEtBrDSSga545p7HPwpsa4f27HVJSN5Qvt2Ef0gzHCQeR275rX5mKpTFNKJd_OIno_BzJWFqLCYen15cYs/s1600/john-ennis-demo-00.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimbzKJfp52qtpRdZIzBAEci0PMtC_hUMMy-3OMYG1EJo3yVdtXtV0JTDj_FEtBrDSSga545p7HPwpsa4f27HVJSN5Qvt2Ef0gzHCQeR275rX5mKpTFNKJd_OIno_BzJWFqLCYen15cYs/s400/john-ennis-demo-00.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221836712922034" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaVSmvylTCIfqjiZvuD6O50AYUYywmfDEwnJRLd3y20ZL7iJH9qiJLRmijnKS5fzumVionwXZ1gBUKSOu_JZrsT2smed2FI1DzQVdmolLy7uj42ai46wGEb_JgmDgcgkRCTWYz3IbaVE/s1600/john-ennis-demo-7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaVSmvylTCIfqjiZvuD6O50AYUYywmfDEwnJRLd3y20ZL7iJH9qiJLRmijnKS5fzumVionwXZ1gBUKSOu_JZrsT2smed2FI1DzQVdmolLy7uj42ai46wGEb_JgmDgcgkRCTWYz3IbaVE/s400/john-ennis-demo-7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221821324012050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D9W5HRBKnAVpJI-8eX9okd-SlVdMPYF7hKaAxYAsEjD9Q8WRJOYNRba18xWBTc25kv2tmXD_E2Q1XIqu2Wal8vmHqWE-9zKCMLPxtMfx7vwLYkB_MBMPhFLS75RO9eWqKOBLREp-IZU/s1600/john-ennis-demo-4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D9W5HRBKnAVpJI-8eX9okd-SlVdMPYF7hKaAxYAsEjD9Q8WRJOYNRba18xWBTc25kv2tmXD_E2Q1XIqu2Wal8vmHqWE-9zKCMLPxtMfx7vwLYkB_MBMPhFLS75RO9eWqKOBLREp-IZU/s400/john-ennis-demo-4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221827430698706" /></a><br />Working with an burnt umber mixture he toned the canvas and then basically did a modified <a href="http://www.aristidesatelier.com/blog/wipeout-underpainting">wipeout.</a> Ennis went a little further than he would in the studio for the purposes of the demo for the crowd last night. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNQ-00uYS3jSIyTLamzJaLne4gNPCal78Sw9UnW1GXjzHtAOeBzy6Cdnoq4A3Lb5vvC-oL-5P7b_GBji2kEZSoxQNs3rwAj36GBErtwHpnP8zAa4Kgw7L8ByuKQjShmriTZWb4wU7pDU/s1600/john-ennis-questions.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNQ-00uYS3jSIyTLamzJaLne4gNPCal78Sw9UnW1GXjzHtAOeBzy6Cdnoq4A3Lb5vvC-oL-5P7b_GBji2kEZSoxQNs3rwAj36GBErtwHpnP8zAa4Kgw7L8ByuKQjShmriTZWb4wU7pDU/s400/john-ennis-questions.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221830742746242" /></a><br />Ennis stopped along the way and answered questions from the audience and then gave a nice slide show talk about his work and career as a national portrait artist and his transition from being an illustrator.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn0kIwweV_bCPf1DIzwf3QjzcQyNlFbLsPeJwyOt4MHIrLzAqC_HcbYMZXHwZ-V_tTcNWJE9WUTU-BF75DeD0YN-gGuFfEx2kI5rD3FDjsyJVT915bf70xF2TgVwX9qVlOiIu-QoAVTg/s1600/will-alina-ennis-demo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn0kIwweV_bCPf1DIzwf3QjzcQyNlFbLsPeJwyOt4MHIrLzAqC_HcbYMZXHwZ-V_tTcNWJE9WUTU-BF75DeD0YN-gGuFfEx2kI5rD3FDjsyJVT915bf70xF2TgVwX9qVlOiIu-QoAVTg/s400/will-alina-ennis-demo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221958735826898" /></a>Will and Alina squint like good painters...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57TsuKiLgJnpfvqShnULeos0gCAgUfA8PgGRb4TK6HcHcKvlQcmas4f1CCcMHwyWtmgpMcJnPQIuvjnlOsENiF0MeT0-bKuT2hL74TForBe8dKDYMyGULQbMBSoP0_ROUKesfjTGJAYI/s1600/john-ennis-demo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57TsuKiLgJnpfvqShnULeos0gCAgUfA8PgGRb4TK6HcHcKvlQcmas4f1CCcMHwyWtmgpMcJnPQIuvjnlOsENiF0MeT0-bKuT2hL74TForBe8dKDYMyGULQbMBSoP0_ROUKesfjTGJAYI/s400/john-ennis-demo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221528577808562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rCC7GNWum4ij32KIC4UBDFelisAE6eLQKeajOuVdHhl3VQCu-JIWdzCHxxMA9wxJ7DfYXn_0r9c6V1mg5SLlQxokpFcUVNbvgVFTIHDrN6RNocd2hR-pL_BL45mWYY9ZSA4OuKNLTR0/s1600/john-ennis-demo-gear.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rCC7GNWum4ij32KIC4UBDFelisAE6eLQKeajOuVdHhl3VQCu-JIWdzCHxxMA9wxJ7DfYXn_0r9c6V1mg5SLlQxokpFcUVNbvgVFTIHDrN6RNocd2hR-pL_BL45mWYY9ZSA4OuKNLTR0/s400/john-ennis-demo-gear.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221521627887650" /></a>Ennis' painting gear.<br /><br /><br />Afterwards the DPC stopped a diner for some dinner and discussion about what we saw and about the issues with painting we all have gong on. then we parted ways in the rain looking forward to our next painting outing as a group.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuO1BUvtCbrigTPj36Z8HKTmBjfMBNMr3SLfHpVsJjTxzEpcRqVShsVkOlyN0ty_wD92t6pQF-wsh-TafChyQjCyLtKLJyl-ivX-Pq8rJLch5svWybbO9A6f_R3Eqr_0XUDGTeLWJTGs/s1600/dpc-diner-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH66h-OUhK4mxhAir9a_fMB9PPzH7Tor54um_smwsveJvAH0VqexzMVP4-DNLZ3RHN_QwE5-H_Tltpl3cJ0iex0asAfc6k952RVIHecpHr20vKdOymlHxa-Sg4acVx4X10hhD38kfGiSU/s400/dpc-diner-3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637221516586124578" /></a>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-44592462551680590262011-07-27T19:13:00.001-07:002011-07-27T20:06:34.415-07:00BrandywineWith the break in the current heatwave which had been baking almost the entire country it seems the DPC or Alina and I decided to hit the road and paint. I decided to drive down to the Brandywine and along the river in Chadds Ford, know for being the homestead of the Wyeth clan. in fact we were just a short distance from the <a href="http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/">Brandywine River Museum.</a> We came along <a href="http://www.picnic.com/">Brandywine Picnic Park</a> and set up and got ready to paint.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvgy_MIJhBYVHJnwDyczZAXb1lObPTHg12RWPdGKo4g201KFuzmgztSGMbz9csJDTmQ7HDvYIigUrDi96AaqEV8CgLCFtIR1nJm_1UXJ8i2C5UVV79FW55wFBCFTORp1LPB39hwc1WBY/s1600/alina-blue-creek.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvgy_MIJhBYVHJnwDyczZAXb1lObPTHg12RWPdGKo4g201KFuzmgztSGMbz9csJDTmQ7HDvYIigUrDi96AaqEV8CgLCFtIR1nJm_1UXJ8i2C5UVV79FW55wFBCFTORp1LPB39hwc1WBY/s400/alina-blue-creek.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634223357611337058" /></a>Alina checking out the spot. We couldn't have asked for a better day really, just perfect blue, blue summer skies and it was cool in the shade. We saw several people canoeing or floating down on big inner tubes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9l7JH9-c0DBY00ozkRe80Ycg62vww2zljZHjObagDvDfYcTAk8VwjDu0Mpm8ESJIwoX5t4keCd7gpX09VoIyre-M4tPVFEMc4SZ_nqurPxAgrfJS5TiMnHE8SfKrI2ASk_zkuhOV8Fw/s1600/brandywine-park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9l7JH9-c0DBY00ozkRe80Ycg62vww2zljZHjObagDvDfYcTAk8VwjDu0Mpm8ESJIwoX5t4keCd7gpX09VoIyre-M4tPVFEMc4SZ_nqurPxAgrfJS5TiMnHE8SfKrI2ASk_zkuhOV8Fw/s400/brandywine-park.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634222044880516354" /></a>There was so much good here to paint it was more of a choice of what not to try and paint, so many good views--so we'll deninitely be going back!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbcGPpuNphZjKq21dPcaTZw_1WEXO20WyvXkEZPtot_d0lsHwRhyphenhyphenHo5Hgt_XuigbtfImRok7GaElBqUuhe8wlmW_gYzW7vyiN2_HJHMHiCD5oBe4z4g4Cr1BTjs4JWHHcskEqSKz38f8/s1600/alina-osipov-finding-composition.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbcGPpuNphZjKq21dPcaTZw_1WEXO20WyvXkEZPtot_d0lsHwRhyphenhyphenHo5Hgt_XuigbtfImRok7GaElBqUuhe8wlmW_gYzW7vyiN2_HJHMHiCD5oBe4z4g4Cr1BTjs4JWHHcskEqSKz38f8/s400/alina-osipov-finding-composition.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634220900924254146" /></a>Alina searches for a composition and settled on the bridge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCMj-d97J_cTnUPxZD15pVScMin8Bez_6FlhAIHWBRVC02PJSGZzk3NUU4gbEMa0qtXNUiajAVh5q6QthdAlYWeVCFz0nmQ58rLz5eVKZz8hh_Y8Ey2bkSO1Z-gfrrJ7UVNUy_UjbWDg/s1600/alina-osipov-painting.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCMj-d97J_cTnUPxZD15pVScMin8Bez_6FlhAIHWBRVC02PJSGZzk3NUU4gbEMa0qtXNUiajAVh5q6QthdAlYWeVCFz0nmQ58rLz5eVKZz8hh_Y8Ey2bkSO1Z-gfrrJ7UVNUy_UjbWDg/s400/alina-osipov-painting.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634220897937982530" /></a>Alina painting away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihilz2sUwYI7KgvlubAXfG152YBEcW3vw2BwU868uwi3i_rDXks-dtUIUyFVLVvSsI5Ss8ok2G8MJvNbLwSzLodX1qRkRK0FhVYBYqDPpjNb7s_tjFUfvtNAyHNdiyEybLR5CC35fMGIY/s1600/alina-paimnting.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihilz2sUwYI7KgvlubAXfG152YBEcW3vw2BwU868uwi3i_rDXks-dtUIUyFVLVvSsI5Ss8ok2G8MJvNbLwSzLodX1qRkRK0FhVYBYqDPpjNb7s_tjFUfvtNAyHNdiyEybLR5CC35fMGIY/s400/alina-paimnting.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634223359918454546" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlkyYJ2sUkqvDX3k1eqPf_hD52lMrJb5zKMj2MZeKmKbp7tfltuUaTVzPDxe7Bvp20s0Euy3lcnFAI2R2jC3Ekv_ESoxDzium4PeTd3Bvd6zN9lr-oIA4ULDMPsfHv5fMkfGlL8dZl5I/s1600/stream.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlkyYJ2sUkqvDX3k1eqPf_hD52lMrJb5zKMj2MZeKmKbp7tfltuUaTVzPDxe7Bvp20s0Euy3lcnFAI2R2jC3Ekv_ESoxDzium4PeTd3Bvd6zN9lr-oIA4ULDMPsfHv5fMkfGlL8dZl5I/s400/stream.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634223366410979202" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGke6ny9iWNBv7ts7mijnGmj21HuMV2Np4ijIpftf6C4iexgNE8owvczo5q5QQR8hygvk6STvv1MD-ToP-pyngXK3EzpYP4llclsvKDoj-CqxiVCHhnY5K9TPzGuQVJYRrMana-OJ1fI/s1600/alina-osipov-progress-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGke6ny9iWNBv7ts7mijnGmj21HuMV2Np4ijIpftf6C4iexgNE8owvczo5q5QQR8hygvk6STvv1MD-ToP-pyngXK3EzpYP4llclsvKDoj-CqxiVCHhnY5K9TPzGuQVJYRrMana-OJ1fI/s400/alina-osipov-progress-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221326063111538" /></a>Alina's progress as the day wore on. She say right down on the river bed because the water level is pretty low due to the fact we have had so little rain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJ5un0FtMJTYqSqhyphenhyphenXB_C6qQObPoKJg3J24MX0M0Md6tJBywZo0b6z6n4DZs8YpBLjsO-HLfKLw5lgsv9j5qvb4J4k4EfJ6gZxEdRJguWU3mZ5aqcEghcFe0r9H_WQ8m551QJagXA8Gk/s1600/michael-cole-manley-brandywine-park-block-in.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJ5un0FtMJTYqSqhyphenhyphenXB_C6qQObPoKJg3J24MX0M0Md6tJBywZo0b6z6n4DZs8YpBLjsO-HLfKLw5lgsv9j5qvb4J4k4EfJ6gZxEdRJguWU3mZ5aqcEghcFe0r9H_WQ8m551QJagXA8Gk/s400/michael-cole-manley-brandywine-park-block-in.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221333268745090" /></a><br />I settled on the dynamic composition of the two trees arching over the riverbank, and here is my initial block-in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkQInjldelQoOPyUoHHWOM8OTld_k57U6p82olUnEinG5vxyNNKNL_IqkOLcCBkh4ujWW_DXyZRr37HfWmRovn8o_s2CwYBqOxJl_nCp2uA5ci-pbzXNvLhKqgmP6STE65x3ECQf1sh8/s1600/michael-cole-manley-painting-4.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGc5VsOkxlWBADsAhJ-1Jhwt-cHxXlnqprWmw9vkVK5G9kyhXhiMIvA6UfAhv943SpSPSF8QfUDZXJ1lbtsrpw_t0WT9fpKF3qgxASRGlMWzndLa-7HEeFUHQdKgsex5TR0BKwCbsKlc/s400/michael-cole-manley-plein-air.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221722293772162" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg71EAsRWd0DjLDMY7OJ7IIS-z-xp-s6K2L9b3RRa7976narXhQQTez76ItJFDE7XXcX2X98Alx6TIQVCU8SC1ajrj1rtKz4UeFY4qPYRSymgCjLp2riWf1SRqzFdZPQnRkZT71xAt1tg/s1600/mike-painting-00.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg71EAsRWd0DjLDMY7OJ7IIS-z-xp-s6K2L9b3RRa7976narXhQQTez76ItJFDE7XXcX2X98Alx6TIQVCU8SC1ajrj1rtKz4UeFY4qPYRSymgCjLp2riWf1SRqzFdZPQnRkZT71xAt1tg/s400/mike-painting-00.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221719689903618" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvw1Ms25I6Hb_-6D7rIkfXYRG5x7w2nzp7fEeYQoCLAnhW9kBw45mncENhY-8S-uj_u2X_SmopPMaSScRDKWELgq9Ut2RaEYP3PaJ03xY1INu9JlIUqi5F_CTHEpN7MMXFSAbztJh1yA/s1600/scout.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvw1Ms25I6Hb_-6D7rIkfXYRG5x7w2nzp7fEeYQoCLAnhW9kBw45mncENhY-8S-uj_u2X_SmopPMaSScRDKWELgq9Ut2RaEYP3PaJ03xY1INu9JlIUqi5F_CTHEpN7MMXFSAbztJh1yA/s400/scout.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221719809918738" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRymcHUMNbPux5lIKZkO90zO2Ef9VLt2Fw6muEs2-iKgyNpJcwTCgBAf5gnzCC7qf2GC_CIyTpSgAHRh5JnFDpglnVg2L9ZbqyWwm2g_stP9z1wVF4IOy26waUiP-P9SihNB2X0RLqmM/s1600/michael-cole-manley-brandywine-park-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRymcHUMNbPux5lIKZkO90zO2Ef9VLt2Fw6muEs2-iKgyNpJcwTCgBAf5gnzCC7qf2GC_CIyTpSgAHRh5JnFDpglnVg2L9ZbqyWwm2g_stP9z1wVF4IOy26waUiP-P9SihNB2X0RLqmM/s400/michael-cole-manley-brandywine-park-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221337877789794" /></a><br />Here is my final painting. Since we kind of got a late start we had less time before the sun changed the shadows too much, but I'd say we still got near 4 hours of painting time in. I'm really trying to both add more paint and more color into the shadows to really paint the light. Looking at Sorolla and Sargent to really see the masters at work and to try and take their lessons into my own thinking, yet I always want to be open and responsive and if I find if I get unclear, I wipe it off or scrape it off or re-mass it all back. I am also really looking at and studying the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_realism">Russian Social Realist painters</a> too, I love how they handle light and the dash of their paint application.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vlT8VucmiiZl3lsUt0l5q8KHt0jP6LpNTwETdFMKkUCsH35zKmcfKDPjSB62V_9WW8A_4MyN-aewktWWpYHzGgSgZ0CnaFTglkPBFG5U0fF2lB6lKctxmc-SIyqows080q-0I-d2pUU/s1600/brandy-wine-picknick-park.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vlT8VucmiiZl3lsUt0l5q8KHt0jP6LpNTwETdFMKkUCsH35zKmcfKDPjSB62V_9WW8A_4MyN-aewktWWpYHzGgSgZ0CnaFTglkPBFG5U0fF2lB6lKctxmc-SIyqows080q-0I-d2pUU/s400/brandy-wine-picknick-park.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221327010217282" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBMTVxAKpxVM5FGgBOLT4zcT4w9EpKSIQFXGUyIJ6XarRrvLFhUiV5qP8ITdDM59xeTod9m_hUv_tURgDoRbDSe5_p1lkn34OEYLpw-07D-iO_CVNvjAtaVlqGaUzk6SAIgMivKKX-I4/s1600/alina-osipov-wash.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBMTVxAKpxVM5FGgBOLT4zcT4w9EpKSIQFXGUyIJ6XarRrvLFhUiV5qP8ITdDM59xeTod9m_hUv_tURgDoRbDSe5_p1lkn34OEYLpw-07D-iO_CVNvjAtaVlqGaUzk6SAIgMivKKX-I4/s400/alina-osipov-wash.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634221328810875986" /></a>The stream makes and handy wash if you remember to bring soap!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0CImg5Z19hy9rM0uju43h9u6D_qmrWIonH2UUtGRTmZjY37RAAEdacX_NESlUO248b2V-i9wEfB-0mUJFQmUvSnTVrvA1uJmLqSUFBbSLPgRTLm-YfDq7P_NRwuDRu5jW-Mt70cEVg0/s1600/alina-osipov-progress.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0CImg5Z19hy9rM0uju43h9u6D_qmrWIonH2UUtGRTmZjY37RAAEdacX_NESlUO248b2V-i9wEfB-0mUJFQmUvSnTVrvA1uJmLqSUFBbSLPgRTLm-YfDq7P_NRwuDRu5jW-Mt70cEVg0/s400/alina-osipov-progress.