Yacht club

Sailors in training

Yacht club, cape may

Fledgling sailors

cape may yacht club reference photos

grassy sound reference photos

Took these Tuesday evening, around 7.  A quiet, picturesque spot--but the greenheads were biting  me the whole time!

Cove Beach. Cape May

beach-people shapes

I call them shapes because most of the pictures, which I took with my waterproof camera, are 

blurry or dark ...

Bree Zee Lee marina, Cape May, Laura

A little sketching at the marina.

Along the Schuylkill by Karoline

 9x12

 9x12

9x12

2nd Ave, Cape May, by Karoline

10x14

7x10

7x10

7x10

Red Store, Cape May Point, 8/10

Pleasantly shady in the park across from the Red Store this morning, where Karoline, Diane, Bonnie, Pam and I painted.

 

8x8

I can't believe this took me two hours to do (or overdo). 

I've noticed lately, especially when painting outdoors, that reds seem to be absorbed by the paper more than other colors ...

 Only managed to get one good reference photo, of this young girl walking her dog.

After painting we had lunch, and Karoline and Pam talked to members of another plein air group. How lucky was that? They must know some good spots to paint.

Other locations we discussed today were the Cape May Yacht Club and Willow Creek Winery, and we talked about finding more shady spots at the Point.

ideas for locations

1. I'd like to go to Benny's Landing ... A favorite of Marie's. I've never been there
2. Devil's Reach, Cape May, at the end of Yacht Avenue (look it up on Google maps.) There's a little parking lot at the end of the street, from where you can see the Lobster House and some fishing boats. Wawa nearby for bathrooms. No shade to speak of here, though. So maybe somewhere to consider in fall.
3. The Fisherman's Memorial, Cape May. There's a little beach, with some trees, overlooking Cape May Harbor ... usually a couple of sailboats moored there. The Nature Center's not too far for bathrooms.
4. Beach Plum Farm, West Cape May.
5. Hughes and Page Streets. Hughes was a favorite of Marge Chavooshian's. There's shade; a good opportunity to paint architecture. I painted these there.

 

Where are some places you'd like to go?

spent the afternoon at Townbank Beach with Shirley

photos of plein air locations

Here's a good place to share photos taken on location ... Here are a few of mine that I think might make good paintings or parts of paintings ...