Painting class - week three

Out for a walk


A quiet day



Purple flower




Unsettled Mind

Landscape

Painting Class - week two

Last week was the first painting class - scary. New teacher, new students, new location. And besides all that - we had to draw so that meant things were expected to look like something. This week was much more fun. Just knowing where to go and who you'd be working with made things easier but our actual work was easier too. We took the work we had done last week and this time we added paint to our drawings, enhancing them or changing them completely!! There are 10 or 11 signed up for class but only about 8 show each week. Most of the people who came last week were there again - but not all - and we had a new person.
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It was really a lot of fun!! And I never thought I would say that about painting!! I really liked spreading all those colors all over the page and mixing up any combination I felt like. The instructor gave comments and suggestions but mostly just stood back and watched us all (after he had explained everything). He also mentioned that he was a bit disorganized tonight because he had been to the vet today to put their cat down (sick, about 15 years old with an incurable disease). That made him seem more human, rather than an "I know everything about art" kind of person.

The other folks in the class are an interesting mix, mostly a lot younger folks but one or two who are a bit older. All of them were very nice. One of the other students, Mary, helped me out on the picture below - which we both decided ended up being a pirate.

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Who knows what we will come up with next week?? :)

Another week on the farm

Broccoli, salad greens, beets, zucchini, carrots, spinach, green onions, lettuce, cauliflower, swiss chard
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The box from the farm was chock full of vegetables this week but we added some potatoes, an onion, and tomatos to our stockpile. And then we stopped at some of the berry stands at the Farmers' Market and got strawberries, blueberries, red raspberries and black raspberries. We are ready for another week!!
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The days have been warmer here, sometimes warmer than we'd like. We've used the air conditioning a couple of times.
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It's been a fine week - hiking, biking, attending a movie, just taking it easy. Looking forward to another of the same.