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634220902019898898" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCP2csxaIUTEhD1JSXIWxFGMm-GGkfrtw2At3XfkhQRh6Np7wb9CxGcpB6w4BYoDFD7ERIx7u7KgoZk000gVKOQEFcNANeKXuapflr5JKgZ5pDm8n1VEK_XEErHTb7zhpxzdtETVRKVk/s1600/alina-osipov-brandywine-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCP2csxaIUTEhD1JSXIWxFGMm-GGkfrtw2At3XfkhQRh6Np7wb9CxGcpB6w4BYoDFD7ERIx7u7KgoZk000gVKOQEFcNANeKXuapflr5JKgZ5pDm8n1VEK_XEErHTb7zhpxzdtETVRKVk/s400/alina-osipov-brandywine-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634220893691864690" /></a>Alina with her wonderful painting, her best yet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9cK_AIQAgjz1zsGhTbrkBvmvFQ9EEdcUJ-k3sA6lOSGtbSDum2wxdicQBkoY_Yk8w-UckZU-xsaTkb6sRXl9uwWHQjWg1GYq_js4ixnA0QxkhIxKgny88_N-g-w2uQyPCx5ptcVJS4I/s1600/alina-osipov-brandywine-bridge-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9cK_AIQAgjz1zsGhTbrkBvmvFQ9EEdcUJ-k3sA6lOSGtbSDum2wxdicQBkoY_Yk8w-UckZU-xsaTkb6sRXl9uwWHQjWg1GYq_js4ixnA0QxkhIxKgny88_N-g-w2uQyPCx5ptcVJS4I/s400/alina-osipov-brandywine-bridge-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634220891051976610" /></a>A close-up of Alina's painting. So it's back in the studio for a few days but I am really charged and plan to head back out next week and engage nature again!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-790819664869309802011-07-10T19:35:00.000-07:002011-07-10T19:55:58.257-07:00Goodbye Darby RoadThe DPC returned to our spot this week, though only Lexi and I made it this week. The bugs were not as bad but the day heated up and got hot by the end. I decided since the light was so striking to paint the creek again. Lexi decided to paint the horse barn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvvmNgvzWTAUs6Hp5eUDLlqJ8QgtA3f0GruVeNN26IHqmJojQ-Y3drAOmFhoEBBhEfimlmgJQBAvg1I5ZKSm8VE5bUFa42RZNxWiR2b02LKYdYVhAll4pjBOrJlC_LdU5s0btqwJPOpI/s1600/lex-thomas-painting-3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvvmNgvzWTAUs6Hp5eUDLlqJ8QgtA3f0GruVeNN26IHqmJojQ-Y3drAOmFhoEBBhEfimlmgJQBAvg1I5ZKSm8VE5bUFa42RZNxWiR2b02LKYdYVhAll4pjBOrJlC_LdU5s0btqwJPOpI/s400/lex-thomas-painting-3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627919200417715490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBCdPOaAZUbxvy9E_av6lIP7c9ZFPFb4eR5a8pPEVOl6higMigWREyVDNFleQuTVyRAxVH4SI4918Hx6oBGMgZNoHHFQurQhuWbhWfi1-QsAn0GklrJb4VnM5CqPkvrZFF8MmOwJqtFs/s1600/bubbles-lexi.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBCdPOaAZUbxvy9E_av6lIP7c9ZFPFb4eR5a8pPEVOl6higMigWREyVDNFleQuTVyRAxVH4SI4918Hx6oBGMgZNoHHFQurQhuWbhWfi1-QsAn0GklrJb4VnM5CqPkvrZFF8MmOwJqtFs/s400/bubbles-lexi.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627919216682046098" /></a>Lexi blessed the days painting events with a bubble pipe.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4ELrGqapuHcEtaqcrlwKZRei8_xZohGH0OvI9EaxNZTUDAotUHmlAr8J5pq4jZ2I4zvauCxRPy4YGreiTwgrGCyUCFMoKcXJPFKJeraxwTuZ9grUOgpyr849P4P4Wrx3W8UBh34DaKE/s1600/my-start.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4ELrGqapuHcEtaqcrlwKZRei8_xZohGH0OvI9EaxNZTUDAotUHmlAr8J5pq4jZ2I4zvauCxRPy4YGreiTwgrGCyUCFMoKcXJPFKJeraxwTuZ9grUOgpyr849P4P4Wrx3W8UBh34DaKE/s400/my-start.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627919212086925074" /></a>Here is my initial wash-in, trying to keep big shapes and an interesting design.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp4a2nzwmfRDJjG4XwzmcIVW-Pgz9stzWAZeRrOQ22f97va8LkmK4rgKPgjtuftKeYJ3kqj6j7dQbGJ0UvRMo82Xx4p4DnDVmVy9dGZbd00ZiSWRzS6TcrUCt1yOgCTNbErOXWAp6KYs/s1600/mypalette.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp4a2nzwmfRDJjG4XwzmcIVW-Pgz9stzWAZeRrOQ22f97va8LkmK4rgKPgjtuftKeYJ3kqj6j7dQbGJ0UvRMo82Xx4p4DnDVmVy9dGZbd00ZiSWRzS6TcrUCt1yOgCTNbErOXWAp6KYs/s400/mypalette.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627919204146530994" /></a>Here is a shot of my palette, I guess it's really a primary palette, my usual approach is to look at what I see and choose colors that match pretty close to start off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhDnqb0-bJzcY_SYz5PU5nxPSdZPffiKEibaq5AuARGrQx_bRyH6wXoLfMg2Ja3Yi83QgX5d1cHQjtMpVF3EheNaZ3t2muxnDf3eHXv6ULRZLWDF6Dn16eQ3EqRyK686rT4J_wLOrgE0/s1600/lex-thomas-painting-3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhDnqb0-bJzcY_SYz5PU5nxPSdZPffiKEibaq5AuARGrQx_bRyH6wXoLfMg2Ja3Yi83QgX5d1cHQjtMpVF3EheNaZ3t2muxnDf3eHXv6ULRZLWDF6Dn16eQ3EqRyK686rT4J_wLOrgE0/s400/lex-thomas-painting-3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627918373332982098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnxgBCTtp3OeZLT0ynol_ODVMcWER2oD8d9rPf2_Gp9_JxZ-EGPH9L4OTwF_shqqdJBsQbd63Z-E1hiEtKQ7bNW-sAs3M4un9oqIlFJphhSzO584AXpIdg0dmaojPf9bYk5m0OS6ANlQ/s1600/horse-lexi.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnxgBCTtp3OeZLT0ynol_ODVMcWER2oD8d9rPf2_Gp9_JxZ-EGPH9L4OTwF_shqqdJBsQbd63Z-E1hiEtKQ7bNW-sAs3M4un9oqIlFJphhSzO584AXpIdg0dmaojPf9bYk5m0OS6ANlQ/s400/horse-lexi.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627918370960209106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nmGqFkOPA6_W663FGq3LY11ELm45f-74ntRrg4RB-nFXtn3USw7pOF7HOq4HqpR14VIxBhqvCqepR4R1MiIEfYfn1ilKu-kPCYdK9WD2Jqfk_Nqk2uQG-7Kx0kw7SQefr-45GnFuwNw/s1600/happy-lexi.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nmGqFkOPA6_W663FGq3LY11ELm45f-74ntRrg4RB-nFXtn3USw7pOF7HOq4HqpR14VIxBhqvCqepR4R1MiIEfYfn1ilKu-kPCYdK9WD2Jqfk_Nqk2uQG-7Kx0kw7SQefr-45GnFuwNw/s400/happy-lexi.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627918366013659282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzamF42DjHbkm7mhkQ7vHILiUfM-OYVQ4j9vdg8nK3iy_tNgU9GiGZKAI2YwaBJnRJZIBfOlobUGorpM67CyJIB6M9ywmTsxoehXEM9QQWB5treCa9EBKI8aKCe7Szlh3GXzH6Lwkx_M/s1600/lexi-thomas-hb.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzamF42DjHbkm7mhkQ7vHILiUfM-OYVQ4j9vdg8nK3iy_tNgU9GiGZKAI2YwaBJnRJZIBfOlobUGorpM67CyJIB6M9ywmTsxoehXEM9QQWB5treCa9EBKI8aKCe7Szlh3GXzH6Lwkx_M/s400/lexi-thomas-hb.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627919196949052866" /></a>A happy Lexi with her painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyry5d4JeAQTDMxN3SNcZJtXRRW0dWN0LWqSZHzAOh8YWfLUrEdCXv1Haz4HNe3miQTukv4uy8r1Xudtav4ny-8r5tmt0vlc1TwBhGBPirNt7EWNKNhzdUkUxAt-TYtTsPEu_Xw4HvKpg/s1600/lexi-thomas-horsebarn.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyry5d4JeAQTDMxN3SNcZJtXRRW0dWN0LWqSZHzAOh8YWfLUrEdCXv1Haz4HNe3miQTukv4uy8r1Xudtav4ny-8r5tmt0vlc1TwBhGBPirNt7EWNKNhzdUkUxAt-TYtTsPEu_Xw4HvKpg/s400/lexi-thomas-horsebarn.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627918363070968850" /></a>Lexi's awesome final painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsD_UVb5g41mJFqEOGbeRo1wy2dbYeBPKvpZ3lvanHEF5sjj2HzQ-VI7aICdWaI2wd1tXe6VBlffZkOCEnjYwcLKIKIMtArDFG3Lm3_BzsMSjYBAoFeSPeKMyRgWkbMdPieuymKdgdeh4/s1600/michael-cole-manley-darby-creek-L2-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsD_UVb5g41mJFqEOGbeRo1wy2dbYeBPKvpZ3lvanHEF5sjj2HzQ-VI7aICdWaI2wd1tXe6VBlffZkOCEnjYwcLKIKIMtArDFG3Lm3_BzsMSjYBAoFeSPeKMyRgWkbMdPieuymKdgdeh4/s400/michael-cole-manley-darby-creek-L2-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627918356386507938" /></a>Here is my final painting, this was more of a race that last week as we got started later and the sun's position changed earlier. I think we'll take a break from this spot for a bit and move to a new spot next week.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-78855199941054356002011-07-02T19:41:00.000-07:002011-07-02T22:19:59.631-07:00The Return to Darby Road<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAnDMI2A6w1y7G8R508FgojD3hgwa53hMwrDpJ6Z_-C-cVtl8N5fvGUEigF8kfFax4pa-Kg3VeUdH3QEJp_77cE7DYs3QX6-hIABRdbZHbv0UZTh8TK1wDN9z787pc426d_0qeoh2d4o/s1600/dave-diane-alina.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAnDMI2A6w1y7G8R508FgojD3hgwa53hMwrDpJ6Z_-C-cVtl8N5fvGUEigF8kfFax4pa-Kg3VeUdH3QEJp_77cE7DYs3QX6-hIABRdbZHbv0UZTh8TK1wDN9z787pc426d_0qeoh2d4o/s400/dave-diane-alina.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951284512658546" /></a>The DPC headed back out this week and a few more friends came along this time, our friends <a href="http://davidwilsonlives.com">David Wilson</a> and <a href="http://dianefeissel.blogspot.com/">Diane Feissel</a> joined in for a gorgeaous Saturday's afternoon of painting. We returned back to our secret spot on Darby Road and everyone quickly made the rounds to find a spot to paint. Alina was here for the first time since she was back in Toronto for the past few weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFmJdjbg2LYq7l9coy55wqkejiEAdpnMe-rdnQ1QDeTTXcYrfp8zKdTYt6NGhQp8GuqVizf-P3rK2PWSLtaXGPS80ApM0mYX-bnckgOAUZPwd3oWAEbuI7spA_eLfHJLbZMsjm9Vowec/s1600/dirty%253Dpalette-gear.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFmJdjbg2LYq7l9coy55wqkejiEAdpnMe-rdnQ1QDeTTXcYrfp8zKdTYt6NGhQp8GuqVizf-P3rK2PWSLtaXGPS80ApM0mYX-bnckgOAUZPwd3oWAEbuI7spA_eLfHJLbZMsjm9Vowec/s400/dirty%253Dpalette-gear.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951288425239298" /></a><br />The Jeep was full of gear this week! Try as I might I still end up carrying extra stuff which always seems to come in hand--like baby oil, which is great for removing oil paint and much better than using terps as that pushes the paint right into you skin...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oq-vif70BVe6VqJch6TaYKr3izqF4ceOQPUZoOT1zFOlnw5_9A1ymkzpOuBkhLd3mKkGqwdDSqhvddbljjTFHaQvaR7QjCrLGN3b6u93cM6ZBxvHN5NOjwZf7RCLwkBagaX-KEA86eg/s1600/dave-diane.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oq-vif70BVe6VqJch6TaYKr3izqF4ceOQPUZoOT1zFOlnw5_9A1ymkzpOuBkhLd3mKkGqwdDSqhvddbljjTFHaQvaR7QjCrLGN3b6u93cM6ZBxvHN5NOjwZf7RCLwkBagaX-KEA86eg/s400/dave-diane.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951296085245474" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25aG8I6CwJlhScnr3bvdOfJsXRG9akC_N_Y-u4QwxWhrnSDmdRk9bhVrMPw51RmOMSoW_fAcBQEYII6WKHjV09TjSl_-oUy0XkMmCBZooynvXF0cp6wRKLlB_a55Exl5xjlKYiTl56HA/s1600/jane-dave-alina-set-up.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25aG8I6CwJlhScnr3bvdOfJsXRG9akC_N_Y-u4QwxWhrnSDmdRk9bhVrMPw51RmOMSoW_fAcBQEYII6WKHjV09TjSl_-oUy0XkMmCBZooynvXF0cp6wRKLlB_a55Exl5xjlKYiTl56HA/s400/jane-dave-alina-set-up.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951302510849874" /></a>Everyone picking their spot and setting up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWX7udXxJXOSyKRQH8bZYrY1O4Q7kTVwGXZ3_AlcI31l4oi4-YRer8BbFa4al2RL5cOCN48cl2RDZFy-9-h3yjoKfIg0GE_TRzSWxXIAWaXes1rlK2hCP7OaWSCGgwYlfl5WhpAFE93cs/s1600/Lexi-thomas-david-wilson-alina-osipov.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWX7udXxJXOSyKRQH8bZYrY1O4Q7kTVwGXZ3_AlcI31l4oi4-YRer8BbFa4al2RL5cOCN48cl2RDZFy-9-h3yjoKfIg0GE_TRzSWxXIAWaXes1rlK2hCP7OaWSCGgwYlfl5WhpAFE93cs/s400/Lexi-thomas-david-wilson-alina-osipov.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952310294668178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq0zxvaRyb089QIIhjW4V1qMLEzJ5JA64Q7Vb-LCBaAegOdIeuCDhZ3oITkAZ8_vXVDfyPCI3RduDnFin-N9yWoyzuHB_Fm_3nuOOYnMSs8NaE91NnfLZWe1_qchSs5ig7a_X70Y1mig/s1600/alina-osipov-framing-view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq0zxvaRyb089QIIhjW4V1qMLEzJ5JA64Q7Vb-LCBaAegOdIeuCDhZ3oITkAZ8_vXVDfyPCI3RduDnFin-N9yWoyzuHB_Fm_3nuOOYnMSs8NaE91NnfLZWe1_qchSs5ig7a_X70Y1mig/s400/alina-osipov-framing-view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952694907443442" /></a>Alina framing her composition.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOABaXYb3uLjuBNcKKg-OEQF1eyeXc5C0yykIWLPpDf8leCBOvQcCNDMXp4INeb573R3ZeW8YEX6Lr285mJufPvx4MyMtCq1okcwlYStSoMnh8yYkx4RK3cska8m8a3g5JqNuVrodntY/s1600/diane-fliessel.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOABaXYb3uLjuBNcKKg-OEQF1eyeXc5C0yykIWLPpDf8leCBOvQcCNDMXp4INeb573R3ZeW8YEX6Lr285mJufPvx4MyMtCq1okcwlYStSoMnh8yYkx4RK3cska8m8a3g5JqNuVrodntY/s400/diane-fliessel.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951899929933074" /></a>Diane set up in the meadow across the road.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4wd38kIOOjnpYP2sgLVQgBoZtKz5st1GwRWkALiXRe8QCov68bj_gXC3-E4vkAtTxecCNlBhXNCX3oyGWr3lAaTvE9qFNHoLijqjHSzEGaauupEZz0dlc3GYHolmUcevNLDcpIIoa0o/s1600/lexi-thomas-bridge.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4wd38kIOOjnpYP2sgLVQgBoZtKz5st1GwRWkALiXRe8QCov68bj_gXC3-E4vkAtTxecCNlBhXNCX3oyGWr3lAaTvE9qFNHoLijqjHSzEGaauupEZz0dlc3GYHolmUcevNLDcpIIoa0o/s400/lexi-thomas-bridge.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951902051292818" /></a>Lexi set up on the bridge.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75oQt-OQz_D9dN0zCnsEva77qiide27dxxbpdW0Bo6dnBrUwBdD5e84G9WlXWfg_kvGceWhRzc40L4EzWwlvZ-CpX2LZAf04MM1WBrtqJngM9v38rdKg0J1_aYWzPUqVkhX7noNXFQL4/s1600/davewilson-alina-fix.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75oQt-OQz_D9dN0zCnsEva77qiide27dxxbpdW0Bo6dnBrUwBdD5e84G9WlXWfg_kvGceWhRzc40L4EzWwlvZ-CpX2LZAf04MM1WBrtqJngM9v38rdKg0J1_aYWzPUqVkhX7noNXFQL4/s400/davewilson-alina-fix.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951907914273282" /></a>Dave had a little trouble with his easle so Alina gave him a hand by finding a few flat rocks--the McGiver or Toronto!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoeDOIz9wvqss2GmkVG-KyyosRRkBEWnrqa8DDSrvGnYZXqFbw1H1zBya9d5DlPhedliEd3mV5AHZOmZmtpntT_XKHNBnKnRswCqXaZTIsgtaDhMtKr3Sm-X9U2sk8kQ3IsY-AWzB330/s1600/david-wilson-hmmmm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoeDOIz9wvqss2GmkVG-KyyosRRkBEWnrqa8DDSrvGnYZXqFbw1H1zBya9d5DlPhedliEd3mV5AHZOmZmtpntT_XKHNBnKnRswCqXaZTIsgtaDhMtKr3Sm-X9U2sk8kQ3IsY-AWzB330/s400/david-wilson-hmmmm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952688880641490" /></a>Dave eyeing his painting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggi-Ui4-h43XramIWv9DtaEdFjHMKCgpyM1KrlOLT3bjJbjeqEUcuZJYtoa83jPNsGfe34qHphkx5JdMUivqkof-yPSrlAt9Kqy_urqlGEbCYwrlKoGS9Fb5H1UAIwtlfPFtHUxJxjp6g/s1600/alina-osipov-painting-22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggi-Ui4-h43XramIWv9DtaEdFjHMKCgpyM1KrlOLT3bjJbjeqEUcuZJYtoa83jPNsGfe34qHphkx5JdMUivqkof-yPSrlAt9Kqy_urqlGEbCYwrlKoGS9Fb5H1UAIwtlfPFtHUxJxjp6g/s400/alina-osipov-painting-22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952696665323698" /></a>Alina painting away!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHfvWqY5IKitLw_wlCsd7gYKjVFFna9eATSODxAZUZP4eosQzg2vHDHeAgyoW3s7K-qVyM_xady8sWimPtekMf6WsM0nNfyGRf3Ydp4IjqanWjzbJMOSpfFGVNffJEgyj_baKCfvk70Y/s1600/michael-cole-manley-horsebarn-blockin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHfvWqY5IKitLw_wlCsd7gYKjVFFna9eATSODxAZUZP4eosQzg2vHDHeAgyoW3s7K-qVyM_xady8sWimPtekMf6WsM0nNfyGRf3Ydp4IjqanWjzbJMOSpfFGVNffJEgyj_baKCfvk70Y/s400/michael-cole-manley-horsebarn-blockin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952319439849106" /></a>I decided to try painting a small painting of the horse barn and knew it would be a race with the sun.<br />Here is my block-in...