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"art happens"Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-56901586877576710742016-11-12T15:00:00.001-05:002016-11-13T14:33:45.162-05:003-Day Workshop with Stapleton Kearns in CT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This has to be the craziest thing I’ve done yet! They even handed out blankets. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have sweaters, a winter jacket and a blanket on!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First off I have to say the the (Lyme Art Association) <a href="https://lymeartassociation.org/" target="_blank">LAA</a> and Jocelyn did a great job with the logistics of this workshop, I think the best run workshop I’ve attended.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The LAA arranged for us to paint on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_family" target="_blank">Griswald Estate</a> at Griswald Point, a property located in a private gated area on the seashore. No facilities however, and Jocelyn from LAA came to drive people to the art association for bathroom breaks occasionally. (One of the guys who was a contractor mentioned that renting a porta potty wouldn’t cost much. Maybe Mrs. Griswald wouldn’t like that. I met and talked with her on the second day we were there, she was raking pine needles, she seems very nice.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We met at the art association at 8:30, had coffee and donuts, and drove to the site. We arrived there at 9 a.m. The wind was blowing, the sun came in and out, mostly out. Everyone froze that first day. After we arrived, everyone followed Stapleton who was walking around–he was trying to decide where to paint. I had brought my milk crate with me to put stuff into and keep things from falling over in the trunk of the car, but then I realized it would make a nice seat for myself while he’s doing the demo which was to last for 3 hours (each day). <a href="http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Stapleton</a> happened to have moving blankets in his car, and he handed them out and demonstrated until noon. It turned out that people stood right in front of me while I was sitting on the crate, so I ended up standing on the crate and that was really good because I could then see better than everyone. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stape's demo, first day. The water in the middle-ground was only there the first day.<br />It was a beautiful scene of marshes and autumn trees.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The 3-hour demo, I'm on the crate, we are all freezing, you can see<br />the water on the marsh, beautiful sight.<br />I thoroughly enjoyed watching him dip into the paint, mix it, wipe his brush, etc.<br />How much paint to use, how much medium, etc.<br />Where to start and how he did his block-in.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At 11:45 Jocelyn from LAA came and brought coffee and hot delicious tea and was there to take sandwich lunch orders. The schedule will be the same each day, demo until noon, lunch, paint until 6. I went to the car to have my croissant with my tea and got into the car without putting the heat on because that would spoil me rotten. It’s hard to believe how cold everyone was standing around in the shade and in very high winds. While waiting for lunch, I sat in the car, out of the wind for a few minutes, thinking my toes will thaw out, luckily I happened to bring gloves, well, I didn’t remember to bring them, they just happened to still be in my old favorite winter painting jacket I brought along and am wearing for the first time this year, it has a hood and I have a wool scarf.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After lunch, Stapleton came by to talk to me first thing at the beginning of the day before I even got started. He spent about a minute and said he’d be back. He did talk to the other people for quite a while. He didn’t come by again to visit me since but I was pretty confident that he would spend as much time with each person as he thought they needed--didn't work out that way. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At 5:20 p.m. we packed up and headed to the LAA for a 6 p.m. lecture and pizza. We did have wonderful pizza and wine and the current show there was really top shelf, and then Stapleton did a lecture with photos off his laptop and talked about the beginnings of landscape painting and the history of art. I had to excuse myself and leave because I was falling asleep. (The combination of getting up early, driving there for 2.5 hours, freezing all day, and then having the heat on at LAA.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At about 8:30 pm I arrived at the Airbnb, of course it was a pitch black, dark neighborhood. I thankfully ran into the next door neighbor of the bnb person, he was looking out his window, and he was so kind to tell me the sneaky driveway was right next to this property, so I was able to find it that way. The people were very nice and allowed my to go straight up to my room and take a shower. I was suffering after having to excuse myself from the lecture because I was literally falling asleep due to the fact that it was a very long day--I didn’t have a lot of sleep and it was hot in the LAA compared to the fact that I was freezing all day long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Day 2</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got up (had showered the night before because I was afraid of ticks), and went down to a totally delightful breakfast of tea with honey and milk and an oatmeal assortment of every kind, tea was also an assortment of every kind, fresh bowl of strawberries, and a bottle of water which I really appreciated and I was off to the LAA.