Plans for 2011
Our 2011 painting season will kick off in March. As we did last year, members will sign up to make a month’s worth of schedules. At an informal potluck and gathering today to share last year’s work, we came up with a few ideas and suggestions for 2011; Keep locations within a 45 minute drive from Roseburg Paint at Stanton Park in Canyonville before the end of June so the colors are nicer Paint at Mildred Kanipe twice during the year Possibly plan a trip to the coast Maybe plan on starting at 10 am in the spring when it can be cold and foggy Paint at the historical house in...
Read MoreGolden Photos
On Monday, July 12 the PAPU painted at Golden, a ghost town a few miles outside of Wolf Creek. It was the perfect day for painting, beautiful clear skies with a slight breeze. Here are some photos of the day.
Read MoreMay Paint Outs
Here is the schedule for May 2010. May 05-03 Mildred Kanipe Park, Oakland 05-10 Lower Cleveland Rapids 05-17 Golden and Coyote Creek Wetlands, Wolf Creek 05-24 Oakland 05-31 Memorial Day – no paint out
Read MoreMarch Paint Outs
The painting location for Monday, March 15 will be Coles Valley Cemetery. There are nice views of surrounding fields and farmland. There are no bathrooms at the cemetery, but there are bathrooms nearby at Henry Estate Winery or Umpqua Boat Landing. View Larger Map The location for Monday, March 22 will be Paris Orchards right before Singleton Park on N. Curry Rd. The Peach and Nectarine Trees are blooming, hopefully they’ll hold their pink color until Monday. I thought they were just starting to bloom, but when I called Mr. Paris he said they were ’bout done. There is not a...
Read MorePlans for 2010
We have big plans for painting in 2010! The group decided at our recent meeting to venture out a little further once a month. We have lots of great ideas including painting at the coast, the upper North Umpqua and many other great spots! We also talked about linking up with other Oregon plein air groups. As far as our schedule goes, we’re asking members to sign up to create one month’s of locations. We still need people to sign up for the months of July, September and October. After our meeting, we went to the Duck Pond and got in a few hours of painting. It was good to be...
Read MoreMeeting on Monday, March 1
Since Monday is the day to pick up artwork, let’s have a quick meeting at UVAA at 9 am. We can discuss the schedule for March. Then, weather permitting, we’ll go out and paint someplace close by, maybe the Duck Pond.
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