Virtual Paintout - Amsterdam!

Thanks to Bill Guffey for restarting the Virtual Paintout!  For September the location to virtually find our view to paint was Amsterdam.  Using Google Street View it seems that every single street, as well as canal, in Amsterdam has been photographed.  Of course I could still be looking around such a beautiful city.  I'll never be there in person so I always love the push from the Virtual Paintout to be there virtually.

Watercolor 5" x 7"

Watercolor 5" x 7"

Curtin House

A few Saturdays ago we painted at the Pasadena Museum of History which is on the grounds of the Feynes Estate.  I haven't painted the main entrances of the Feynes Mansion since it looks difficult and a little uninspiring to me.  The Curtin House is also on the grounds which I painted over five years ago, Another Museum!  I've always loved the quiet courtyard in front of the house and the pretty bird bath fountain.  I tried it again in gouache this time.  A man who lived at the house turned the fountain on for us.

5" x 7" Gouache

South Entrance

In May one of the paint-out groups visited Central Park where there is a wonderful view of the landmark 1887 Castle Green Hotel.  On my previous visit I painted the buildings lining Raymond Avenue instead of the hotel, Central Park View.  To me the ornate hotel has so many floors and details that I usually get lost with my painting.  On this visit I decided to try more of a close-up of the bottom few floors with the park rose garden in the foreground.  The sun finally came out on our initial cloudy day.

Watercolor 8" x 10"

Some of the Friday paint-out group