--What a gorgeous day it might be at 57 degrees at 9 a.m. even a light sweater was almost too warm. At noon time it was 68 degrees with partly cloudy conditions. Stapleton finished the drawing block-in the first day and the first color block-in the second day. I was able to observe how he mixes his colors and how he applies the paint. Jocelyn took our sandwich order and he started the third approach to his painting which is to go to a smaller brush, which would be a #1 or #2, and pretty much do the same kind of paint mixing and he began in one spot and worked his way around it, further refining it (a group of trees), not necessarily paying much attention to value but how he wanted the end result to look. This I know because I asked. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Demo, Day 2. He worked on the previous day's block-in. He decided he<br />didn't like so much foreground and started another.<br /> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is the second version, more of a closeup of the trees and less foreground.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: center;">Again, at the beginning of his rounds, he came by me and mentioned some design comments and then left. Jocelyn forgot my tea and instead brought a coffee with milk and I find that I really like the flavor of coffee with milk rather than with cream. The flavor is fresher and truer. </span>At the end of the day I was going to start on the next painting because I really didn’t know what else to do with the one I was working on, but walked around the property and beach instead and took photos. We were getting ready to go to the group supper and so far Stapleton has spent a grand total of three minutes with me in 2 days time, and of course, I understand that he is so baffled by me that doesn’t know where to begin. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My painting, end of day 2.<br />Here are some photos of others' work.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The plan was to go to the Hideaway Restaurant for 6 p.m. but a few of us agreed to go early and have a wine at the bar. The restaurant was great, the menu was fantastic and the prices were excellent as well. I had Ossobuco for dinner, the lecture was on Seago and we got out of there about 8:30-8:45. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This area should be known as Osprey land because they are redeveloping the osprey in one particular place, and there are lots of nests all over and you can see them pretty much everywhere you go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Had another good night’s sleep and great breakfast.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We met again at 9 am again and the weather was supposed to be warmish and sunny but it was cold again and windy. Most people wore special clothing they had for winter activities, long johns, etc. We arrived as usual, set up, he did the demo, and everybody was chit-chatting about every damn thing, it was somewhat entertaining actually, we were freezing all over again with a high wind and 45 degrees and we were in the shade and it was probably about 30 with the wind chill. There were about 12 of us, and it truly was a really nice group, everyone got along well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At 11:30, I decided to hit the road and go home. I had planned to paint in the sun; however, the couple of hours work I would get done wouldn’t be worth suffering in this cold, even though it would warm up a little bit, but not enough to make it worth my while. Driving home in the day time I’ll beat the traffic, I’ll have sunlight instead of darkness, so for me the workshop is over. I did enjoy his demos, watching him paint, watching him mix the paint, how much paint to apply, how many times he put his brush into the turp and the medium and how much paint he actually loaded onto the brush each time he put it on his canvas, wiping with every stroke. Actually watching him on the third painting day demo was useful--I don’t know if I’ll ever have enough patience to do all that fine tuning that he did at the end, but anyhow that’s it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were long discussions during the demos (9 hours worth and 2 lectures) about various subjects, sometimes related to art. There were a few pearls of wisdom here and there and facts about the science of paint, etc., that I didn’t know. Stapleton does a winter workshop at a hotel in Vermont when the weather is below freezing, so I guess this weather didn’t phase him much. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Standing for three days in a row without moving around much leaves one without much spring in their step :) besides that, the drive home seemed half as long as the drive down, I got home in no time, stopped for lunch, a small place along the road that had scallop grinders: scallops, lettuce, tomato, tarter sauce on a french roll. