Spring is a wonderful time for a plein air paint-out at the Arboretum. It was my third opportunity to paint there. I posted my first two paintings in "The Arboretum" and "Baldwin Lake". On those two visits I walked south to the Queen Anne Cottage and Baldwin Lake. I decided to check out the other direction for a possible view to paint. It's been quite a few years since I walked around there much and certainly not with a searching eye for a watercolor subject. It turned out I happened across subjects to paint on future visits as well as one for the day...the gazebo. My choice of the gazebo depended on some shade to paint from and I also wanted to try a small gouache (5x7") of the African Garden while my larger transparent watercolor (8x10") stages dried...both below.
On my recent previous visits to the Arboretum, I didn't see many of the famous peafowl that live there. Canada geese were everywhere but not many peafowl sightings. On this visit, since it was spring I guess, there they were. The males, the peacocks, have an extremely loud call, which was everywhere and non-stop. Our casual discussion of the group's paintings was a little hard to hear at times. I didn't see any peahens until I was leaving and looked up at the gift shop roof and there the girls were, staying out of the peacock's way. I really had fun with both paintings and the wildlife there is always entertaining.
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| 8x10" watercolor |
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| 5x7" gouache |
Two superb paintings Sherry but my favorite is the watercolour, you have captured the scene beautifully as always but on this occasion I guess the scene really appeals to me. In fact it looks like a wonderful location for lots of paintings
ReplyDeleteThanks as always Lorraine! Yes, many more painting subjects there!
DeleteNice spring colors and great palm trees. I don't remember the gazebo.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara! There seem to be many areas I hadn't seen before or don't remember.
DeleteLove the gazebo Sherry... the pink looks wonderful, I like how you have featured it around the painting.
ReplyDeleteHi Judith! Thank you! The pink is pink trumpet trees which seem to be blooming even brighter this year.
DeleteSherry, thanks for sharing this lovely park with us. Your paintings continue to get better and better. Those touches of pink around the gazebo make it sparkle.
ReplyDeleteThanks Terry! Those pink trees were really setting off the scene everywhere that day. Actually never thought I'd try the gazebo.
DeleteHi Sherry, this is so lovely! We have a gazebo in our town that's a favorite for artists, but nobody's captured it loosely like this one. Maybe I'll try after seeing yours!
ReplyDeleteHi Christy, thank you for commenting, and yes, you should give the gazebo a try!
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