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1h-og7XiVDKJfnIGcnH1VuqhIj7jtNE0C2p9RnsQ0F8mGacnNhwP5W0ElJtGPTysBqyQi7EnTHaHTIGw0r877C79ul1i9b6etIjxrNELqTZDlCMYN-X17H8hKg7dW2ByBIhA40K8L08/s1600/david-wilson-river-brideg-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1h-og7XiVDKJfnIGcnH1VuqhIj7jtNE0C2p9RnsQ0F8mGacnNhwP5W0ElJtGPTysBqyQi7EnTHaHTIGw0r877C79ul1i9b6etIjxrNELqTZDlCMYN-X17H8hKg7dW2ByBIhA40K8L08/s400/david-wilson-river-brideg-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952316503189010" /></a>Dave's handsome painting of the Darby Road Bridge.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WzL1ISdPJ0rfuAuyJHjGIFNcZc-TAbRQ40iJNt8KjBpJcCPiV1agRpPU66B-hiVq4kelObtJoZOOee0baNj4LFnPL7jnoP3nvzLC1qley90F5D-u01LXx5UoOHBXEcV7jMkP1HW8kvY/s1600/david-wilson-bridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WzL1ISdPJ0rfuAuyJHjGIFNcZc-TAbRQ40iJNt8KjBpJcCPiV1agRpPU66B-hiVq4kelObtJoZOOee0baNj4LFnPL7jnoP3nvzLC1qley90F5D-u01LXx5UoOHBXEcV7jMkP1HW8kvY/s400/david-wilson-bridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952308726946066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuGc_bbBlvnKRF8hyphenhyphen6tBwS0jdd1zj15vW39uLPrzNABCNjP9uSvlEh7iA2e83Wrw0N4plFaDas-fhnO-6rFbPqq7yjNIueMMcGNjQylqFWFzuePnbAtFqHvCeMbfYT1JntwojMHcXgRA/s1600/michael-cole-manley-horsebarn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuGc_bbBlvnKRF8hyphenhyphen6tBwS0jdd1zj15vW39uLPrzNABCNjP9uSvlEh7iA2e83Wrw0N4plFaDas-fhnO-6rFbPqq7yjNIueMMcGNjQylqFWFzuePnbAtFqHvCeMbfYT1JntwojMHcXgRA/s400/michael-cole-manley-horsebarn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624952304041200738" /></a>My painting at the finish line, I wish I had an extra 45 minutes on this one as I ended up havng to re-mass and repaint a lot of the trees in the background as the light changed by the end so much.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZFBkmATr9I78-yAidU7JOHNevt0DBfNh56xMDASr3pBiGoIDB4TOGayFaImxwvvYUhAICqZA9c_I18t4V2eaMPtM9qP0FGxoNCD-VA0FoOeq5J749TBWAg5WxS7qQXn4942r10Ce8o8/s1600/Alina-Osipov-landscape.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZFBkmATr9I78-yAidU7JOHNevt0DBfNh56xMDASr3pBiGoIDB4TOGayFaImxwvvYUhAICqZA9c_I18t4V2eaMPtM9qP0FGxoNCD-VA0FoOeq5J749TBWAg5WxS7qQXn4942r10Ce8o8/s400/Alina-Osipov-landscape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951913984867474" /></a>Alina's bold-brush landscape.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Rz27598XVUYX14ZcQ6UorJBXgBZlkLKDBLujlH-nypzgrGeReST9fzHQdaWf1ZegjtZCASbUbRLV7pG-oYSOelqIsTw4EosLnNhGM0gbqtsal7TSRpvdUcnYlpyDHEWgDcJloLzc5C0/s1600/jane-winter-drawing.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Rz27598XVUYX14ZcQ6UorJBXgBZlkLKDBLujlH-nypzgrGeReST9fzHQdaWf1ZegjtZCASbUbRLV7pG-oYSOelqIsTw4EosLnNhGM0gbqtsal7TSRpvdUcnYlpyDHEWgDcJloLzc5C0/s400/jane-winter-drawing.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951908773697682" /></a>Jane decided to draw this week instead of painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNq4aOuJmMmTR0HpaNCsN5aUpmkiGmEOzpUVbSUbIu6hOAbhjeotQdGrm3DNPFpRbYNUuHrW8bdrLp0J8NLgJkoJC7dFMnvNnGiqzcdIMhev2yjpplEERwlxv704B-ofBIyMAmTIUep0/s1600/diane-fiessle-landscape.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNq4aOuJmMmTR0HpaNCsN5aUpmkiGmEOzpUVbSUbIu6hOAbhjeotQdGrm3DNPFpRbYNUuHrW8bdrLp0J8NLgJkoJC7dFMnvNnGiqzcdIMhev2yjpplEERwlxv704B-ofBIyMAmTIUep0/s400/diane-fiessle-landscape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624990554570276914" /></a>Diane's cool small canvas hiding inside of a carryout bag from pod.<br /><br />It was a great day and we had a great time despite the bugs, we ate our llunch at our usual spot the Llanarch Diner. I can't wait to go back out next week!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZXXGZIw82tOv_sXqLdXNPMkVOwuSuKFWGXHOMaJnSiOnlYZm_itBHnu60Z7-TCpT5y5T6-lGipjZRq6U5ljlX7NFZ3gunESNqo8OvVjgJf1hiQSkrum1MMMGMT7XLv_xTM7K-TCZgLw/s1600/horse-barn-farm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZXXGZIw82tOv_sXqLdXNPMkVOwuSuKFWGXHOMaJnSiOnlYZm_itBHnu60Z7-TCpT5y5T6-lGipjZRq6U5ljlX7NFZ3gunESNqo8OvVjgJf1hiQSkrum1MMMGMT7XLv_xTM7K-TCZgLw/s400/horse-barn-farm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624951301554389586" /></a>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-12774795093694781682011-06-25T18:04:00.000-07:002011-06-25T19:01:14.707-07:00The Creek<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBW3pO_8Bqe6FnCyK-mN93YQfQyCMofK-rj-nr7SVp-_YWggadUrbe-IyIXHHSGRx_dR-KdzThg1eZFn6mLHegBc_Q91rA00U9ZEoV7VKC02gmeFUiJE7fWp5c3_0b6UkafYlojgc_7M/s1600/dpc-creek-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBW3pO_8Bqe6FnCyK-mN93YQfQyCMofK-rj-nr7SVp-_YWggadUrbe-IyIXHHSGRx_dR-KdzThg1eZFn6mLHegBc_Q91rA00U9ZEoV7VKC02gmeFUiJE7fWp5c3_0b6UkafYlojgc_7M/s400/dpc-creek-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334948211763570" /></a>Hello fellow painters!<br /><br />Well after a week's hiatus from painting while I went back to Michigan to visit my parents and shoot some exciting images from Detroit, the DPC gathered again in our local spot to paint. It was good weather, warm, not too humid and the bugs were not as bad which was great.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT1LTK93vC9LnvMz4LnU1dk0KF6KtyneBUdiPZSOpis5MqzNGqa3VLNeQ3geZh2Lml3p7eBtmh2p8ZnzxSU0k6yYulibwYhx0jMcCAu5p-8HQa67CR78JbGqOwnELwkw1l63lIb6VG_w/s1600/dpc-michael-manley-creek-start.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT1LTK93vC9LnvMz4LnU1dk0KF6KtyneBUdiPZSOpis5MqzNGqa3VLNeQ3geZh2Lml3p7eBtmh2p8ZnzxSU0k6yYulibwYhx0jMcCAu5p-8HQa67CR78JbGqOwnELwkw1l63lIb6VG_w/s400/dpc-michael-manley-creek-start.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334948169727218" /></a>Here is my blocking using a wash of Van Dyke Brown.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7B7UIpvDKx64QGd6WopB2UJkODwnSYE-z8WNNOQf8ZZK-TImijk3c7qYbRbXwph2OdAkMDWy94MQKiisuKm5oQ3IW_Byg3pZ5NZWVp0Aq6t8wnEYZr_dYhNzVnPy_oFmWf4mdowzwsg/s1600/dpc-william-sentman-creek.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7B7UIpvDKx64QGd6WopB2UJkODwnSYE-z8WNNOQf8ZZK-TImijk3c7qYbRbXwph2OdAkMDWy94MQKiisuKm5oQ3IW_Byg3pZ5NZWVp0Aq6t8wnEYZr_dYhNzVnPy_oFmWf4mdowzwsg/s400/dpc-william-sentman-creek.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334943261506738" /></a>Will setting up, the nice shade helped keep us all pretty cool till the end.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJom6qgrrdXxQV6eea_KxGvFqVccuRYvMW-MlUYKqxlxrxtOjorjT9painyCDOPpKF-lS3OPYwX0s7E6zW91PkiwgZaqeP8r5KbEHVwrXxpQu_1tZBiylsXDUtbRlgHkC0kMWqQYzXVz4/s1600/michael-manley-painting-creek-3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJom6qgrrdXxQV6eea_KxGvFqVccuRYvMW-MlUYKqxlxrxtOjorjT9painyCDOPpKF-lS3OPYwX0s7E6zW91PkiwgZaqeP8r5KbEHVwrXxpQu_1tZBiylsXDUtbRlgHkC0kMWqQYzXVz4/s400/michael-manley-painting-creek-3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334521353779650" /></a>Fighting the complexity of nature is a challenge and relaxing at the same time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pAnxIW8H_ae0AsBrJmd2Umt4RUREH-OXG5rOervfm1mhNga2MUiE9h4fPFzTD6XI9yhfoHRuPldLx-JZ4h-rHi-EaCNfqRkY5LyFuB4fpAZk8EwiH26wVXsPfjHqA_bklXedywhAx6A/s1600/michael-manley-painting-creek-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pAnxIW8H_ae0AsBrJmd2Umt4RUREH-OXG5rOervfm1mhNga2MUiE9h4fPFzTD6XI9yhfoHRuPldLx-JZ4h-rHi-EaCNfqRkY5LyFuB4fpAZk8EwiH26wVXsPfjHqA_bklXedywhAx6A/s400/michael-manley-painting-creek-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334955427018722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi-SgbH8eOQ5K9rGFdE6up_gPQv1Yma8TtZuN3JMqEsOGtI_EyqL3qZpifRbQoO3LzEdex1FNzN5GPkj-AfOJdf2G9AZxf2uugSJL1_kckBzJt8TOjRS7qitgs2GnpPNCG54ZGgijpsg/s1600/jane-winter-creek.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi-SgbH8eOQ5K9rGFdE6up_gPQv1Yma8TtZuN3JMqEsOGtI_EyqL3qZpifRbQoO3LzEdex1FNzN5GPkj-AfOJdf2G9AZxf2uugSJL1_kckBzJt8TOjRS7qitgs2GnpPNCG54ZGgijpsg/s400/jane-winter-creek.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334536819091378" /></a>Jane working away...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwzPH1XFeAGsnoMojCQDzbEK1EwGLFTKhScE03rWCCsjxj5y_F9G-iDkK4mHOdyvsTDl7R-dw_HEW0BS9J-kCXWfoYDZhxbaUhN4aq4dBU9j029xuWP6l_zlEFIJXUhsMPDDoF-HC8fQ/s1600/dpc-william-sentman-progress-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwzPH1XFeAGsnoMojCQDzbEK1EwGLFTKhScE03rWCCsjxj5y_F9G-iDkK4mHOdyvsTDl7R-dw_HEW0BS9J-kCXWfoYDZhxbaUhN4aq4dBU9j029xuWP6l_zlEFIJXUhsMPDDoF-HC8fQ/s400/dpc-william-sentman-progress-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334535232708210" /></a>Will making progress...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm1pcHDlKMflumTYcq0lq6mXaD1lCMRzgfKrRPZolpqxhGJ9Sqw4tXdIg4mrN_YIb7eUiM8dk3V3EM1jgoPHS0DGuJhtC9F_cs3Ha0DPOvWXiPUylnwSANvNrC-JEFmNzZHkOS1kHILc/s1600/dpc-creek-progress-michael-manley.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm1pcHDlKMflumTYcq0lq6mXaD1lCMRzgfKrRPZolpqxhGJ9Sqw4tXdIg4mrN_YIb7eUiM8dk3V3EM1jgoPHS0DGuJhtC9F_cs3Ha0DPOvWXiPUylnwSANvNrC-JEFmNzZHkOS1kHILc/s400/dpc-creek-progress-michael-manley.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334532514650802" /></a>Here is my painting after about 90 minutes or so...I had to step on it as the sun was moving to really change it's position.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWE3zKUZW-7hV_RYtLkq53xnZZyhqt38YfO1h1D2qFC8pUQvnml1zHX-bu4cbHU9eGmfgRZRS7izvgbbloc9p6C2zoO1IZWU-p9KL5LsPXMVYNZnxTyWZUI6I8HiMdnOd8yq8FB0xnZ4/s1600/jane-winter-creek-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWE3zKUZW-7hV_RYtLkq53xnZZyhqt38YfO1h1D2qFC8pUQvnml1zHX-bu4cbHU9eGmfgRZRS7izvgbbloc9p6C2zoO1IZWU-p9KL5LsPXMVYNZnxTyWZUI6I8HiMdnOd8yq8FB0xnZ4/s400/jane-winter-creek-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334526028577074" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUQTTV8VGgl3rzRK-9S4X7MWcW4knrtsUerzwhVTEGlURAbQK9VzuXfkiolxXawl_qdhYt5ohVqef8MmTF4x0NYOPT33oh1yzA9YFsEzKZ2Nwh7OY09mSnZ1d65yHJU3MBt_l7ghyphenhyphen_ao/s1600/creek-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUQTTV8VGgl3rzRK-9S4X7MWcW4knrtsUerzwhVTEGlURAbQK9VzuXfkiolxXawl_qdhYt5ohVqef8MmTF4x0NYOPT33oh1yzA9YFsEzKZ2Nwh7OY09mSnZ1d65yHJU3MBt_l7ghyphenhyphen_ao/s400/creek-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622334961759400850" /></a>Here is my final painting it's 12 x 16 on a Fredrix canvas. I choose this because I loved that light passage in the middle but I had a little more time on the water--but the sun said the time was up so we packed up and hit the diner for lunch--everybody was starving. I hope we hit the same place next week.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-38374113518102103742011-06-11T17:42:00.000-07:002011-06-11T17:59:57.304-07:00Darby Road A-Go-Go<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeZxN9nDZrutViu2Myiy2hu6JgU2b9SNfJoSlPgNgoPRCVo_yomKzQqBISwZ7R3mzEvugjD_mVO_SYSXBFgHu-GhMAY2ewRGBOsGfJxWo8QjrWasvpboJ4SRvtmuVqc5rfuupEfCwZhE/s1600/darby-road-bridge-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeZxN9nDZrutViu2Myiy2hu6JgU2b9SNfJoSlPgNgoPRCVo_yomKzQqBISwZ7R3mzEvugjD_mVO_SYSXBFgHu-GhMAY2ewRGBOsGfJxWo8QjrWasvpboJ4SRvtmuVqc5rfuupEfCwZhE/s400/darby-road-bridge-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617127808539342738" /></a>Here is my finished Plein Air of the bridge across the Darby Road Creek from today's paint-out with the DPC. We hit the road early in hopes of beating the rain that was promised in the afternoon, returning to our new favorite spot along darby road at the invite of the gracious host we met last week.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95cHvIGTS-nTlETnCSd9PV8x15yVHDLAOC8lC_Gghh1pcGIKHiw1Bi4GYs8Vdex2o9zC9hzG4agz_LSZyRP0fWVo5Yi57Oe1_QUsLNYKdyfQ6q_5PF_N-HC3rJOdK9u4wwOP6Ln_FpZ0/s1600/michael-manley-bridge-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95cHvIGTS-nTlETnCSd9PV8x15yVHDLAOC8lC_Gghh1pcGIKHiw1Bi4GYs8Vdex2o9zC9hzG4agz_LSZyRP0fWVo5Yi57Oe1_QUsLNYKdyfQ6q_5PF_N-HC3rJOdK9u4wwOP6Ln_FpZ0/s400/michael-manley-bridge-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617127673321753602" /></a>Here is my start on my painting. I kept my palette pretty limited until later on in the painting. White, Van Dyke Brown, Maganese blue, Cad Green and and an Earth Green.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhmRZ0bq4qjQuUflYzN_oOL-DYXKyarg-jVtLuSU1epteaEolBlnC4bp68HCynkhP2LEzloZGSH0TSe1UzEmlBUnwjeNHYYQg0HTZpLQ6bj3JpOHdUa_ze6ZclzAzk6hSRlIysWKJSmY/s1600/will-mike-set-up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhmRZ0bq4qjQuUflYzN_oOL-DYXKyarg-jVtLuSU1epteaEolBlnC4bp68HCynkhP2LEzloZGSH0TSe1UzEmlBUnwjeNHYYQg0HTZpLQ6bj3JpOHdUa_ze6ZclzAzk6hSRlIysWKJSmY/s400/will-mike-set-up.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617127667127510802" /></a>Will and I set up along the river while the gals set up across the road in the field.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoW8E4rOgawKMgB-ltcWFPRIKwAuzCoNZqgVrkwAl-Skan8y7FW-wKQSv1-ong6d6JobN0Yg4LtA0a0578F3gnNl_N6W5pkM97uRB1IFZ5bU7WtDCvk-2DbcOd7YzslKnlcTt2RohyphenhyphenX0/s1600/will-mike-set-up-creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoW8E4rOgawKMgB-ltcWFPRIKwAuzCoNZqgVrkwAl-Skan8y7FW-wKQSv1-ong6d6JobN0Yg4LtA0a0578F3gnNl_N6W5pkM97uRB1IFZ5bU7WtDCvk-2DbcOd7YzslKnlcTt2RohyphenhyphenX0/s400/will-mike-set-up-creek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617127659913987122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_l0P4caOb_pmZHxI_f1F5c_y0kREkB_Wy78Evw4n6bi45HHc_ZoXIGXu-VndiMktJsa5wPbsrlx7JmMnBu2QInDvhb4w4dv3fCKQEOuzGMLWYtfTr0xcoalYNjR4_kFWM_vqDgL86c8/s1600/jane-field.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_l0P4caOb_pmZHxI_f1F5c_y0kREkB_Wy78Evw4n6bi45HHc_ZoXIGXu-VndiMktJsa5wPbsrlx7JmMnBu2QInDvhb4w4dv3fCKQEOuzGMLWYtfTr0xcoalYNjR4_kFWM_vqDgL86c8/s400/jane-field.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617127654039003522" /></a>Jane setting up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9Xbi-xiRuGEzIEPf3xHvPI2bWFIAAAmbZTzkeRlUoSKDO1ADJkne3nj6sxU-ZUd5hwrVi8_QJdYHuFqUaGzwmpQknkgbr5j1MrIHkICu_7Z-F8QANBoXCXNHvTw0srUz-nxk-yIEx3A/s1600/brie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9Xbi-xiRuGEzIEPf3xHvPI2bWFIAAAmbZTzkeRlUoSKDO1ADJkne3nj6sxU-ZUd5hwrVi8_QJdYHuFqUaGzwmpQknkgbr5j1MrIHkICu_7Z-F8QANBoXCXNHvTw0srUz-nxk-yIEx3A/s400/brie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617127650473176210" /></a>Our friend Brie from school joined us this week. Brie setting up far back in the field. This time next week I'll be painting in Arizona!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-73624855514675298942011-06-04T16:25:00.000-07:002011-06-04T17:26:38.666-07:00DPC Summer on the Go!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioR90SakeraUxqfZ0ouj59VkymEp9-QubfUWqclC3SgbNIJPGHyqEt_D1au8EZetT_Fy0wjJ79C_tN0MIa1aOLoLQNq3qTZAYQr29LLpD2L1w3Q1V_OIGvvQNRM9F8SHbA6CDv7BeaUVQ/s1600/dirty-palette-club-woodmere.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioR90SakeraUxqfZ0ouj59VkymEp9-QubfUWqclC3SgbNIJPGHyqEt_D1au8EZetT_Fy0wjJ79C_tN0MIa1aOLoLQNq3qTZAYQr29LLpD2L1w3Q1V_OIGvvQNRM9F8SHbA6CDv7BeaUVQ/s400/dirty-palette-club-woodmere.