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This area of Connecticut was one of the most picture perfect, truly old fashioned, <a href="https://newengland.com/today/travel/connecticut/old-saybrook-connecticut/?mqsc=ED3855829&utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=NewEnglandNetworkNew%20England%20Today&utm_campaign=Today%2011-01-2016" target="_blank">New England</a> places I’ve seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12478359?guests=1&adults=1&children=0&infants=0&s=_lWpZJ8W" target="_blank">My stay at the bnb was excellent</a>, I was in bed and sleeping every night at 9 p.m. I recommend it to anyone visiting the area. Victor showed me the new section he built in what was the attic, absolutely marvelous job, Victor did all the work himself, did a fabulous job, looks like a 4-star hotel, porcelain stand-alone tub, dramatic, gorgeous. They have soft water, I’m used to hard water. It was a pleasure to soap up with soft water and to drink it–you really notice the difference. I was hoping I remembered everything and at the last moment I left my leftover food–my lunch--on the hall table, not a disaster.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I did mention to Jocelyn at LAA that I would give her the name of the bnb for future use by workshop participants, and she thought it would be a good idea. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had purchased 2 packages of 5 each 16x20" canvases for this workshop, thinking I would do one each morning and one each afternoon, but I only used one canvas and now have a lifetime supply of 16x20" canvases. They were only $10 on sale for each package. I hadn’t realized there would be a demo every morning. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got home at 2:30 p.m. (on Halloween) and when I got to the front door I realized I was home early and would therefor be here for the trick or treaters, so I drove to the store to buy candy, got the candy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I’m hoping to get my blog written, photos downloaded and edited tonight in-between the kids coming to the door. I also have to do another drawing of my wall project since I’ve lost the original one and need to get started in the week ahead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">RGH is the paint company that makes paint in quantity and you put it in your own tubes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It took another week (sorry) to get the photos prepared and to actually post to the blog. :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Happy Painting Everyone!</span>Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-79618802114022662782016-10-16T21:51:00.000-04:002016-10-16T21:51:52.095-04:00Cape Ann Plein Air or CAPA, Oct. 10-16, 2016<b>This is the first annual event for CAPA</b>. These events have been held across the nation over the past 10 years or so and are becoming more and more popular as the plein air movement has also been gathering steam, I think, largly because of the efforts of Eric Rhoads and his various publications, mostly Plein Air Magazine.<br />
In any event, I went to Manchester by the Sea on Wednesday to see the <b>Quick Draw</b> event. I've been reading about these events for years and was thoroughly trilled to see it in person. It was held in the morning from 10 to noon and then the artists brought their work to the Haskel House to be hung for awards and a reception in the evening. I hadn't planned to attend the evening event, but as things went I was able to go and how different everything looked indoors and framed. <br />
There were 40 artists invited from across the nation and another group of non-juried artists who participated in this event. The awards for segregated into the two groups.<br />
Today I went to the <b>Major Exhibition</b> of all the 40 juried artist's work at the Rockport Art Assoc. I was not prepared for how wonderful it would be. So many artists who have never been in the part of the country interpreted their impressions of places that have been painted before by so many artists over the past 100 years or more. I don't know who won the people's choice award, but I'll post it when I find out. Here are some photos I took of some of my favorites. Colin Page was the juror who selected the 40, so his work most likely is not considered for a prize.<br />
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<br />Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-31162587125754001142016-10-09T21:41:00.001-04:002016-10-10T13:14:31.247-04:00Upcoming Stapleton Kearns workshop, end of OctoberSoon I'll be off again for another workshop. I wish I could say that I'll have a little time to do some plein air painting between now and then, but it's not going to happen. I am saddened by the fact that I did a poor job at the previous workshop with Kim English because I haven't been doing much oil painting. What I have been doing and will continue to do until about Christmas, is mural painting with airbrush and automotive spray guns. I do a tiny bit of oil painting while my art student is working here on her lessons, which is good, but that studio painting might just be getting in the way of outdoor painting techniques. I did do one plein air painting recently of sunflowers, and realized again how much difference there is in the colors and darks when you bring it indoors.<br />
I got the supply list today for the Kearns workshop and will need to bring some 16x20"s. Oh, and a cigar.<br />
Probably not for me. :)<br />
I had arranged for this workshop the minute I heard about it and also booked an Airbnb in that area.<br />
