Wildwood crest beach

I've been missing the plein air outings due to work and heat ...
Spent an hour on the beach today and painting this using an ice cube as my water.
Couldn't get some of the edges I wanted as the paper started pilling ...

schedule for upcoming and following week

Wed 19th....7am –Nun's beach 

                             111 Street Stone Harbor (rocks)

                            12:00 lunch at Kathy's house 10205 First Ave

                           bring your own lunch and bathing suit

                           3:00 resume painting for sunset, will announce

Thurs 20th…..4pm - Willow Creek Winery West Cape May

                                           168 Stevens Street West Cape May

                                            drinks and snacks at Winery

Wed 26th …7am -  Port Republic or Basto ( will announce which)

Thurs 27th...4pm – Betsy Miraglia's House sunset painting,

                               view of Wildwood boardwalk across marshland

                               11837 Paradise Drive, Stone Harbor 08247

Sunflower Farm

Masked out the flowers to get dark background. But not dark enough. Next time. 

July 12

Sunflowers galore!  Beautiful day.

Benny's landing, 2

Anothergo, different problems.
Some lifting is called for, I think!

View over the Meadows

Still struggling with greens!

Laura: Benny's Landing

 

Right off the bat, I messed up the line of houses: it's too big, and the rooflines were mostly at the same height. Also, I began by painting the shadowed side of the houses; should have started with the lighter side, I think--then I might have seen the drawing error and been able to fix it.

Since I wasn't happy with it, I decided to mark corrections on it with a marker, so I could try the scene again.

I changed the roofline, and added more dark shapes along the base of the houses.

When I paint it again, I'll much reduce the prominence of the houses too.

Benny's Landing, 7/5

This afternoon Diane, Shirley, and I joined the South Jersey plein air painters' group at Benny's Landing.
Tomorrow: Hereford Inlet Lighthouse. We three will be there in the afternoon, around 3. Join us, if you can! 
(Contact info for the women who run the group, along with the summer schedule are posted below.)

Here are some photos I took--the last one's for Shirley!

South Jersey Plein Air group

Betsy Miraglia 610-513-6362 txt  brmiragliastudio@gmail.com

Kathy Byrnes 202-746-5752 txt   kbyrnes5@yahoo.com

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                                 2017 Schedule

JULY…………………………………………………………………………..

Wed 5th...4:00pm – Benny's Landing 

                             Benny's Landing Road Middletownship,NJ

                             

Thurs 6th...7am – Hereford Inlet Lighthouse

                           105 N Central Ave North Wildwood

                           12:30 Lunch in Wildwood or bring.

                           2:00 resume painting

Wed 12th...7am –Sunflower Farm

                           119 Old Tuckahoe Rd Woodbine

                          12:00 best to bring lunch or Acme down road

                          2:00 resume painting

Thurs 13th...7am –West Cape May old Concrete Factory

                       Sunset Blvd before Sunset Beach on right side of road

                       bring umbrella

                       12:00 lunch at Sunset Beach

                       2:00 resume painting at Cape May Lighthouse

Wed 19th....7am –Nun's beach 

                             111 Street Stone Harbor (rocks)

                            12:00 lunch at Kathy's house 10205 First Ave

                           bring your own lunch and bathing suit

                           3:00 resume painting for sunset, will announce

Thurs 20th…..4pm - Willow Creek Winery West Cape May

                                           168 Stevens Street West Cape May

                                            drinks and snacks at Winery

Wed 26th …7am -  Port Republic or Basto ( will announce which)

Thurs 27th...4pm – Betsy Miraglia's House sunset painting,

                               view of Wildwood boardwalk across marshland

                               11837 Paradise Drive, Stone Harbor 08247

AUGUST................................................................

Wed 2nd ...7am - Stone Harbor Marina 

                         north facing on Stone Harbor Blvd

                        12:30 lunch ( possible order pizza)

                         resume painting 

Thurs 3rd...7am – Historic Mauricetown

                         Main Street Mauricetown 

Wed 9th...7am – Ventnor details to come 

Thurs 10th...7am – Avalon (possible boardwalk) details to come

Wed 16th …7am – Ocean City details to come

Thurs 17th...7am – Wildwood Marina's, View Marina/Mill Creek 

                              mile marker 1 on Ocean Drive 

                             12:30 Lunch option at Marina 

                             2:00 resume painting

                              

Wed 23th ...7am – Cape May Historic District

                              12:30 Lunch many options 

                              2:00 resume painting

Thurs 24th...7am – Stone Harbor / Wetlands Institute

                               Stone Harbor Blvd

                               12:30 lunch in Stone Harbor 

                                resume painting Cape May Court House

Wed 30th ...7am – Cape May Nature Conservancy 

                              Many lunch options details to follow

Thurs 31th ...7am – Fortescue/ Gandy's Beach details to follow