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614519611284251778" /></a>The DPC has really been having a lot o fun so far since school is out and the summer has kicked off. We have still been meeting weekly to paint and to do our group trips around the city and region to museums shows and First Fridays. We hit the Woodmere Museum to see the Violet oakley exhibition and then had a nice BBQ after at Jane's place.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMowzAQtlcTzEoUN4iD7cKbKOKb9OxOSvbArVTsSv28UWuVM7AA6CEVc8nSVGG0D98ocDYphH2KzqmUgoyHG4Su3bY1libEC6xFL8Rb0Jy2jsjzZpy-mwAldQ97QTkCINKZsKVsNffuf0/s1600/Jessia-sitting-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMowzAQtlcTzEoUN4iD7cKbKOKb9OxOSvbArVTsSv28UWuVM7AA6CEVc8nSVGG0D98ocDYphH2KzqmUgoyHG4Su3bY1libEC6xFL8Rb0Jy2jsjzZpy-mwAldQ97QTkCINKZsKVsNffuf0/s400/Jessia-sitting-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614518935085592546" /></a>I finished my painting I had going in our session at school.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9bsSSwb4pa4KVTn1RtvtDy9LdNZ4XJSOqQ9hXPwO9Fc4xzuCGO8lBkDJc7mAgks1lLclnOb1gEmX9ytEGmNXwc1fPknQTfAaGBqj6GfoACxp-ngNfbZ1zHo5CQqdppF4gs_Ya5zFCEE/s1600/lexi-looks.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9bsSSwb4pa4KVTn1RtvtDy9LdNZ4XJSOqQ9hXPwO9Fc4xzuCGO8lBkDJc7mAgks1lLclnOb1gEmX9ytEGmNXwc1fPknQTfAaGBqj6GfoACxp-ngNfbZ1zHo5CQqdppF4gs_Ya5zFCEE/s400/lexi-looks.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614518930289914594" /></a>Lexi working--er-joking away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEQLpSQYqw8aJQMmVb3kEEy3ALX5MAp_Yr9SnbCsuRW1oxG6yOri44sTaAKHiip1wHQPqA4qYsakOxFXmwtwn59GVOEqSfjkvrqTAmXCjZW-0b-UCn9-ettqVui4l-7m5gB_qTfhIpEc/s1600/dave-lexi-bad-karma.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEQLpSQYqw8aJQMmVb3kEEy3ALX5MAp_Yr9SnbCsuRW1oxG6yOri44sTaAKHiip1wHQPqA4qYsakOxFXmwtwn59GVOEqSfjkvrqTAmXCjZW-0b-UCn9-ettqVui4l-7m5gB_qTfhIpEc/s400/dave-lexi-bad-karma.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614518927214574482" /></a>Two happy campers before their coffee break. We stopped in <a href="http://www.thegoodkarmacafe.com/location.html">the Good Karma Cafe </a> on Pine Street in Philly where we saw several painting hanging by PAFA alum <a href="http://www.josephlozano.net/">Joseph Lozano.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCzlYOoRobAFEcQld_arhKBd2GDNpNPQiz29YSI3zsoEpU4oINQGKaiel7FN6bbNHfLkaMbpnq2sTMITtWGmStnhknwFJj1bHRBY5-TfZWnA5VuhroSIdmp5L3bROXbNwvsF1t9bN2Ys/s1600/Darby-road-meadow-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCzlYOoRobAFEcQld_arhKBd2GDNpNPQiz29YSI3zsoEpU4oINQGKaiel7FN6bbNHfLkaMbpnq2sTMITtWGmStnhknwFJj1bHRBY5-TfZWnA5VuhroSIdmp5L3bROXbNwvsF1t9bN2Ys/s400/Darby-road-meadow-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614510237988275570" /></a>Then this saturday Will and Jane and I went landscape painting over in Havertown, just down the road from me and I painted this little landscape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNlhgmNp3xSCGnKOE9lnSiOTGDm4xcPTUSylScEzWSY5J32-G7g4TsjMAp2Vuf1ccYBhuR5LADzim5e2R9GM3jOmOVIOIssoug_DiVXscuiV83C_oz5E2SG6EOY4RxiN44CVKx60-H3Y/s1600/jane-winter-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNlhgmNp3xSCGnKOE9lnSiOTGDm4xcPTUSylScEzWSY5J32-G7g4TsjMAp2Vuf1ccYBhuR5LADzim5e2R9GM3jOmOVIOIssoug_DiVXscuiV83C_oz5E2SG6EOY4RxiN44CVKx60-H3Y/s400/jane-winter-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614510000057095842" /></a>here is Jane painting away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBqi2JMx-G6nEKz5nNKbKX8hX6UyIH5tht-GUKxZWRJzPDong-MQws385KC6b6gTUwvxdUe2xJt2Ug4EiZVYDYRGKpjnnoF37TdrqWNqczk_JXCnPBuq7cpGGpwOi_bky-TdPxMWzHxc/s1600/janes-landscape.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBqi2JMx-G6nEKz5nNKbKX8hX6UyIH5tht-GUKxZWRJzPDong-MQws385KC6b6gTUwvxdUe2xJt2Ug4EiZVYDYRGKpjnnoF37TdrqWNqczk_JXCnPBuq7cpGGpwOi_bky-TdPxMWzHxc/s400/janes-landscape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614509997126055026" /></a>Here is Jane's painting--she was on fire and finished her painting in about 90 minutes!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGFYn8jq_oDYZsxRLeQ8YPUYUhshgn5UqyVVHKisY1DIwIzTPy_K2rRYmfALtYZN-A5YJ8xn2nvlcYzRAQPEUvDPECgOhCr4Rp-99M-63DuGcAmWNeUKinrJ5zUXfnScTI72vHic2XAg/s1600/will-meadow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGFYn8jq_oDYZsxRLeQ8YPUYUhshgn5UqyVVHKisY1DIwIzTPy_K2rRYmfALtYZN-A5YJ8xn2nvlcYzRAQPEUvDPECgOhCr4Rp-99M-63DuGcAmWNeUKinrJ5zUXfnScTI72vHic2XAg/s400/will-meadow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614509991624141266" /></a>Will meet the owner of the farm or land and they invited us to come and paint any time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAchA-nxoGjjDx2ayB2nhazbx7QVcPADPMr5KFTsX-qbiuDKNgcFR40GhzRYyAwebRdxH_3kCIynztDaKAEqW65SxUHd87o35unJpNbUApDvekZimT4HxGZhhcPavarYZMGJzbyPxbLFQ/s1600/william-sentman-landscape.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAchA-nxoGjjDx2ayB2nhazbx7QVcPADPMr5KFTsX-qbiuDKNgcFR40GhzRYyAwebRdxH_3kCIynztDaKAEqW65SxUHd87o35unJpNbUApDvekZimT4HxGZhhcPavarYZMGJzbyPxbLFQ/s400/william-sentman-landscape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614509988565364306" /></a>here is Will's painting--a beaut!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OYD6PNC8/Teq_Tg7UxWI/AAAAAAAAFTU/e2l_1IsCVyM/s1600/lexi-dave.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXoxPzN9VnXaIA56NamTFZ8yLQsDq1sqTv2agYBOKkaVvuhP2Y-iHW31dZhsxe6o046vCHU1O8p9rgjosn2o94HlUXN7oZj0LEB-dA0HNRIZvojj0Qih0wWHbzgQJwCK5LOTrz3_dwVc/s400/lexi-dave.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614510227447924066" /></a>Friday Dave and lexi and I did the gallery walk for First friday--and i do mean walk--we walked just about the entire city it seems and hit all the major galleries from Gross Mccleaf, Seraphin, Rodger LaPelle, FAN and Artist house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wqnNFy8TXIiB6_am6iga9oQBm1FWfgWf07MQGrlYFr4bElrIQYPZORHQdppFzfmhbnQP4ngWdt6ts_BhlHq8u-pMxqGV_0cgAzMNJLyPqmIPUed6c-A8Q3lTS_zpy9VftPnEkKb3Xjo/s1600/dave-lexi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wqnNFy8TXIiB6_am6iga9oQBm1FWfgWf07MQGrlYFr4bElrIQYPZORHQdppFzfmhbnQP4ngWdt6ts_BhlHq8u-pMxqGV_0cgAzMNJLyPqmIPUed6c-A8Q3lTS_zpy9VftPnEkKb3Xjo/s400/dave-lexi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614510225079588338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOnRzPYyfBboWz9Xo0b808IHjHYcu7PGnqo8MniTIIJP7ZzXWkjzDZeDN9pQSnj75dAjwGJY_eYynsCARXyILoVtVLWChyR10i7C-Nh-OYMFTmamOkMGeXweiXA37oQ_WMOK7Y8TAl80/s1600/tree-stalker.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOnRzPYyfBboWz9Xo0b808IHjHYcu7PGnqo8MniTIIJP7ZzXWkjzDZeDN9pQSnj75dAjwGJY_eYynsCARXyILoVtVLWChyR10i7C-Nh-OYMFTmamOkMGeXweiXA37oQ_WMOK7Y8TAl80/s400/tree-stalker.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614510014164107170" /></a>Lexi being stalked by a tree.....<br /><br />Next week we plan on getting back out to landscape paint and work from the model.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-82568503335707943012011-05-26T08:50:00.000-07:002011-05-26T09:05:14.503-07:00Dirty Palette Club Summer 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBgJVc_OnXeIQAeN_iW5apX4n1tvJi4DvxCB_tkCeoJ00T4buMVdIAdjn4AZeamkkf_EQ8xUzcS_WkN-JTyyAiGRZnnF9vFcC37TZrTdgbmD6WRSXnq5w4fZY14iNtmcTrubbfx12H6s/s1600/Dirty-Palette-Club-summer-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBgJVc_OnXeIQAeN_iW5apX4n1tvJi4DvxCB_tkCeoJ00T4buMVdIAdjn4AZeamkkf_EQ8xUzcS_WkN-JTyyAiGRZnnF9vFcC37TZrTdgbmD6WRSXnq5w4fZY14iNtmcTrubbfx12H6s/s400/Dirty-Palette-Club-summer-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611054766301957218" /></a>On what ended up being is very hot and humid day in Philly the DPC got together for our second summer session at PAFA. It was our second pose with our model Jessica. Some members like Alina didn't come this week but Lexi joined in to keep the balance of the force. We have two more sessions with the model and then we'll see what's nest, maybe some landscapes or even a still life. the nice weather-even if a bit warm makes us want to take it on the road and paint some landscapes and embrace the sunny dyas after an incredibly rainy Spring.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NXayV2raGx1BIrHa7yIiekJsxpA1Fq0AvAQOfvkTvjPXGNuB8hlTjmWl48yw51LiYYitujo0XIvaNtlh3g5sTU4d2n64jDf6d9GeY_0gW_INuK0LwZTawUHfuKKME3v93jwEVuVcxYI/s1600/dave-Golas-weeks-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NXayV2raGx1BIrHa7yIiekJsxpA1Fq0AvAQOfvkTvjPXGNuB8hlTjmWl48yw51LiYYitujo0XIvaNtlh3g5sTU4d2n64jDf6d9GeY_0gW_INuK0LwZTawUHfuKKME3v93jwEVuVcxYI/s400/dave-Golas-weeks-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611054635067060354" /></a>Dave with his painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjYwFKzf8a3_NQmeXCEgntsYsD2Lftt20725VUcG2ZPM0A4iWqlestSGiDIl3Lods9uzA3OiIaKXxYNpy48i5wzQD98dJIjU9uyXAv_-TmvKdD-dOjzzJRplLskPFUmee1WWiyKgSNqM/s1600/will-sentman-block-in.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjYwFKzf8a3_NQmeXCEgntsYsD2Lftt20725VUcG2ZPM0A4iWqlestSGiDIl3Lods9uzA3OiIaKXxYNpy48i5wzQD98dJIjU9uyXAv_-TmvKdD-dOjzzJRplLskPFUmee1WWiyKgSNqM/s400/will-sentman-block-in.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611054628044695138" /></a>Will started a new painting this week and here is his block-in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5i0pNr3EKjEIifaOTlb6L62ttBOZGE_EN9UkpxSECQub_XfzZV66dBmGScZ3we91zReQpeLUkXRMSpxiO5YaYa0pczYaafj2u_mSIowf5yRcfcs-sN8QjP-LE5GtOeTwXRuVIfQL5xc/s1600/lexi-painting.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5i0pNr3EKjEIifaOTlb6L62ttBOZGE_EN9UkpxSECQub_XfzZV66dBmGScZ3we91zReQpeLUkXRMSpxiO5YaYa0pczYaafj2u_mSIowf5yRcfcs-sN8QjP-LE5GtOeTwXRuVIfQL5xc/s400/lexi-painting.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611054625400562162" /></a>Lexi started out strong with a great block-in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutb1t-iGDFTr30fSchTvwRHbnuWs04LJ5oev8qmZQ6mGrw_DO54t3mkq9mgzfTB119UIcc90XkTvgE0gZKJFBxMOqcTBOQpIuEzEPEBd-9Wdrn_J3p5XEY0kHwN5GC0SFCbonwHh3-vE/s1600/joel-painting.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutb1t-iGDFTr30fSchTvwRHbnuWs04LJ5oev8qmZQ6mGrw_DO54t3mkq9mgzfTB119UIcc90XkTvgE0gZKJFBxMOqcTBOQpIuEzEPEBd-9Wdrn_J3p5XEY0kHwN5GC0SFCbonwHh3-vE/s400/joel-painting.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611054623151440978" /></a>Joel always looks comfortable as he paints away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioX58fNuJxXZ7XY-SorWRYPBPn721gvA6v3o9YFhtpWmQ0ueiLyjMaR32Fdtv4d-4EHDGLomZCiSvA8T3IRN18VwL8lZnD4t9ZYslT1yfxzNDSZlF43UOR-4pR-G7gxoZac6FhlSi9qSg/s1600/jessica-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioX58fNuJxXZ7XY-SorWRYPBPn721gvA6v3o9YFhtpWmQ0ueiLyjMaR32Fdtv4d-4EHDGLomZCiSvA8T3IRN18VwL8lZnD4t9ZYslT1yfxzNDSZlF43UOR-4pR-G7gxoZac6FhlSi9qSg/s400/jessica-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611054619923538290" /></a>Here is my second pass on the painting, i went in and repainted and repainted again and again all over trying to dig in deeper and match values better and not worry about the details until later. It's always great to paint with the group, sometimes we laugh so hard it's hard to not mess up your painting or see through the tears of laughter! It is so incredibly important to have a great support group of friends as an artist out there swinging for the fences every day.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-13793932748031778272011-05-21T11:11:00.000-07:002011-05-22T21:34:14.846-07:00The DPC Summer Kick-off!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7os6uAFWLjvSJqgtt-RSuvGxwJoHMEZFI4kdl19xODRP0-JqrdtxHl76ceVTksWts4MR_Fxz9wxYnavDSfMZS1XnipAIhK1IcUbsVyyiZmjxBIk0tf2pdjWznL2w5ePCqgCHKy5UoxT8/s1600/Dirty-Palette-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7os6uAFWLjvSJqgtt-RSuvGxwJoHMEZFI4kdl19xODRP0-JqrdtxHl76ceVTksWts4MR_Fxz9wxYnavDSfMZS1XnipAIhK1IcUbsVyyiZmjxBIk0tf2pdjWznL2w5ePCqgCHKy5UoxT8/s400/Dirty-Palette-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609234186948953906" /></a>With the PAFA ASE a week past we decided as a group to keep things hot and the palettes flying by getting the group back for painting at least once a week as a group. We want to keep each other going and challenged too. So i booked a model for a few weeks to start the whole thing off and we'll be getting outside to do some landscapes as soon as this dreadful rainy spring weather get's better.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpRyxkYfv3QC_YrtIWA6Ip1YDklK0QiHVQzr4DrqEmEPA8VjOaE5hedOKhcM3CvqLvUvXbOuUT6FA4xzbp3VSRin-moTfwUaDjTw56jsQg3D2aLUlhYoIZP2dxw3j9heWmulk_beY3Fo/s1600/Will-sentman-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpRyxkYfv3QC_YrtIWA6Ip1YDklK0QiHVQzr4DrqEmEPA8VjOaE5hedOKhcM3CvqLvUvXbOuUT6FA4xzbp3VSRin-moTfwUaDjTw56jsQg3D2aLUlhYoIZP2dxw3j9heWmulk_beY3Fo/s400/Will-sentman-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609234186210469346" /></a>Here is William's start.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYloODUW1_aKgqEtetmg8pj8yC_BrAB1fSwOt4ZUzVEWNPQghBAdge4QW_OXM9GSGbBND2vmyChommaAwsh-Ws15VgKZKdf1SxF4IwghmACkss5YU4JI4IPeuSDu_P2LUKqMjq_D_hgU/s1600/joel-shambe-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYloODUW1_aKgqEtetmg8pj8yC_BrAB1fSwOt4ZUzVEWNPQghBAdge4QW_OXM9GSGbBND2vmyChommaAwsh-Ws15VgKZKdf1SxF4IwghmACkss5YU4JI4IPeuSDu_P2LUKqMjq_D_hgU/s400/joel-shambe-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609233994433105746" /></a>Joel's painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGoyNf0tSpLE3DTVR46rbkV2K0DkwpV7N_LNn5xbsEo3q_HKXiouhUN9QvgnxyR0DFkzqxFwyEMuxr_kSVkOx5MJgj_3ruPefRcRyxPIJe6GhGJgIXELJzVoFrldcyTlhpJmJ63bUfYo/s1600/David-golas-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGoyNf0tSpLE3DTVR46rbkV2K0DkwpV7N_LNn5xbsEo3q_HKXiouhUN9QvgnxyR0DFkzqxFwyEMuxr_kSVkOx5MJgj_3ruPefRcRyxPIJe6GhGJgIXELJzVoFrldcyTlhpJmJ63bUfYo/s400/David-golas-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609233989626049282" /></a>Dave is off to a strong start.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjHXhUWZxScnw5klMQE3UoOIJ4nJJDp3F3e4JSZz-B9F077SLkv-64oRZWgtcC1nauwlkdXIbu74pP9YqAPkoEu_kprrWoB3cIH3ylqgeI2Kq1H13MzBUAQIuzarSSc_vWiSQVS4ULHM/s1600/joel-jessica.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjHXhUWZxScnw5klMQE3UoOIJ4nJJDp3F3e4JSZz-B9F077SLkv-64oRZWgtcC1nauwlkdXIbu74pP9YqAPkoEu_kprrWoB3cIH3ylqgeI2Kq1H13MzBUAQIuzarSSc_vWiSQVS4ULHM/s400/joel-jessica.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609233983169893426" /></a>Joel talks with our model.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzDl48Dzh-hpdNoBtw4Y5njPAJZOhMniiTRIy7MCO3l9hKfGm27hkhyphenhyphenOFp9wli7bxncoypzRYDeeWrqFJLndrcvJxk9ObRJ6CSRup7QMTW5NZOhHaNrk8QWru3c_YI29VlBamRBa1SN8/s1600/alina-starts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzDl48Dzh-hpdNoBtw4Y5njPAJZOhMniiTRIy7MCO3l9hKfGm27hkhyphenhyphenOFp9wli7bxncoypzRYDeeWrqFJLndrcvJxk9ObRJ6CSRup7QMTW5NZOhHaNrk8QWru3c_YI29VlBamRBa1SN8/s400/alina-starts.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609233969514239522" /></a>Alina's strong start.