I probably didn't think about the weather when I signed up, and since it's cold and rainy already, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-43418616729724402392016-10-03T15:29:00.002-04:002016-10-03T15:29:32.755-04:00Kim English Workshop - Day 5Friday. We started early, Kim was going to do a demo about painting from a photo, but he did that at 2 p.m. instead. The lesson learned was that there really is a very big difference in the proportions when working from a photo, the camera makes adjustments that are apparent to the eye when comparing the photo to the actual (in this case) model. I was aware of the color variations, but not so much the proportions. Of course, we all know it <a href="https://photographylife.com/what-is-distortion" target="_blank">distorts</a> the view, but also the perspective and proportions.<br />
The model today was a female who was very good and posed in pants with red sneakers and barefoot in a black dress and cream colored sweater. The idea was to paint the model in a scene in 10 to 20 minutes. For me it's hard to work on a figure when it is small, all through this workshop I had trouble with laying paint on and I don't usually have that problem, thank goodness, and suspect that maybe usually I put a stroke down and leave it alone and here I was working more or less in layers and on a wiped off surface, still damp. Maybe I needed medium. I don't think it was the boards,<br />
We painted 7 (so the total for the week is about 67) paintings and Kim took ample time doing the critiques at the end. <br />
What he suggested to me was to hire a model and do these quick poses. Maybe I'll check out my neighboring <a href="http://newburyportart.org/" target="_blank">NAA</a> (<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Figure </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">Drawing</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Wednesday night figure </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">drawing</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> is a twenty-plus year tradition at the NAA - meets weekly - Wednesday Nights 7:00 pm. Live model.) </span>as they have a drawing group, I used to go there, and I can paint there as far as I know.<br />
I bought Kim's demo painting from the day in Manchester. It's of two houses in the downtown area. I like it because it will remind me that a good artist can make anything look good no matter what the weather.<br />
There is so much to process after a workshop like this--I'll have to make a list. I do like working with 2 new colors, permanent rose (he likens to Rose Madder) and cadmium green pale.<br />
My friend, Karen, who has nice paintings of Kims and who took him workshop in Colorado, wanted to come by and say hello to Kim, but Kim left early so Karen and I went to see the show at <a href="http://nsarts.org/" target="_blank">NSAA</a> and had a snack and drinks--Which I sorely needed!!<br />
Now I'll download my pictures and add some to this blog. Here is the group photo that <a href="https://northeastartworkshops.com/event/66925/kim-english-workshop" target="_blank">Kat</a> sent out today.<br />
I'm in the back row with 1/2 a face.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 2016, Kim England Workshop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Third model, painting in a scene.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last piece of good advice.</td></tr>
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<br />Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-74271981125529477862016-10-03T15:09:00.000-04:002016-10-03T15:12:30.771-04:00Kim workshop, Day 2We started out with 2 minute paintings, trying to pay attention to the warm side and the cool sides. Today's model is a guy in a long maroon shirt and a red sleeveless shirt and red toe socks. In the afternoon he added a dark jacket. Some of the poses were with a pole for added jesture. We started the day with a nice talk about mixing colors and a neat way to get great colored grays. Kim did a wonderful demonstration about how various lighting effects affect the model and the subsequent painting. It makes me want to paint casts and work on the planes of the face again using various lighting conditions. Our 1/2 hour lunches last an hour. Not good. <br />
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I've misplaced my blog notes on this afternoon, but as I recall we did some longer poses, experimenting on lighting angles and trying for a scene rather than just the figure. We did about 25 paintings. So between Monday and Tuesday we did about 54 paintings. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim painting today's model.</td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-57075461362842405232016-10-02T21:59:00.000-04:002016-10-03T21:51:26.658-04:00Heading out to GloucesterA few of us have been collaborating regarding paint colors. He uses a couple of colors that aren't generally on the majority of artist's palettes. One in particular, Cadmium Green Pale, was hard to find and since I didn't pay attention to the workshop list a week ago when I was ordering boards, I had to find a local supplier. Also, white! There are a few whites, zinc and titanium and a mixture of both. The mixture version is what he requests, and I have only a little left in my big tube and, of course, didn't find that one either at most of the local stores.<br />
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So I'm packed with clothes and art supplies, and all I need now is a ton of energy. All this week I've been sidelined with an infection that sapped my strength and I even got a very sore back, I thought perhaps from sleeping so much, but it got so bad I couldn't sit or bend over. I went to the doctor to be sure it wasn't my kidney and for some possible relief since I'm leaving tomorrow for the workshop, and at this point I probably couldn't go.<br />
