Dabney Hall

One of my favorite places to paint is Caltech in Pasadena.  The Saturday group has painted there many times.  I was happy to be back there a few weeks ago.  The flowers were blooming, and people were there walking their dogs, some people cycling through the campus.

Dabney Hall (1929) always catches my eye.  It's sort of pink, just beautiful with its plantings of agapanthus surrounding the jacaranda trees.  My first gouache piece there was painted in 2013.  I painted another gouache of the building since two painting friends also decided to paint the view.   It's always fun to chat while painting!

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5" x 7" Gouache (2021)

7"  x  5" Gouache  (2013)

Beckman Auditorium (1964)

Beckman Auditorium (1964)

 

Roses Five Years Later

 It's so nice to be plein air painting again with friends.  In June we met at the Wrigley Mansion Rose Garden hoping to paint some roses of course.  The roses were beautiful as always.  It was almost exactly five years ago for one paint-out there, Wrigley Roses, when I painted a watercolor.  I tried a version in gouache this time.  

6" x 8" Gouache

Wrigley Mansion, north side

Sketch at the Library

 Our South Pasadena Public Library held a fun event recently.  On Saturday South Pasadena Beautiful held a Plant Swap there which was wonderful since we've missed garden tours for two years.  In conjunction, there was a Toy Swap and a Dollar Book Sale hosted by Friends of the Library.  There was a lot of activity!  I took some photos first to see what I might like to paint.  I noticed that the never-ending line of people waiting to enter the Book Sale made nice silhouettes.  I didn't take my paints that day so I did a sketch with pens I remembered to bring.  Beyond the line of people I could see the coffee house across the street.  I painted that view in Corner Coffee in 2017.  Great to be out with people again.

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5" x 7" Pens