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim61KdyRfTBk6uunFAd-6lqCObEpFqH2Y2omR-NrNEEQTuUatRH3moMrysyPvpsX-KTqrTLMB3oL9FEBkR1zV2-dxlBqEEQt0OeocmzWk4omNREUcQ9SEEUgh3MewO1XS9tU71IQNn-Qc/s1600/jess-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim61KdyRfTBk6uunFAd-6lqCObEpFqH2Y2omR-NrNEEQTuUatRH3moMrysyPvpsX-KTqrTLMB3oL9FEBkR1zV2-dxlBqEEQt0OeocmzWk4omNREUcQ9SEEUgh3MewO1XS9tU71IQNn-Qc/s400/jess-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609764918529798546" /></a>Here is my painting after about 90 minutes or so. This week we'll all gather again and go at it---the summer is just beginning!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-52014605873908545812011-05-15T14:52:00.000-07:002011-05-15T15:21:28.837-07:00Annual Student Exhibition (ASE)Hello Everyone, <div>In response to David's last post, I decided to add a few photos from this years ASE, held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. I hope you enjoy, for it was a wonderful time for all of us. Please stop by the School if you are in town, the show will be up for quite some time.</div><div><br /></div><div>This set of photos were taken the week before the show. Below you will see Mike, Joel, Dave and Jane, working to prepare there wall space.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09bTkNzeTUE/TdBNCIuYBEI/AAAAAAAAAgI/OFf4Q7JmcEw/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09bTkNzeTUE/TdBNCIuYBEI/AAAAAAAAAgI/OFf4Q7JmcEw/s320/DSC_0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607066235173340226" /></a></div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09bTkNzeTUE/TdBNCIuYBEI/AAAAAAAAAgI/OFf4Q7JmcEw/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BqebQdBIF_g/TdBNB91EfZI/AAAAAAAAAgA/2zN7Opqbi1Q/s1600/IMG_1894.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BqebQdBIF_g/TdBNB91EfZI/AAAAAAAAAgA/2zN7Opqbi1Q/s320/IMG_1894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607066232248630674" /></a></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BqebQdBIF_g/TdBNB91EfZI/AAAAAAAAAgA/2zN7Opqbi1Q/s1600/IMG_1894.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RSMzE7bmzA/TdBNB06ffuI/AAAAAAAAAf4/fE-hTkg1Nys/s1600/IMG_1901.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RSMzE7bmzA/TdBNB06ffuI/AAAAAAAAAf4/fE-hTkg1Nys/s320/IMG_1901.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607066229855452898" /></a></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RSMzE7bmzA/TdBNB06ffuI/AAAAAAAAAf4/fE-hTkg1Nys/s1600/IMG_1901.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjM5ZXnfK30/TdBNBul3mjI/AAAAAAAAAfw/THsvqbmS8LM/s1600/IMG_1906.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjM5ZXnfK30/TdBNBul3mjI/AAAAAAAAAfw/THsvqbmS8LM/s320/IMG_1906.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607066228158339634" /></a></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjM5ZXnfK30/TdBNBul3mjI/AAAAAAAAAfw/THsvqbmS8LM/s1600/IMG_1906.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaohupeI-dg/TdBNBpEsHHI/AAAAAAAAAfo/ayv7znW8qHo/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaohupeI-dg/TdBNBpEsHHI/AAAAAAAAAfo/ayv7znW8qHo/s320/DSC_0021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607066226676997234" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaohupeI-dg/TdBNBpEsHHI/AAAAAAAAAfo/ayv7znW8qHo/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>This set of photos were taken during opening night. Below, are the DPC's members standing in front of their walls.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hnTLenYf_-E/TdBMatmmzVI/AAAAAAAAAfg/cTQ4fA1PUzQ/s1600/244136_10150609911460029_738695028_18684540_4055096_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hnTLenYf_-E/TdBMatmmzVI/AAAAAAAAAfg/cTQ4fA1PUzQ/s320/244136_10150609911460029_738695028_18684540_4055096_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607065557878099282" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hnTLenYf_-E/TdBMatmmzVI/AAAAAAAAAfg/cTQ4fA1PUzQ/s1600/244136_10150609911460029_738695028_18684540_4055096_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Jane Winter<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hnTLenYf_-E/TdBMatmmzVI/AAAAAAAAAfg/cTQ4fA1PUzQ/s1600/244136_10150609911460029_738695028_18684540_4055096_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bk6Iy3CYOHY/TdBMF1qOzfI/AAAAAAAAAfY/HhsFWaEMPZo/s1600/DSC_0142.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bk6Iy3CYOHY/TdBMF1qOzfI/AAAAAAAAAfY/HhsFWaEMPZo/s320/DSC_0142.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607065199263534578" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bk6Iy3CYOHY/TdBMF1qOzfI/AAAAAAAAAfY/HhsFWaEMPZo/s1600/DSC_0142.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Joel Shambe<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bk6Iy3CYOHY/TdBMF1qOzfI/AAAAAAAAAfY/HhsFWaEMPZo/s1600/DSC_0142.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6wAjTNYxEY/TdBL9E42_NI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/FL89trkcRFA/s1600/DSC_0139.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6wAjTNYxEY/TdBL9E42_NI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/FL89trkcRFA/s320/DSC_0139.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607065048732597458" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mike Manley</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6wAjTNYxEY/TdBL9E42_NI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/FL89trkcRFA/s1600/DSC_0139.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-27b8OesigDI/TdBLpKMBt1I/AAAAAAAAAfI/0pKzmrlZhCg/s1600/DSC_0137.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-27b8OesigDI/TdBLpKMBt1I/AAAAAAAAAfI/0pKzmrlZhCg/s320/DSC_0137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607064706557785938" /></a><br /><br /></div></div></div></div><div>David Golas</div><div><br /></div><div>If you have any questions about the shows location, or the duration of its hanging feel free to check out the schools <a href="http://www.pafa.org/About/Press-Room/Press-Room/1003/month--201104/vobid--7092/">web site</a>. </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-80955846705232691682011-05-13T19:42:00.000-07:002011-05-13T19:42:55.182-07:00DPC at the PAFA Graduation!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cgV1mg4NMDg/Tc3rwTvb3aI/AAAAAAAAAKs/dmRE5SQPHDM/s1600/IMG_5673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cgV1mg4NMDg/Tc3rwTvb3aI/AAAAAAAAAKs/dmRE5SQPHDM/s320/IMG_5673.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>I snapped this pic tonight of the DPC crew at PAFA's ASE show after the graduation ceremony. Joel Shambe and I, David Golas, graduated today and all four of us: Joel, Jane Winter, Mike Manley and I exhibited at the Annual Student Exhibition. I am very glad to have shared this experience with my friends and I think we all have a lot to be proud of. More pics to come soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-81105540018401205612011-01-14T10:35:00.001-08:002011-01-14T11:08:41.450-08:00Jon Foster Show / Portrait Painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCY1yJ0peI/AAAAAAAAAdY/oXtquCLecVI/s1600/DSC05847.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCY1yJ0peI/AAAAAAAAAdY/oXtquCLecVI/s320/DSC05847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562113589566023138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DPC</span> decided to start the new year off strong and start up our weekly painting/drawing sessions. Today we met up early to see the <a href="http://www.jonfoster.com/#home">Jon Foster</a> show, held at <a href="http://uarts.edu/">The University of The Arts</a>. For anyone who has not seen this show, it's a collection of his digital work. As much as I enjoyed the show, I was kind of hoping to see some of his traditional paintings. Looking at a digital print has no hold over me like a painting. After that we grabbed some lunch and moved along to our painting session.<br /><br />The photo taken above is of <a href="http://www.grossmccleaf.com/artistpages/noelpage.htm">Scott Noel</a>, one of <a href="http://www.pafa.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">PaFa</span></a>'s greatest professors. Here you can see him working on a large city landscape from observation. Its always quite an inspiration to catch him working on one of his drawings or paintings. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCYVTxY7GI/AAAAAAAAAdI/XL0DMARqHnw/s1600/DSC05852.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCYVTxY7GI/AAAAAAAAAdI/XL0DMARqHnw/s320/DSC05852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562113031654665314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mike Manley and David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Golas</span> grabbing some grub.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCYe6gviGI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/HiyrFeHarTw/s1600/DSC05858.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCYe6gviGI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/HiyrFeHarTw/s320/DSC05858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562113196672649314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we have Christine who was initially just visiting us, but instead became our model for the day since our previous model could not make it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCYCPj9GbI/AAAAAAAAAdA/1vpPtoYTkb4/s1600/DSC05860.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCYCPj9GbI/AAAAAAAAAdA/1vpPtoYTkb4/s320/DSC05860.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562112704107059634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />David and Mike painting away<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCX2HsD2wI/AAAAAAAAAc4/yRTqGxj6JHA/s1600/DSC05884.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCX2HsD2wI/AAAAAAAAAc4/yRTqGxj6JHA/s320/DSC05884.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562112495835142914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mike Manley's Painting - Oil on Canvas<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCXtVs61wI/AAAAAAAAAcw/DAL1cpwB7so/s1600/Christine%2BOne%2BShot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCXtVs61wI/AAAAAAAAAcw/DAL1cpwB7so/s320/Christine%2BOne%2BShot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562112344978020098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />William <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sentman's</span> (Myself) Painting - Oil on Canvas<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCXdDG1nmI/AAAAAAAAAco/LWk3XlDwCuw/s1600/DSC05882.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TTCXdDG1nmI/AAAAAAAAAco/LWk3XlDwCuw/s320/DSC05882.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562112065108549218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Golas's</span> Painting - Oil on CanvasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-52964450731978471342010-12-12T17:56:00.000-08:002010-12-12T17:58:28.433-08:00DPC in NYC (Expanded)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2RnUNcgI/AAAAAAAAAcM/i6uG2KWsdxQ/s1600/8.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2RnUNcgI/AAAAAAAAAcM/i6uG2KWsdxQ/s320/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549972160787608066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This Saturday the<a href="http://thedirtypaletteclub.blogspot.com/"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DPC</span></a> went out to New York City to visit several galleries.<br />The first gallery we stopped at was <a href="http://www.adelsongalleries.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Adelson</span></a>. Here they had an amazing John Singer Sargent show up. For those who still want to see this show, it will be up until the 18 of December.<br />The work consists mostly of Sargent's impressionism paintings, with the edition of a couple drawings and portraits.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2MlgnTQI/AAAAAAAAAcE/9-sUnA153IY/s1600/7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2MlgnTQI/AAAAAAAAAcE/9-sUnA153IY/s320/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549972074403417346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The girls looking at a portrait of a child by Sargent.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2Ii2kkGI/AAAAAAAAAb8/CiBq6C2E3-Q/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2Ii2kkGI/AAAAAAAAAb8/CiBq6C2E3-Q/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549972004970729570" border="0" /></a><br />Painting By Sargent<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2Bv662yI/AAAAAAAAAb0/tfRsnOdNE2k/s1600/6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV2Bv662yI/AAAAAAAAAb0/tfRsnOdNE2k/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971888219544354" border="0" /></a><br />Painting By Sargent<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1wvHpIuI/AAAAAAAAAbk/wcjinNbMv9g/s1600/11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1wvHpIuI/AAAAAAAAAbk/wcjinNbMv9g/s320/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971595946697442" border="0" /></a><br />Painting by Sargent<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1sUwbk6I/AAAAAAAAAbc/jjD39hiRoXk/s1600/12.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1sUwbk6I/AAAAAAAAAbc/jjD39hiRoXk/s320/12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971520150541218" border="0" /></a><br />Detail of painting above<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV10yuvb9I/AAAAAAAAAbs/N6OF8sB2wpI/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV10yuvb9I/AAAAAAAAAbs/N6OF8sB2wpI/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971665635471314" border="0" /></a><br />Detail of painting above<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1nVYn2lI/AAAAAAAAAbU/UV7hbe9NbtM/s1600/9.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1nVYn2lI/AAAAAAAAAbU/UV7hbe9NbtM/s320/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971434419771986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lexi and Mike Manley being cute at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Adelson</span> Gallery<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1hA0-y7I/AAAAAAAAAbM/UK_gy8ExDLk/s1600/68096_1769942405379_1143782061_2093067_6589702_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1hA0-y7I/AAAAAAAAAbM/UK_gy8ExDLk/s320/68096_1769942405379_1143782061_2093067_6589702_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971325822356402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The next stop was to<a href="http://www.wendtgallery.com/"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Wendt</span> Gallery </a>where<a href="http://caseybaughfineart.com/"> Casey <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Baugh</span></a> has his solo show, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Evoquer</span> up.