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I got super strength ibuprofen for inflamation, super strength Tylenol for the pain and a muscle relaxer because it feels like muscle spasms. After 24 hrs I can't believe how good I feel. <br />
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-24864198669851806142016-10-02T21:56:00.000-04:002016-10-02T21:56:02.984-04:00Kim English Workshop-Day 4<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> First thing I checked the tire and it was the same so I needed to decide to ride it or call AAA to fill it in order to get to the garage--which is what I did. <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/11339651?checkin=10%2F10%2F2016&checkout=10%2F12%2F2016&guests=1&s=Fnki0o0i" target="_blank">Saira (Airbnb hostess)</a> called her mechanic and got me in right away. He was a delightful chap who told me all about his hip replacement and highly recommends Brigham & Women's and to have it done from the front, not the side or the back.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was on time to meet the group and off we went to <a href="http://www.manchester.ma.us/" target="_blank">Manchester-by-the-Sea</a> to paint. The weather was a bit milder and the sun even peeked out once or twice. Kim started to paint almost as soon as he got out of the car and did a nice painting of the intersection near <a href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=central%20street%20gallery%20manchester%20ma" target="_blank">Central Street Gallery</a> where several of my friends show their work. Again he demonstrated using more or less a notan to start and then continue to use color and refine areas. His method of brushwork and applying strokes over strokes or cutting in with the negative side works wonders. We all spread out and worked on a painting. Mine looked like a second grader did it and Kim was so nice to say, no, probably a third grader. I have to keep in mind that this happens to everyone at every workshop. Although its tough every time, working outside your comfort zone, using a technique you're not used to or colors also, it's always hard. Kim set up near me facing the other direction and did a great painting (which I bought). He has the amazing ability to create beauty where it more or less doesn't exist. Surely there are nice subjects, but he can push the colors and sizes and shapes creating beauty--this is what separates the men from the boys, you get my meaning. This may be what people say when they say you have to picture the finished painting in your head before you begin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After lunch break, we all went back to work and I made myself paint anything--in other words I didn't see something I wanted to paint so I just painted something. It was a very busy boat scene. Just what I should not have done. Keeping it simple is what it's all about. I imagined I was doing a Movali! I was the last to leave and went to the <a href="http://thecausewayrestaurant.com/index.html" target="_blank">Causeway</a>--a GREAT place for fish and had a friend oyster appetizer. I asked what is the smallest serving of friend oysters on the menu, and was told the appetizer--it had 20 on it!</span></div>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-30421177432079098452016-10-01T13:03:00.000-04:002016-10-03T15:24:43.408-04:00Kim English workshop, Day 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We met downtown Gloucester as previously agreed and set out towards the streets away from the waterfront to paint a street scene. Kim sets up in no time flat and begins to paint. We all gather around for the first 1/2 hour or so and he is almost finished. It is a cloudy day with intermittent sprinkles and high winds, feels like near freezing, my hands were numb and I was keeping them in my pockets. I had a hat and a fuzzy hood on and was not inspired or motivated to paint. A few dedicated souls found some somewhat sheltered spots and painted but I roamed around taking pictures that would have been better if I had my camera with a zoom lens instead of the phone and had a bit of sun shine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A couple of nice and crazy guys came around who were from the <a href="https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/artist-workshop-emerged-on-main-street/" target="_blank">Good Morning Gloucester Gazette</a> and took some pictures of us. At noon we met to figure out where to go next. Imagine a dozen people without a plan, nor any idea of the area for the most part, trying to figure out what to do next. After my lunch of chicken wings, we headed to the public parking lot at <a href="http://www.rockyneckartcolony.org/art_trail/Trail%20Site%209_Hopper.pdf" target="_blank">Rocky Neck</a> and we then went to the far end where they repair boats. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kim set up and painted his third painting of the day and since most of us were happy to watch and learn, we huddled around him. I roamed around some more taking photos and ended up at <a href="http://www.judythe.com/" target="_blank">Judy Meagher's Gallery</a> for some welcome shelter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From there we went to the group dinner at the <a href="http://www.azoreanrestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Azorean</a>, a nice Portuguese restaurant, where Kim ate octopus. I enjoyed our dinner conversation, it kind of worked out that 5 on one end were in a conversation and so were the other five, a couple didn't come. It was a pleasant dinner and we are to meet at the studio tomorrow morning and probably go out again under the same weather conditions, and Friday we'd get another model. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">It was suggested that we buy 10-15 8x10"s and 10-15 9x12"s. So I bought 10 of each size. Usually on workshops I get what is suggested and only use a small fraction of the supports. Well, we did close to 30 the first day and 25 the next day and if the weather had cooperated probably 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon each plein air day and then there is one more day. The idea of this workshop is to learn, not to bring home a finished painting, which is all well and good. Other people have blogged about having good quality boards and wiping them off, which is what I did, but some people in this group used the cheap boards or canvas pads and the wipe offs went fine on those as well. Any that I kept I will eventually paint over as the paint is thin and they cost about $5 each. Truthfully 60 paintings for this workshop is about right depending on what we do on the last day.</span><br />
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-47465147419309676222016-09-27T12:55:00.001-04:002016-10-03T14:59:53.748-04:00Kim English workshop, day 1Everyone arrived by the appointed time and were shown around. The space which is a unit in an industrial park is excellent. We are painting the clothed model all day. We set up arranging ourselves in a big semicircle with the model against the wall. Kim did a quick lesson on proportion and discussed his pallet, and talked about gesture. <br />
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As is usually the case, workshop leaders give you a list of what to bring and after you go to great lengths to find the surfaces and colors, they usually then say substitutions are fine. Anyway he explained why he had his pallet arranged his way and how he mixed his colors and I liked it. He tries to keep the mixtures of all his dark tones on the left side and lights on the right. I've tried to do this before and it makes things easier to find. We had the most amazing model, as good as those at the Art Students League. We did 2-3 and five-minute poses and did 21 by lunch break. We did slightly longer poses after lunch but not so many. Some people in the group did very good work and photographed each pose so they could work on them later. We were informed that tipping the model when you took photos was customary. Kim circulated and made quick comments to everyone. My plan was to wipe each one and reuse the same panel. One pose was so tricky I took her photo to try it again. There were only 4 that I kept. Kim had arranged the light in some spectacular ways to light the model in a dramatic way or for great shadows and colors. We are able to work 24 hrs here and leave our stuff. </div>
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After class, I ate downtown Gloucester, baked cod, not very good, what a surprise. Then to the grocery store for sandwiches and snacks for the week and found my Airbnb, a nice quiet home, great bed. The weather has turned the corner from summer to fall.<br />
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-51264665095441980362016-09-19T14:25:00.000-04:002016-09-23T16:51:20.076-04:00Now I'm scared.I'm trying to get my stuff together for the Kim English workshop that starts a week from today. I'm packing up my pack, thinking about the weather and packing clothes. I'm checking out various blogs of artists who have taken his workshops, and, well, that is why I'm scared. It is going to be a grueling art boot camp. OK, I'm going to get myself pumped up for this! Mostly this workshop will be about painting the figure, but FAST! One person said she painted 60 paintings the first day. He does 3 to 5 minute poses, back to back, and you wipe off the first one and go for the second one, etc.<br />
It's a good thing I told my message person that I might be calling her when this workshop is over!<br />
I am really glad I booked a room in the area so I can crash each evening. <br />
Here is an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lK-feSFJcQ&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">excellent video of Kim</a> talking at the reception of one of his shows.Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-51110662670211697302016-09-17T12:11:00.000-04:002016-10-03T14:41:29.328-04:00What's next? -- Gloucester MAI've been home about 10 days and finally got rid of the cold I got on the plane. It was the dizziness that bothered me, the sniffles only lasted a couple of days. <br />
Well, I've booked an Airbnb in Gloucester, MA for my next big adventure: A workshop with Kim English for 5 days the end of this month! Why big? We'll he's one of my favorites and very famous. <br />
Link to his images:<br />
https://www.google.com/search?q=kim+english+workshops&espv=2&biw=1475&bih=903&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr-7eg5JbPAhVGVT4KHfsDAhEQ_AUIBigB<br />
Why am I staying overnight there? It's 100 miles round trip and doing it everyday is just a little much. <br />
<br />Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-58955582895995330342016-09-06T07:02:00.001-04:002016-10-09T21:29:57.684-04:00Day 15, travel day homeI loose 6 hours today going west to east. <br />
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I'm sitting here practically in the same seat in the restaurant where my traveling buddy, Carol, and I have sat before on a previous trip.</div>
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<b>Packing day. </b></div>