<br />I have been looking at Casey's work for about two years now and can't get enough. We arrived just before Casey had left and we talked for a bit and had a group photo with him.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1b2YVe4I/AAAAAAAAAbE/8zm2LXZL7_A/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1b2YVe4I/AAAAAAAAAbE/8zm2LXZL7_A/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971237118507906" border="0" /></a><br />Painting by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Baugh</span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1XuqQm5I/AAAAAAAAAa8/AnaaXA33eeg/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1XuqQm5I/AAAAAAAAAa8/AnaaXA33eeg/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971166326725522" border="0" /></a><br />Painting by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Baugh</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1SuP-ZqI/AAAAAAAAAa0/2qeS15IQ-Go/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1SuP-ZqI/AAAAAAAAAa0/2qeS15IQ-Go/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549971080317134498" border="0" /></a><br />Painting by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Baugh</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1L2FFHXI/AAAAAAAAAas/_PnkptFMCv0/s1600/wow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TQV1L2FFHXI/AAAAAAAAAas/_PnkptFMCv0/s320/wow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549970962159836530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Our final stop was to <a href="http://arcadiafinearts.com/">Arcadia Gallery</a> which shockingly again, we turned out lucky. It just so happened to be<a href="http://www.figurativedrawing.com/figurative_artists_liepke.htm"> Malcolm T. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Liepke's</span></a> opening. Here Mike and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Liepke</span> are together for a photo. I must say I was really impressed with his work. I had only seen a few paintings by him in the past at the<a href="http://www.pafa.org/usartists/"> U.S Artist Show</a>.<br />After our long day of gallery hoping, we met up with our buddy <a href="http://scottcohn.blogspot.com/">Scott <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cohn</span></a> for some grub and good times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-59975928387092282412010-12-12T15:24:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:35:46.482-08:00THE DPC in NYC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWVMtQhfj9moONGHVPPQD4EtslWhMZ0NdfTmzTUN8_zZYZiK0W2n1t5BzXslOz4Ua6Ky1in3QPUK4H0pb31XOnYPeymbqE7P23kmKniCncbsISi42RdHzFGLsdkAkk1QlR8YdPJakMxI/s1600/casey-baugh-michael-manley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWVMtQhfj9moONGHVPPQD4EtslWhMZ0NdfTmzTUN8_zZYZiK0W2n1t5BzXslOz4Ua6Ky1in3QPUK4H0pb31XOnYPeymbqE7P23kmKniCncbsISi42RdHzFGLsdkAkk1QlR8YdPJakMxI/s400/casey-baugh-michael-manley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549940754178759538" /></a>The Dirty Palette club hit the big apple to see the Sargent show at the Adelson gallery and the Casey Baugh show at the <a href="http://www.wendtgallery.com/New-York-Exhibition">WEDNT Gallery.</a> The the gang pose with Casey as he was about to leave is show and try and make it to the Sargent show.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-34003189449930084032010-11-26T17:09:00.000-08:002010-11-26T17:10:22.452-08:00Illuxcon 2010The <a href="http://thedirtypaletteclub.blogspot.com/">DPC </a>has taken yet another trip to Altoona, PA for the 3rd annual Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, <a href="http://www.illuxcon.com/">Illuxcon</a>. Each year the crowed gets larger and larger, and this year was no exception. Unlike most conventions that are more about Hollywood stars, and vendors, Illuxcon brings together the big names working in the Illustration field today, to share their artwork and business advise to the young and old artists who seek it.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBDWqJEKSI/AAAAAAAAAac/I9hh4pIjPNs/s1600/DSC05129.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBDWqJEKSI/AAAAAAAAAac/I9hh4pIjPNs/s320/DSC05129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544005197841574178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we are the night before, talking up a storm and goofing off at our friend<a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/"> Mike's</a> house.<br />This year to avoid any delays in our trip we all slept over.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBDsuoCcCI/AAAAAAAAAak/s0zxWLGIYhw/s1600/DSC05144.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBDsuoCcCI/AAAAAAAAAak/s0zxWLGIYhw/s320/DSC05144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544005577002348578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the long 4 hour drive, we stopped by our normal hot dog joint for a bite to eat.<br />great prices and good food.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBDCCPuWZI/AAAAAAAAAaU/nQHwWdcKTtM/s1600/DSC05146.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBDCCPuWZI/AAAAAAAAAaU/nQHwWdcKTtM/s320/DSC05146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544004843534702994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was the first lecture on the Saturday agenda. The talk was on the business aspect in the Illustration field. A panel of artists discuss, present, and visualize the various approaches taken to achieve success in a career in the arts, from commercial commissions, to conventions, to gallery exhibits.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBB4oKcoeI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/u88E9Q5zyro/s1600/IMG_7414.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBB4oKcoeI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/u88E9Q5zyro/s320/IMG_7414.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544003582402798050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here <a href="http://www.donatoart.com/">Donato Giancola</a> was discussing his process to the DPC.<br />The thing I love about Illuxcon most is how open the professionals are to questions.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBCPRakLzI/AAAAAAAAAaE/wRY8hITjmQo/s1600/IMG_7344.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBCPRakLzI/AAAAAAAAAaE/wRY8hITjmQo/s320/IMG_7344.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544003971433377586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Painting by Donato Giancola<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBCtqvf7TI/AAAAAAAAAaM/Oy2fj2elTVM/s1600/IMG_7428.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBCtqvf7TI/AAAAAAAAAaM/Oy2fj2elTVM/s320/IMG_7428.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544004493628140850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Donato Giancola showing us his process starting with the thumbnails in his sketchbook.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBAuqJ-XeI/AAAAAAAAAZs/DjCLSDeO3pI/s1600/DSC05150.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBAuqJ-XeI/AAAAAAAAAZs/DjCLSDeO3pI/s320/DSC05150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544002311627365858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was <a href="http://erikgist.com/">Erik Gist</a>'s first year at Illuxcon. Meeting him was a great inspiration because I have been following this tutorials on his blog for years now. If I could repeat my education all over again with ideal conditions, I would have went over to the <a href="http://www.wattsatelier.com/org/WattsAtelier/cms.aspx">Watts Atelier</a> on the west coast ans studied with Gist.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBBMWxPUPI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/Y1ZMQJL2Fbw/s1600/IMG_7285.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBBMWxPUPI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/Y1ZMQJL2Fbw/s320/IMG_7285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544002821819420914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Painting by Erik Gist<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBAdtH9E-I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ItkeCX55DjU/s1600/IMG_7287.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmT7wy2dI88/TPBAdtH9E-I/AAAAAAAAAZk/ItkeCX55DjU/s320/IMG_7287.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544002020366423010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here the DPC talks with<a href="http://dvpalumbo.com/"> David Palumbo</a>, professional Illustrator/Fine Artist as well as a fellow student from <a href="http://www.pafa.org/">PaFa</a>.<br /><br />Photos by Mike Manley and myselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-44128655478626344872010-10-31T07:07:00.000-07:002010-10-31T08:30:18.153-07:00DPC Fall Paintout<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTH5FPKm8LuuDMmVgbCbzccbKFhDIg3_ZjnDxJyJHwIYaHNP8QS42aQ4Co30LXj90Zc8ASMY-5CsKyVHqKVydoBdOiIcrPGRwR54p0nEyhBFNzr5WOka6boG-suLPGjOrIP9qh4niqQcI/s1600/the-winter-house.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTH5FPKm8LuuDMmVgbCbzccbKFhDIg3_ZjnDxJyJHwIYaHNP8QS42aQ4Co30LXj90Zc8ASMY-5CsKyVHqKVydoBdOiIcrPGRwR54p0nEyhBFNzr5WOka6boG-suLPGjOrIP9qh4niqQcI/s400/the-winter-house.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534219998995042098" /></a>Yesterday the DPC gathered and fellow DPC member Jane Winter's beautiful house in Villa Nova for a little painting of the beautiful fall colors before the wind sweepsall the great color away. This was almost exactly a year to the day we went painting down at the Wyeth museum in Chadds Ford last fall. It was cool, but a lot warmer than last year, still there was a brisk wind the whole time which blew my painting off the easel twice.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF20ELCryJYRp0iybWT77v6n5OcXHraPzNeObACaHvbqIcKFWVNsTSPOa6ZQkg9COZo_-keIT_EfTy52C8xuQFe8vsYdOwOy_cghhzgiFU9azXGplUmO8iYiaEpYdEPHeJSVjAhJflvlg/s1600/will-alina-looking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF20ELCryJYRp0iybWT77v6n5OcXHraPzNeObACaHvbqIcKFWVNsTSPOa6ZQkg9COZo_-keIT_EfTy52C8xuQFe8vsYdOwOy_cghhzgiFU9azXGplUmO8iYiaEpYdEPHeJSVjAhJflvlg/s400/will-alina-looking.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220005221148290" /></a>Will and Alina looked for places to set up and paint as we all walked around Jane's beautiful house and yard, but the sun was moving quick and we knew the light was going to go fast so we quickly chose our spots and busted out the paint kits. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6WYpIFcfKT7QfzdfgaqEcTFhHeapX15WNcMlFSedAkugTkL1XT4o4vjedy_dxzQmrhYjr2GBVgSUUHv3BSPu40OUFK6yKq2Q6pX3XIaj48wUp_4dySWX4tYaqCQ1f10lZrgUyRku6DE/s1600/fechin-easel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6WYpIFcfKT7QfzdfgaqEcTFhHeapX15WNcMlFSedAkugTkL1XT4o4vjedy_dxzQmrhYjr2GBVgSUUHv3BSPu40OUFK6yKq2Q6pX3XIaj48wUp_4dySWX4tYaqCQ1f10lZrgUyRku6DE/s400/fechin-easel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220007485450898" /></a>Alina is using her mother's old easel from when she attened the Fechin Academy in Russia named after the famous Russian painter,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Fechin"> Nicolai Fechin. </a>Fechin is a big favorite of many of us at the DPC and a particular favorite painterof mine and Alina's<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VFXUw4rmKMKTE4KCbdXU4q31VTaXsiV-ZD4l90XMHAJJAzC3sibW9uK1Wft9vT1x7Zs080c0gaOspxTduvTz7r8PwIf0MeNJmIIebO18WrJZgsJwY_IEzpMMiEqYqU8kbexkpoec1wY/s1600/will-alina.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VFXUw4rmKMKTE4KCbdXU4q31VTaXsiV-ZD4l90XMHAJJAzC3sibW9uK1Wft9vT1x7Zs080c0gaOspxTduvTz7r8PwIf0MeNJmIIebO18WrJZgsJwY_IEzpMMiEqYqU8kbexkpoec1wY/s400/will-alina.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221363804365906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDE2G_Fr5duBGR9N35TnVpSMy7cl9-v9ieNCWTfBrrOoRqwyfGxcncNN8X_MTAhQA-faDuPHfguLUXT7V0KvcFUit6o4EzOduloOPxhAzrsOcJLKrmNaSI54OhzbFKhEkJQwpoq1GJP_g/s1600/alina-osipov-painting-6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDE2G_Fr5duBGR9N35TnVpSMy7cl9-v9ieNCWTfBrrOoRqwyfGxcncNN8X_MTAhQA-faDuPHfguLUXT7V0KvcFUit6o4EzOduloOPxhAzrsOcJLKrmNaSI54OhzbFKhEkJQwpoq1GJP_g/s400/alina-osipov-painting-6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221211555706498" /></a>Alina started firing in right away, painting mostly with the palette knife.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-Be94vXvGKs_KTRlXkWqDlAqr1zmsRYdKsVod3i3J0mBRemc1xEHN1bU31G98AnUqtPIjI888aFd3xai_Y_9W3n7TodRRgI-U8Su8TYZc-pdM1hjpn4y62drs8cTu7VKq_n53selsiA/s1600/jane-winter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-Be94vXvGKs_KTRlXkWqDlAqr1zmsRYdKsVod3i3J0mBRemc1xEHN1bU31G98AnUqtPIjI888aFd3xai_Y_9W3n7TodRRgI-U8Su8TYZc-pdM1hjpn4y62drs8cTu7VKq_n53selsiA/s400/jane-winter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221198874792850" /></a>Our host the beautiful Jane Winter, she is one of the best people I know and a talented painter to boot!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKg20ShKPO2ok8PSo_I_GVh8Lj3vrABEIe9eYQgJwTx6vKjzp6WFvDTZeU6bAFd-Ss_QOeF_U92ijmFc7aNQtg0Ol9Zca6SebH51cHq0W4u68RnUoxc9PbH4BSXCFHh5bIQYhLqFmsvow/s1600/alina-osipov-6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKg20ShKPO2ok8PSo_I_GVh8Lj3vrABEIe9eYQgJwTx6vKjzp6WFvDTZeU6bAFd-Ss_QOeF_U92ijmFc7aNQtg0Ol9Zca6SebH51cHq0W4u68RnUoxc9PbH4BSXCFHh5bIQYhLqFmsvow/s400/alina-osipov-6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220865687181794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_hfZe4427nykj91CJg53Ez2HIuX-gmX9qqTgUddsYC3SzpRx_ZQLSSvuEz9i62Qt5tHiSgmhgY5KWx6rdLhlh8CLA37EXUHUSulrmzjEEJGHB7QpOUREJWt53alE8u2kVqZLM3ey7gE/s1600/michael-manley-artist.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_hfZe4427nykj91CJg53Ez2HIuX-gmX9qqTgUddsYC3SzpRx_ZQLSSvuEz9i62Qt5tHiSgmhgY5KWx6rdLhlh8CLA37EXUHUSulrmzjEEJGHB7QpOUREJWt53alE8u2kVqZLM3ey7gE/s400/michael-manley-artist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220868671382850" /></a>Your's truely mugging for the camera...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ruaP4vgn3oJpMXGzbqpdyX7M55rIKKuI0oU5zhQd9HnhcVugovbGzi_32gper-3IECqT-mNAVtJbuQ50rClR4_2TxQcaJyE3IJBtkhDVq4e9RiYGfGo3TsPF9lKQs2FjBCpe6FEWhXE/s1600/michael-manley-painting-6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ruaP4vgn3oJpMXGzbqpdyX7M55rIKKuI0oU5zhQd9HnhcVugovbGzi_32gper-3IECqT-mNAVtJbuQ50rClR4_2TxQcaJyE3IJBtkhDVq4e9RiYGfGo3TsPF9lKQs2FjBCpe6FEWhXE/s400/michael-manley-painting-6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220862963693090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoDSS4XjDsp3srXw2V-9RKRjV4waOAtXsuaC4ae9piiSQn2OVCp4KRoSTFmNHpXF5wVbH1manaW1Q6KSw1YhPdKNiyHgaVuJ1Ak41rNVYoli2jZk3VXn2fhIcG7UDZzs5vEypDNizkss/s1600/michael-manley-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoDSS4XjDsp3srXw2V-9RKRjV4waOAtXsuaC4ae9piiSQn2OVCp4KRoSTFmNHpXF5wVbH1manaW1Q6KSw1YhPdKNiyHgaVuJ1Ak41rNVYoli2jZk3VXn2fhIcG7UDZzs5vEypDNizkss/s400/michael-manley-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220615144743986" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmT_NYikRIo-5WV7B3VdojlL3neFosu6QTYpv5DMJGTZlFVotFmP6lnj224AIVHWjgEFu83tG5G5u3BcEKxKpo3fHr7zoLMD9MlHR7nlLBmQFo6EPDPgdQdfXBUUkhOFJZAbc_U8-qlw/s1600/lexi-thomas-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmT_NYikRIo-5WV7B3VdojlL3neFosu6QTYpv5DMJGTZlFVotFmP6lnj224AIVHWjgEFu83tG5G5u3BcEKxKpo3fHr7zoLMD9MlHR7nlLBmQFo6EPDPgdQdfXBUUkhOFJZAbc_U8-qlw/s400/lexi-thomas-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220606931010498" /></a>Lexi painting away, she was using acrylics with a extender to help them take longer to dry.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPocrufaFGPyJ9Wa5bX17wzgDakwe05G88decy1fTcmMsYy5mqm-lyRIzUglRVDjhqSyzxfTHz9O4Y0rMxvIxhpiUHaMM8-QqICLit89TA4S5ch9v1dEIotWnqqEOfBzRSsdyzjfsTadw/s1600/william-sentman-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPocrufaFGPyJ9Wa5bX17wzgDakwe05G88decy1fTcmMsYy5mqm-lyRIzUglRVDjhqSyzxfTHz9O4Y0rMxvIxhpiUHaMM8-QqICLit89TA4S5ch9v1dEIotWnqqEOfBzRSsdyzjfsTadw/s400/william-sentman-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220609690994290" /></a>Will was firing away too, going for the big shapes and a bold composition.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUDhCmp9OaQNrUAHkBWFn8oPThl6hTqaAm7iofJwxbGr0J3A4Ue4XraqtEUNtjeTst5UwfmHPGA6qH4ApTxH6afNHLaCOPNWMTY8cQEQU_xK-w6SSzLUFv99a96DtsNNZhNCHOpzBMEI/s1600/william-sentman-painting-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUDhCmp9OaQNrUAHkBWFn8oPThl6hTqaAm7iofJwxbGr0J3A4Ue4XraqtEUNtjeTst5UwfmHPGA6qH4ApTxH6afNHLaCOPNWMTY8cQEQU_xK-w6SSzLUFv99a96DtsNNZhNCHOpzBMEI/s400/william-sentman-painting-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220606386701586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjKz0mCy2pBq55dlZMGTNrkI3KudW0Lja0Xj0j5xHsf5hTkevO_4UCIvDCNSlckefJKBDXGGUpY8AUQeI0LVHgISxESOG8-Y4g215DGbQEQkwDlm2QPtEm8QYeuXYOPlC0_QpUh3BTzk/s1600/lexi-thomas-painting-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjKz0mCy2pBq55dlZMGTNrkI3KudW0Lja0Xj0j5xHsf5hTkevO_4UCIvDCNSlckefJKBDXGGUpY8AUQeI0LVHgISxESOG8-Y4g215DGbQEQkwDlm2QPtEm8QYeuXYOPlC0_QpUh3BTzk/s400/lexi-thomas-painting-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220594776764706" /></a><br />I walked around and snapped pictures after about 45-1 hour or so to see where everybody was with their painting. Its always interesting to me to see what attracts peoples attention as a painter, Alina and I were attracted to the same spot, so it was really interesting to see what she would make of the same thing. I was attracted but the path the shadows from the trees cast along the lawn and the transition from the cool foreground to the splash of orange/warm leaves across the fence. I reminded me of the famous painting Sargent did in Broadway...sadly I am not Sargent.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfX-nxU4U37pSz1L79_NNVyYNHmBWxWv83KsLen8jUUmW7UmeNx3Ryezx6TOI8ztgCOKzWJGnpK-AR3UPI73z2t9G42Nmc71-oVBg2nHlAO6xnVAHwNe8E3BSoOf6yE8dB72xNsAy6EM/s1600/lexi-progress.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfX-nxU4U37pSz1L79_NNVyYNHmBWxWv83KsLen8jUUmW7UmeNx3Ryezx6TOI8ztgCOKzWJGnpK-AR3UPI73z2t9G42Nmc71-oVBg2nHlAO6xnVAHwNe8E3BSoOf6yE8dB72xNsAy6EM/s400/lexi-progress.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220338332217106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLf5MTy9KTX6e1zf8JZh_OhBAOmYffa_V76YcOgKRwf43hn7cXxfMj_Jmf7Mv2jvzQxYCBXUV2Ai0FZsghyphenhyphen-NjWHbQvzQ6OLzGBfIe6m9iunMJh4ObxX8I6BmFea_F6g74oeeMFDOpj0/s1600/alina-osipov-painting-roughin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLf5MTy9KTX6e1zf8JZh_OhBAOmYffa_V76YcOgKRwf43hn7cXxfMj_Jmf7Mv2jvzQxYCBXUV2Ai0FZsghyphenhyphen-NjWHbQvzQ6OLzGBfIe6m9iunMJh4ObxX8I6BmFea_F6g74oeeMFDOpj0/s400/alina-osipov-painting-roughin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220335890104658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxy7QfCfn7iVCPUX9QLbAOEqfEONK6oPgLTnXAyG9JCK5r3KyGxQEbQLe61W4g4p0LsUkremg8NbjasfhQb4dLXQmyyg6fi8asaW7zAVVUNBEVjTCZIEd8G-VeMnhLTQPet_d54SvRxk/s1600/william-sentman-rough.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxy7QfCfn7iVCPUX9QLbAOEqfEONK6oPgLTnXAyG9JCK5r3KyGxQEbQLe61W4g4p0LsUkremg8NbjasfhQb4dLXQmyyg6fi8asaW7zAVVUNBEVjTCZIEd8G-VeMnhLTQPet_d54SvRxk/s400/william-sentman-rough.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220334381375458" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwITl_UbU9gTkWiVztAeNuFnnMxpmxJvK6h1o9vYkNh16hLoLcYbTu7P3ckFWAayP_41Ny8iGJ-kGen0-ZfyTZpBH7lTrjA2Oy09kYCZ0OEzun1sZuoIUEDzMVgkOdKbgsAx4I9OKtcE/s1600/mike-manley-block-in.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwITl_UbU9gTkWiVztAeNuFnnMxpmxJvK6h1o9vYkNh16hLoLcYbTu7P3ckFWAayP_41Ny8iGJ-kGen0-ZfyTZpBH7lTrjA2Oy09kYCZ0OEzun1sZuoIUEDzMVgkOdKbgsAx4I9OKtcE/s400/mike-manley-block-in.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220017080792146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uv4KzBpKRnSbVHuYFRu1ZeYBFZBSWxYgad4pYGGkg_IwmZmJ_GP8EI2NF1TQOOxMT6DafaPm2K5QOXYBWx-7i8FlBlxExhy-3S_wh85FVDzrmtn-eodh8Cqx0cl9_EVcVRfy0Iuw5kw/s1600/jane-winter-landscape.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uv4KzBpKRnSbVHuYFRu1ZeYBFZBSWxYgad4pYGGkg_IwmZmJ_GP8EI2NF1TQOOxMT6DafaPm2K5QOXYBWx-7i8FlBlxExhy-3S_wh85FVDzrmtn-eodh8Cqx0cl9_EVcVRfy0Iuw5kw/s400/jane-winter-landscape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220319395441218" /></a>This handsome little painting jane knocked out in about 45 minutes following her critics advice at school to do more quicker paintings of no more than an hour.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYpfH6Wf9zWQd5sMMAPARlK7tD79SZR4dLbeqtTld7bRy3IBQ-GgA-Wxc_fxcWKac1Wzdi5MNjnBTDciV5Rr0oMZjALf09ZHnsq6waRP-JBeqMCOnAEEuIi1FzVoL-lkeK2A3CkuXPrI/s1600/lunch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYpfH6Wf9zWQd5sMMAPARlK7tD79SZR4dLbeqtTld7bRy3IBQ-GgA-Wxc_fxcWKac1Wzdi5MNjnBTDciV5Rr0oMZjALf09ZHnsq6waRP-JBeqMCOnAEEuIi1FzVoL-lkeK2A3CkuXPrI/s400/lunch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220325613229250" /></a>Then Jane being the gracious host she is set out a scrumcious spread for lunch!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5fAL2R47Sul9XTRpzH4TGURt-vJN4099pqOLdW0A1fWRBTi7QXxU8n9IA8rGG-qZTm2nbjdW0MBI0JkJICbxG_zuhtsW9R2irVl6JxEaesQIa87eMsH1cIjgA7dZjo1NRorOPJiyGRc/s1600/alina-osipov-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5fAL2R47Sul9XTRpzH4TGURt-vJN4099pqOLdW0A1fWRBTi7QXxU8n9IA8rGG-qZTm2nbjdW0MBI0JkJICbxG_zuhtsW9R2irVl6JxEaesQIa87eMsH1cIjgA7dZjo1NRorOPJiyGRc/s400/alina-osipov-7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221200430827618" /></a>We had a lovely lunch and the doggies did too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv_WL7KIeaA4BbjOj4Emn-FthE_rskPDNZdnJJfDWAVQUutlZ0e7q315y2HIDN3xZbtMBhCdvzdALKFORzw6LpUKaMW1kE6tXInHl6GjBEuuGjhmVVju3G9DZoeT2lMvUmJ6EK8ZeOMQ/s1600/janes-lawn-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv_WL7KIeaA4BbjOj4Emn-FthE_rskPDNZdnJJfDWAVQUutlZ0e7q315y2HIDN3xZbtMBhCdvzdALKFORzw6LpUKaMW1kE6tXInHl6GjBEuuGjhmVVju3G9DZoeT2lMvUmJ6EK8ZeOMQ/s400/janes-lawn-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221367158022210" /></a>Here is my final painting, once again I think if the sun had stayed out i could have gotten it to pop a bit more, but those are the breaks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uOClJlqzGJ_ArhD0UK3mIPe49VjtD6sVjNhURoidFO1laHZ_bioCQmpbYo2KhT2_0IZf79H9Br6PIAAm2JDgTGU8Th_Vdh5HgOLgUwDHjkJIlaPw4QQeuXXaw5I9_O5766iF4CKpEgc/s1600/alina-osipov-fall-landscape-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uOClJlqzGJ_ArhD0UK3mIPe49VjtD6sVjNhURoidFO1laHZ_bioCQmpbYo2KhT2_0IZf79H9Br6PIAAm2JDgTGU8Th_Vdh5HgOLgUwDHjkJIlaPw4QQeuXXaw5I9_O5766iF4CKpEgc/s400/alina-osipov-fall-landscape-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534225186358408306" /></a>Alina's final painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJCWziSDzHMWlPCR4kmk70lS6RvBbWnp1JEwe0_smJNWMmkyTGi-0-TWgXfs1xjBkR-ClQcsvzMqzbR3hjaJL7XXjhPpo6qJcgpO7D-cGkBgCxwEK2r2uj7swR_yN1bKbxq2cqhEu9c8/s1600/alina-osipov-9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJCWziSDzHMWlPCR4kmk70lS6RvBbWnp1JEwe0_smJNWMmkyTGi-0-TWgXfs1xjBkR-ClQcsvzMqzbR3hjaJL7XXjhPpo6qJcgpO7D-cGkBgCxwEK2r2uj7swR_yN1bKbxq2cqhEu9c8/s400/alina-osipov-9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221190652544546" /></a>Alina was trying to figure out how to sign her painting and then decided against it all together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSj2xujNPB7QHVk-RYVTTIasPKhGcg9izB1nSo4GLxyqbYaVWIfV8M3eahJEbUpUCmhux6e7sOB602oR8DiAsdfTOQFxmZaHq0IfrpGVoaNRQ2VU9CA4OC9T1xSfCTB908sjgoADMG9T4/s1600/lexi-thomas-dogs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSj2xujNPB7QHVk-RYVTTIasPKhGcg9izB1nSo4GLxyqbYaVWIfV8M3eahJEbUpUCmhux6e7sOB602oR8DiAsdfTOQFxmZaHq0IfrpGVoaNRQ2VU9CA4OC9T1xSfCTB908sjgoADMG9T4/s400/lexi-thomas-dogs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534221187331296146" /></a>Lexi relaxing and reading with jane's dogs<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvanE8IbghHqZ558TJTZGwmuS77jR7kGp8KzehG7LlQGZso7c9q6uWOEXWxsuMUqBCwscesdqcgYTjKmCw0N8-1o3bZpgj9wR4_KC1P6kCMimtkRZ1aKpSlO_nUWCWQk_yKoHwFVXOy3k/s1600/will-sentman-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvanE8IbghHqZ558TJTZGwmuS77jR7kGp8KzehG7LlQGZso7c9q6uWOEXWxsuMUqBCwscesdqcgYTjKmCw0N8-1o3bZpgj9wR4_KC1P6kCMimtkRZ1aKpSlO_nUWCWQk_yKoHwFVXOy3k/s400/will-sentman-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220876481797650" /></a>Will catching up on his sleep, they both finished early, then I wrapped up my painting and Alina was the last painter standing, working till the sun and set below the tree line, she just couldn't let go of the rapture of nature....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bkckbQZcMR-eNcTh3BUffCnPIwIe4RgdQOwBv21jmPoyQM7_olNKPP8M_91r1R5ekbyTIM-dO_9FHsyOPSe3wB_j5LaHnHtbqLJPjKGozhL4IpAxwlLdsTVBrl2RZ_Rx4iCfMef4MIY/s1600/chewie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bkckbQZcMR-eNcTh3BUffCnPIwIe4RgdQOwBv21jmPoyQM7_olNKPP8M_91r1R5ekbyTIM-dO_9FHsyOPSe3wB_j5LaHnHtbqLJPjKGozhL4IpAxwlLdsTVBrl2RZ_Rx4iCfMef4MIY/s400/chewie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534220877144856482" /></a>I think Chewie, Jane's oldest and wisest dog had it all figured out, sit on the warm sofa and wait for cookie crumbs!! It was a great day and despite me still having a bit of a cold, even a fever I felt it was worth it to get out and paint for an afternoon, it is something I have really missed since being in Arizona and painting this past summer. I hope we can do it in the next week or two again.<br /><br />Viva La DPC!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-34768747132880589582010-06-19T01:35:00.000-07:002010-06-19T17:31:41.965-07:00DPC Summer Studio-- Session 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrS9HYAt94kxwnsFAIsv3vE4YdYel1fuJjJLt3ElQTXG5SnAfHcZSeHvm-mQQu0639-ty2GQm_SQOQQgzg1krzI-HYfle7rntXrrJMHKaaF1trh55D0fE0MN7dve9IjNLV9Ukw7onRhQ/s1600/studio-summer2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrS9HYAt94kxwnsFAIsv3vE4YdYel1fuJjJLt3ElQTXG5SnAfHcZSeHvm-mQQu0639-ty2GQm_SQOQQgzg1krzI-HYfle7rntXrrJMHKaaF1trh55D0fE0MN7dve9IjNLV9Ukw7onRhQ/s400/studio-summer2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484401803501115266" /></a>The DPC started our summer session this last week in the studio. It wasn't a full tilt group as two or three of our regular members either haven't moved in yet or couldn't make it, but Dave, Lexi and I set up a little still life and went about painting into the evening in the new gang studio. The shot above is of my side of the studio which has great views of the city and south light.<br /><br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJi3DZwqv7LJhW9cPewjBAZ2d845E78IF5QJwC_KlJq9l0g4G1c8ANkazkprN9xcSGCaP73YVMnA39fULzvP1lkN5cOANSHkeUz25IpyFxtMHai-sEtHKRK8aEB4yjmJiw0ZBAx88_Dg/s1600/david-golas-still-life-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJi3DZwqv7LJhW9cPewjBAZ2d845E78IF5QJwC_KlJq9l0g4G1c8ANkazkprN9xcSGCaP73YVMnA39fULzvP1lkN5cOANSHkeUz25IpyFxtMHai-sEtHKRK8aEB4yjmJiw0ZBAx88_Dg/s400/david-golas-still-life-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484401486018143458" /></a>Here is Dave's rough in<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2yb9B_Dx27Oe01uDCfim9Tea-NL8X_L2QL040YqAL7udhBwglVQEo83pLdzoe36sjU6MeD3AkzbAuy7eAdRIx1z1DIGieNcSvrLKZEkWo2by6qqIibaOrvPWczYK0u_tIEEILMgA_6c/s1600/lexi-thomas-stilllife-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2yb9B_Dx27Oe01uDCfim9Tea-NL8X_L2QL040YqAL7udhBwglVQEo83pLdzoe36sjU6MeD3AkzbAuy7eAdRIx1z1DIGieNcSvrLKZEkWo2by6qqIibaOrvPWczYK0u_tIEEILMgA_6c/s400/lexi-thomas-stilllife-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484401473009960930" /></a>Lexi was trying acrylics while Dave and I used oil.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJdJZSwnTF0ttQrBuNnUoS4X4PspVAXwZUSrHmF3Cg_4dLWl7fWnRg6sbi1LAY_l4exwDR248frds8o2dOrQtPiBoZ3FXpn4rHoN3uKFXt-STor4614eBFsGvtEwdtT8ZHFBKYUWVGaM/s1600/mike-manley-stilllife-start.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJdJZSwnTF0ttQrBuNnUoS4X4PspVAXwZUSrHmF3Cg_4dLWl7fWnRg6sbi1LAY_l4exwDR248frds8o2dOrQtPiBoZ3FXpn4rHoN3uKFXt-STor4614eBFsGvtEwdtT8ZHFBKYUWVGaM/s400/mike-manley-stilllife-start.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484401467808714322" /></a> Here is my painting after I got it pretty well blocked in--still a ways to go on this but I feel its a good start. Once again its a great thing to have the energy and camaraderie of good friends around when working. I like the energy and flow of ideas you get as well as the laughter. I want to employ some of the "thinking" on creating a space and an arrangement of values and atmosphere I got from the workshop I just took with Peter Van Dyke. i can't wait to get back into the studio this week!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj574dCbLsnZ3JQrbzGQkGTQ-2FCZZvpAwPpSgRy4AgPX7Nexsvs9EODxKZnIwB2n3kk9tROUCsYEaZor0zb9NMb8TU7vuW9GesU0pW-bJPP_j1Doz1NyOciGoeWgewtEhjzUFtzaT-Qe4/s1600/lex-painting-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj574dCbLsnZ3JQrbzGQkGTQ-2FCZZvpAwPpSgRy4AgPX7Nexsvs9EODxKZnIwB2n3kk9tROUCsYEaZor0zb9NMb8TU7vuW9GesU0pW-bJPP_j1Doz1NyOciGoeWgewtEhjzUFtzaT-Qe4/s400/lex-painting-5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484401443485855602" /></a>Lexi painting away<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-kt6kD0jwny1UhKxF6ykC9hfgbf5wkgnFJ3YMMzGOJhuSbQ4SFNJ3DjRpEtZCwJCV7VyyANBHMVOlyT_5neLa4oJI2eGQvQfrNZtCzbGq4VmGwEJRpTSkhtF_QjauRMeOMqcEpPDP2U/s1600/dave-mixing-colors.