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We had our last regular breakfast since we are getting on our bus at 3:15 for the airport tomorrow. </div>
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Its a day of settling accounts and packing.</div>
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After cutting the cheese many purchased some to bring home so it was ready today, vacuum-packed for travel. It started out hot again so we were "resting", had lunch, the weather started to cool down a bit so I had my last walk-about. We packed, napped, ate supper where everyone said goodbyes, endless toasts, just like summer camp.</div>
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We had our short night of sleep before the journey homeward.</div>
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Some of the gang.</div>
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Charles' underwear keeps popping up. :) </div>
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Our wonderful host family.</div>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-40476761368960359312016-09-05T04:43:00.001-04:002016-10-09T21:07:17.758-04:00Day 13-painting day-and a pig<div>
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After breakfast where they had fig jam (yay!) I had the good fortune to be invited to go to Ravina with Margaret and Arwed, our trip hosts, in their car. The market was excellent, several blocks were appropriated for it and there were top vendors in many categories and from many countries. We returned for lunch of figs, prochutto, and cheese. It was in the 90s with no breeze so we sat by the pool and rested. At supper we were going to do a joke on Charles and Karen but the events were so special that the joke never happened.<br />
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The final art show and critique was held and Margaret did another great job of advising and suggesting.<br />
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A full wheel of Grana Padana was cut in a demo by the hotel. This is something of a ceremony. </div>
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The roasting/smoking of the pig that has been going on for 2 days was completed and it was a fantastic event. It was a 6-month old pig weighing 30 lbs. there were also dark brown baked onions in garlic and balsamic glaze. Then.....an orchestra arrived and local dancers in period costumes did dances of the different areas from the turn of the century. They brought us into it and everyone danced the night away. </div>
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Cutting the wheel.<br />
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Smoked Pig<br />
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-29572532958124366102016-09-03T16:59:00.001-04:002016-10-09T20:55:33.726-04:00Day 12, Sept. 3, Venice<b>Today was special for sure.</b> I thoroughly enjoyed it. We took a bus to Fusina and a boat to Venice. I walked a short while with Sandi, Diane and Joanne and veered off to find the place where I had lunch before on the food tour. It was a little like a magical mystery tour, TO MY SURPISE, I found it! I had spaghetti ragu (meat sauce) and added mushrooms. It was the second best meal I had so far on the trip--the first one being when I ate there on the food tour--spaghetti with fish sauce and fish. I met the owner and chef and told him how much I loved his food. Due Colonne restaurant Venice.<br />
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Then I headed out to see a modern art museum--I found that too--but it was closed. Then I headed over to the meeting place, but I was very early so I walked through S. Marco square and out along the walkways along the open sea down to where the cruise ships dock and back again. By then it was time to meet the group and go for our walking tour.<br />
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I wasn't much in the mood for a walking tour as I was hot and tired. It was in the 90's all the time I've been here. We didn't like the tour lady very much but it was still interesting. It ended by the gondola boats, and we all went on them. I was not especially interested to go but I'm very glad I did as it was restful, cooler, and strangely peaceful and a beautiful view from sea-level. The trip seemed long but it was 1/2 hour long and we went down several and out to the Grand Canal in somewhat of a circular pattern. </div>
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We then walked fast after that to make it to the Zattere boat stop and made it in time to enjoy yet another gelato today (2) :)</div>
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All went well on the trip back. There was a very interesting camping place where the boat and the bus meet. It was clean, modern, well laid out, had a restaurant, bar, grocery store, etc. and cabins. </div>
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What a surprise when we had spaghetti with meat sauce (again today) for supper. OK by me!</div>
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After dinner we had one of those funny situations where something is said and it's funny then everything after that only makes it funnier and about 10 of us were laughing tears of laughter--what a good time we had.</div>
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Owner and head chef--fantastic food!</div>
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Their lobsters look just like ours.</div>
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Ragu with mushrooms added.</div>