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-kt6kD0jwny1UhKxF6ykC9hfgbf5wkgnFJ3YMMzGOJhuSbQ4SFNJ3DjRpEtZCwJCV7VyyANBHMVOlyT_5neLa4oJI2eGQvQfrNZtCzbGq4VmGwEJRpTSkhtF_QjauRMeOMqcEpPDP2U/s400/dave-mixing-colors.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484401437406761810" /></a>Dave mixing colors before starting.Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-9563521158412723562010-05-30T12:15:00.000-07:002010-05-30T14:42:37.317-07:00Summer Session 3 The Yellow Chair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8qlVnUpGKxWX4TmHMt0eKiqszCCcRaBRIi1EMeKGzwkq71GX_jck4TKnDyzEpdtnUOQRbQcmBUGjCxI0H7BjqW-02EUX6_Sgi6zB_JQNDzrEyv23dkrs0egK7JM0gPaz-aRDbNgLxgI/s1600/the-yellow0chair-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8qlVnUpGKxWX4TmHMt0eKiqszCCcRaBRIi1EMeKGzwkq71GX_jck4TKnDyzEpdtnUOQRbQcmBUGjCxI0H7BjqW-02EUX6_Sgi6zB_JQNDzrEyv23dkrs0egK7JM0gPaz-aRDbNgLxgI/s400/the-yellow0chair-7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477177070355371442" /></a><br />The DPC gathered again for our weekly meeting, this time at school. I was taking the Painting Interiors workshop with <a href="http://www.petervandyckart.com/index.html">Peter van Dyke</a> this week and figured why not kill two paintings with the same brush. After searching a bit for a subject to paint, I along with Dave settled on the yellow chair again. I had <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbqOqgP3KPiT2coEKWjYd5eWhb3RL8MG6-uzQdSCj39rbTTdNSh23YIKR-z1TB9eD2yb98YeJG6eqPwgVhVfqVKd6DkMNkH7G5Y_LGIiNbPR4tXlS2gG_07yDznjXLmEcVSGnkiVwHUHf/s1600/golden-chair.jpg">painted it</a> earlier in the week, but once again that chair just sung out to us to be painted. It would be one ugly chair to have in your house, but it's great to paint in that environment at school.<br /><br />Eventually Joel and Lexi showed up and we spent the afternoon painting away before the light changed too much. As always we have lots of fun with jokes flying about as much if not more than paint. Its also funny how the school can become a different place and subject when you are not in class.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfTas88vrZtD5MeWgk8zzH921GBgBW8WCvFzxIzfWgf7ZNAG4du02zw-Scy94b9XzkKN10JwX43b3gPdnjd3eWPcRth9RBTxx5SxAFzuOViUGdGiSABW2WfvU_lTUHEiJv4PLW_ykYr0/s1600/dave-lexi-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfTas88vrZtD5MeWgk8zzH921GBgBW8WCvFzxIzfWgf7ZNAG4du02zw-Scy94b9XzkKN10JwX43b3gPdnjd3eWPcRth9RBTxx5SxAFzuOViUGdGiSABW2WfvU_lTUHEiJv4PLW_ykYr0/s400/dave-lexi-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477176854969269810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u1eaz9cOftzcWCbf-ilunxjfZHpmVPAxxSBGaGE2iHK-m2UpToGuqh5fdjbwlXINNZVsbPx8-X5_8zvObhQ9qxJ_ssic9pXFQQQJQkj_RPhDyN2BtiT4aC5cewz3IPOrjPFp25PeSYU/s1600/daves-chair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6u1eaz9cOftzcWCbf-ilunxjfZHpmVPAxxSBGaGE2iHK-m2UpToGuqh5fdjbwlXINNZVsbPx8-X5_8zvObhQ9qxJ_ssic9pXFQQQJQkj_RPhDyN2BtiT4aC5cewz3IPOrjPFp25PeSYU/s400/daves-chair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477176851638420834" /></a>Dave's chair painting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnaLxgP45iiUBFUUxmrSySIzKpd_90k5kMeFhAITufcdrOTPD1ww5w2tAnJypNPzfi-MTi_a_519hFzy3N0Z8OhIPP4SXFejFzyYre0e4S82xidxDIUkncy8fTkoKQ7EC7ULZ0ErNFoE/s1600/yellow-chair-2-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnaLxgP45iiUBFUUxmrSySIzKpd_90k5kMeFhAITufcdrOTPD1ww5w2tAnJypNPzfi-MTi_a_519hFzy3N0Z8OhIPP4SXFejFzyYre0e4S82xidxDIUkncy8fTkoKQ7EC7ULZ0ErNFoE/s400/yellow-chair-2-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477177072095844962" /></a>My painting of the Yellow Chair.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCV0p7X5jnaKSZlAgksJ4mBiR80CsdppGu2B1xoo0WBnevASQ9fzYG5LHzjZrWZSFmGow-AKLzyGpipy-B3rI5ZFWiyynGQz8LxzdMJNUcaU4Csmru6GeZWgYN6yNfJ0KWtCSfZ_d2GI/s1600/Lexi-thomas-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCV0p7X5jnaKSZlAgksJ4mBiR80CsdppGu2B1xoo0WBnevASQ9fzYG5LHzjZrWZSFmGow-AKLzyGpipy-B3rI5ZFWiyynGQz8LxzdMJNUcaU4Csmru6GeZWgYN6yNfJ0KWtCSfZ_d2GI/s400/Lexi-thomas-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477176842546034642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisV73xST5BE0EDkd0GwWuTyf0Sc1AxbssZxCObgRLhOTLljw87r-x_JDc-k0lWS2FbkdnvfgV2rcN8rC7GAoyBPVaBXNdyMFl_NazNURrZv9kcbq-iPYzCO505Nv5Tt7M2Yhb6yLGSY10/s1600/Dirty-palette-lunch-summer-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisV73xST5BE0EDkd0GwWuTyf0Sc1AxbssZxCObgRLhOTLljw87r-x_JDc-k0lWS2FbkdnvfgV2rcN8rC7GAoyBPVaBXNdyMFl_NazNURrZv9kcbq-iPYzCO505Nv5Tt7M2Yhb6yLGSY10/s400/Dirty-palette-lunch-summer-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477176832020363298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYbjQsnrlTM8_8SDDaYn6tx5JYEYXhI6bVpVPVR7C2hs4xmVx47X9C0a8RAAeHJjytgKSYn5Y1a_0BqwuJdieybCVO0En9u_l_I4dOyCGXY2wCJgsDI1wdKZa-8FM-h-m4PZrla6Y760/s1600/dave-joel-dpc-summer-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYbjQsnrlTM8_8SDDaYn6tx5JYEYXhI6bVpVPVR7C2hs4xmVx47X9C0a8RAAeHJjytgKSYn5Y1a_0BqwuJdieybCVO0En9u_l_I4dOyCGXY2wCJgsDI1wdKZa-8FM-h-m4PZrla6Y760/s400/dave-joel-dpc-summer-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477176821144464434" /></a>Joel looks at Dave's watercolors, you can see some of them over on <a href="http://davidgolasart.blogspot.com/">Dave's blog.</a> Next week we move into our group studio!Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-39614739276087863322010-05-22T13:46:00.000-07:002010-05-22T14:11:31.059-07:00Across the Delaware<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWNIQCm_xwExgtr3E5oKP8KJyw3s5WZjRiog5-0UFQKLj5GdgbdKgauzCRowQBuwI9ZXB8acBxFuZ00hcHuRzIP88NCPBKDsdmdvzhts5YuwSfDC_KF6rOhyphenhyphenW1Fc-CS8L11mhc-bpqfo/s1600/low-tide-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWNIQCm_xwExgtr3E5oKP8KJyw3s5WZjRiog5-0UFQKLj5GdgbdKgauzCRowQBuwI9ZXB8acBxFuZ00hcHuRzIP88NCPBKDsdmdvzhts5YuwSfDC_KF6rOhyphenhyphenW1Fc-CS8L11mhc-bpqfo/s400/low-tide-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474202303763297138" /></a>My painting of the Ben Franklin Bridge across the Delaware River. 10x 20, oil.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6izXDoVemJ6GuKEuMrBWs8s-aO1YE-nhJESS16wJhUPHtd0WOjlFiDev2CNkxgTDg7WTmzTHc8pt5FJKlF-UbaSdJx4u-qVCQJ-LsIfH0j4LA5JmICXN74Xy6eSO4WnnsnggJ6V1vq5s/s1600/dpc-paint-out-summer-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6izXDoVemJ6GuKEuMrBWs8s-aO1YE-nhJESS16wJhUPHtd0WOjlFiDev2CNkxgTDg7WTmzTHc8pt5FJKlF-UbaSdJx4u-qVCQJ-LsIfH0j4LA5JmICXN74Xy6eSO4WnnsnggJ6V1vq5s/s400/dpc-paint-out-summer-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474201780389674290" /></a><br />Yesterday the Dirty Palette Club had our second weekly meeting of the summer at a nice park along the Delaware River in Philly. This time it was just me and the gals as the other male members were busy or away. Lucky me!<br /><br />It was a nice day, hot, but I found a great spot under a nice tree and got to relax the old mental muscle from the stress of the weekly commercial grind in my studio.<br /><br />I picked up a few landscape proportioned panels at the last sale at Dick Blick and tried out one of them. I packed a pic-nic lunch and just enjoyed painting as the tide rolled out and the ships rolled past.<br /><br />My feeling with plein air is to hunt for a scene fast, pick it, stick it and paint it as the sun gives you 3-4 hours.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHgmj8_h2Qf9PVYd30IeO-slbnCVP_n2jjOdSos9Lh0W7bfFkpF-Bg9pkd2X8PsZDaZUR4JwKWedLXup44XB-JBsWNM_gxtZBrgBCNj6wGe3S_gP7opw29Y5fsp_OSZVkY2vX2s4Zj6Y/s1600/alina-osipov-chooses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHgmj8_h2Qf9PVYd30IeO-slbnCVP_n2jjOdSos9Lh0W7bfFkpF-Bg9pkd2X8PsZDaZUR4JwKWedLXup44XB-JBsWNM_gxtZBrgBCNj6wGe3S_gP7opw29Y5fsp_OSZVkY2vX2s4Zj6Y/s400/alina-osipov-chooses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474201792318067266" /></a>Alina choosing her shot.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSyoJjLS_k8OsDjZzj8DPbKHk3CX5mq5u99TJU-ctdGvL1fzCDMRONFBe2k7TTcLW1J4prSOh4rCiz2PLmZ1DgcGdFRruvNsv_nufhSE_Z5-F5qSwr2RvpY_0KgA_x1uKQl1cMHwzRk0/s1600/mike-manley-river-%5Bainting-rough-in.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSyoJjLS_k8OsDjZzj8DPbKHk3CX5mq5u99TJU-ctdGvL1fzCDMRONFBe2k7TTcLW1J4prSOh4rCiz2PLmZ1DgcGdFRruvNsv_nufhSE_Z5-F5qSwr2RvpY_0KgA_x1uKQl1cMHwzRk0/s400/mike-manley-river-%5Bainting-rough-in.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474204858640220066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-1jKg_oND-4bQpCJn7S9aWR2P4ekxC3US3JkbJSo8KmFV2E5vD_-WOSgugHQovsI1LvCu1-RTw4pyodLymopsE96aOcFXmtOaX1NNP1fVZ6SLUMYT2dPO0y7g4pavfjWHNwOAZoxwU4/s1600/mike-manley-palette-set-up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-1jKg_oND-4bQpCJn7S9aWR2P4ekxC3US3JkbJSo8KmFV2E5vD_-WOSgugHQovsI1LvCu1-RTw4pyodLymopsE96aOcFXmtOaX1NNP1fVZ6SLUMYT2dPO0y7g4pavfjWHNwOAZoxwU4/s400/mike-manley-palette-set-up.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474201796121297298" /></a>Here is my palette set-up and my pencil rough in of my painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55HUG_59VTevo-RqFp7erub2PQmWbl0Pl-v2UB_UgPGCHsafgfJAqYkcPCWLbpPkdB3lUnhul5BaIy7KnkYm_2Zi-M8ZksTxGMAlbniVz-v1MS7va-X3HdwbltgsNFkMo36PZAAhaS3A/s1600/mike-manley-rough-in-river.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55HUG_59VTevo-RqFp7erub2PQmWbl0Pl-v2UB_UgPGCHsafgfJAqYkcPCWLbpPkdB3lUnhul5BaIy7KnkYm_2Zi-M8ZksTxGMAlbniVz-v1MS7va-X3HdwbltgsNFkMo36PZAAhaS3A/s400/mike-manley-rough-in-river.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474201810154292594" /></a><br />Here is my painting after about roughly 30 minutes when things started to change like the tide going out.<br /><br /> Yesterday the lighting did change and it became a bit more overcast and that diffused the lighting a bit and probably gave us a longer time to paint, also I planned the suns change and figure what would change fast earlier in the paint and what would change later. I however hadn't taken into account that the tide would go out, which it did about half way into my painting. This ended up giving me a much more interesting foreground to my painting--and I leapt to get it down fast. The tide started coming back and then some big cargo ships moved through and their waked really changed everything--the driftwood logs and interesting details.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILnrOHjiWZDqetuZ6lfaj8nlUnVdssUAIuRw6V3tvbuB1aOtDo7ozkt3UvCbDTv4YehVBnmckzhCHXR8leQ3I_a2ioYTdtJvO7CUQ-H3C6_SodzwyeT4bwauUWPv1of8Xn1vchCp5G6o/s1600/mike-manley-lexi-thomas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILnrOHjiWZDqetuZ6lfaj8nlUnVdssUAIuRw6V3tvbuB1aOtDo7ozkt3UvCbDTv4YehVBnmckzhCHXR8leQ3I_a2ioYTdtJvO7CUQ-H3C6_SodzwyeT4bwauUWPv1of8Xn1vchCp5G6o/s400/mike-manley-lexi-thomas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474202166108525842" /></a>Lexi and I take a lunch break.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_g9DBOheCisKiSGQCCG6YndOC_G026e-j8DLwb-V9wxviF-LCpPk3eKcfqTnDrW7Ut1_LQtuRzVCM96kDCvFGCX3FReq_Iq82aJXs1cRFt2swmg40G_zJR6j7HYQ6TYDSRvFl8-Wljc/s1600/alina-lexi-lunch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_g9DBOheCisKiSGQCCG6YndOC_G026e-j8DLwb-V9wxviF-LCpPk3eKcfqTnDrW7Ut1_LQtuRzVCM96kDCvFGCX3FReq_Iq82aJXs1cRFt2swmg40G_zJR6j7HYQ6TYDSRvFl8-Wljc/s400/alina-lexi-lunch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474202160547564242" /></a>Alina and Lexi brunching under the trees.<br /><br />The more I paint in nature I realize how much forethought and planning you need, how much you have to focus and think as everything is 'live". I also and concentrating on altering things for the sake of the painting more, eleminate a tree, change a shape of a rock, bush, etc. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7C92thkd1ztzQfWsTLaj1vaYltsQlEbUBQ64PqSUxZCW02Qkusos1_NwDrzYKjLFeCIdjYBPoqplm-zDTtXhW5tS4pSWnhQkHLYnHAJZuZ8qw2vbhTjvt13xxCmjhWDMF4vaSDt4FL6Q/s1600/alina-osipov-painting-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7C92thkd1ztzQfWsTLaj1vaYltsQlEbUBQ64PqSUxZCW02Qkusos1_NwDrzYKjLFeCIdjYBPoqplm-zDTtXhW5tS4pSWnhQkHLYnHAJZuZ8qw2vbhTjvt13xxCmjhWDMF4vaSDt4FL6Q/s400/alina-osipov-painting-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474201802137580882" /></a><br />It is always great to have company and to watch and see what everybody else is up to and how they solve their problems and interpret the same or similar scene. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBb4OWlXaJLy0q2sD5gT7tWg3Gqlq2cmzHxJa4AOj7GqC4Ynb7R52pTbvW0wyJ_6sH85_G5Tvojc6pca7OVsk6WjyCOz1zyiD8Uigu_6HcGtcv_UvqtNjasVqT8Eh32btL1Ld5ag-uLpU/s1600/alina-lexi-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBb4OWlXaJLy0q2sD5gT7tWg3Gqlq2cmzHxJa4AOj7GqC4Ynb7R52pTbvW0wyJ_6sH85_G5Tvojc6pca7OVsk6WjyCOz1zyiD8Uigu_6HcGtcv_UvqtNjasVqT8Eh32btL1Ld5ag-uLpU/s400/alina-lexi-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474202175121776050" /></a>Alina and Lexi paint away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEFRqC-0rqtTcWpInGwwW1bTSmYys8Ttujkvntd3RrG-JLoiwVUY3zzINQXI8EK8LZQRr8U3f9cTrMBaJk8yGtcSnw1WHNAjrgDtu5hij9hvaV8LFSd9WvcNkEHS_qTeX98sECRBjIuk/s1600/alina-osipov-painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEFRqC-0rqtTcWpInGwwW1bTSmYys8Ttujkvntd3RrG-JLoiwVUY3zzINQXI8EK8LZQRr8U3f9cTrMBaJk8yGtcSnw1WHNAjrgDtu5hij9hvaV8LFSd9WvcNkEHS_qTeX98sECRBjIuk/s400/alina-osipov-painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474202179959905010" /></a>Here is Alina and her painting, this was only her second time painting a plein air landscape.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-vRS4qpZdVT7A-OUgdvHr9CvzC1oYi7FnSBwWAdpjzylBq_azKcnKk98ug33daQlihpeFB2EJcpIGDvrKeppJEHhw82Dto9ek0wzXJt-mVmu4S1u2J5lpaotYa-4pM115Ei8M5B_oDs/s1600/alinas-delaware.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-vRS4qpZdVT7A-OUgdvHr9CvzC1oYi7FnSBwWAdpjzylBq_azKcnKk98ug33daQlihpeFB2EJcpIGDvrKeppJEHhw82Dto9ek0wzXJt-mVmu4S1u2J5lpaotYa-4pM115Ei8M5B_oDs/s400/alinas-delaware.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474202179025131794" /></a>Mike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660527551356745818.post-28213233400764558852010-05-21T14:20:00.000-07:002010-05-21T14:26:42.249-07:00Plein Aire Sketch<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F9s6Z5BKNlHkxUgdWEPLsA?authkey=unc5q5ZH6iw"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-c6zkDjTGso/SNhb0TS1ixI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/VRde1rzznfE/s400/Header1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Here's my best effort for the week. I did this at Smithville Park near where I live in NJ. Its about 12x16 in oil. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-c6zkDjTGso/S_b5nVw7hPI/AAAAAAAAA-A/RyuWQIUIJ5Y/s1600/IMG_1961.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-c6zkDjTGso/S_b5nVw7hPI/AAAAAAAAA-A/RyuWQIUIJ5Y/s320/IMG_1961.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473836851368002802" /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2