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Fish market at Rialto bridge. </div>
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Gondola with Margaret, Sandi, Joanne and Diane. </div>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-56127443098722337372016-09-02T16:21:00.001-04:002016-10-09T20:50:34.223-04:00Day 9, painting day<b>Another painting day.</b><br />
After my walk, Margaret did a demo in the yard of the hotel, then everyone ate lunch, did a sketch of my subject--the entrance area of our hotel. I was planning to go back to town because it is market day but went to the store of this farm instead and bought wine for my friend, Carol, and some delicious onion jam. Then it was time to do a quick painting since I had used up a considerable part of the day already, so I got out my supplies to see how they would work out. These painting trips, especially that involve air travel, require minimum supplies to meet airline weight requirements. It did work well, and I did a painting of the view of this place from the entry driveway. The composition was not the best, so I may try again another day or reference my photos later on. I took a little nap and then there was a BBQ for dinner out in the garden with many kinds of meat and nice biscotti.<br />
This was preceded by an art show of artworks of the <b>proprietor's relative</b> who was well-known upstairs in a large reception hall, and after dinner Arwed showed two videos of the history of Venice by Great Masters Videos. They are very good if you care to rent them at your local library.<br />
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For anyone interested, here is my "kit" for this trip:</div>
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1. An antique aluminum easel that is basically a tripod, not small but rather light.</div>
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2. 8 or 10 brushes, a pallet knife, a straw place mat to wrap them in, just enough pallet paper.</div>
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3. Small glass jar for turps. You can't fly with flammable liquids so Margaret supplies it when we get here. I can do without mediums because these are studies. </div>
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4. Primary colors of oil paints plus white.</div>
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5. A few oil-primed canvas sheets (in the mailing tube) and one canvas board.</div>
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7. A few sheets of wax paper to put between the canvases in case the painting doesn't dry. </div>
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8. A mailing tube that houses the canvas, wax paper, brushes, paper towel sheets.<br />
9. A clear heavy duty plastic carry bag.</div>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-9451764106860451202016-09-02T16:19:00.001-04:002016-10-09T20:58:27.672-04:00Day 11, a painting day, Sept. 2nd<b>A Painting Day.</b><br />
Or the day after the power went off......we had candle light dinner followed by early to bed, then the power was restored around 11. I woke up then and didn't get back to sleep until maybe 5 or 6. So it was a late morning for me, I wrote in my blog, took a bike ride to some nearby farms for the view. At 3:30 we did a portrait session of the wife-owner of this place. I wiped mine and started over, then the light shifted a lot and we stopped, so I didn't get very far. I might work on it from the photo, we'll see. Everyone is talking about the trip tomorrow to Venice. I looked up the restaurant where I ate with my food tour people, and I'll try to eat there. We are also looking ahead (not) to the travel home day when we have to get up at 3:00 am. At the end of this photo set, I mixed up some photos from Day 12, the day in Venice, sorry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debarking--arriving in Venice with the group. My days are mixed up, this should be day 12.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fish market area in Venice near Rialto Bridge. (Day 12)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found it! The fantastic restaurant I discovered while on the food tour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I ordered spaghetti ragu. I asked for extra mushrooms. The big thing you see is one of the mushrooms. I added the grated cheese. It was awesomely delicious. Believe it or not, I was yearning for a tomato sauce!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How's this for high sytle??? Hi Wendell. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now I know that the most beautiful photos you see of Venice are taken while at water level on a gondola.<br />
Sandi Beitsinger, please remember to send me yours, please. please.!</td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-60783596959178901842016-09-02T10:30:00.001-04:002016-10-09T20:08:08.696-04:00Day 10, Thursday, Sept. 1, Padova (Padua)I was glad to visit <b>Padua</b> for my second time and especially the Scrovegni Chapel which has world-famous frescoes by Giotti. Details of this chapel are at the end of this post.<br />
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We saw the famous coffee shop, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedrocchi_Caf%C3%A9" target="_blank">Cafe Pedrocci</a>, that is open 24hrs. since a hundred years ago, where people meet to discuss current events, also the very large open markets in several squares (plazas) as well as regular permanent shops that are interesting to see--in particular butcher shops. They have a very interesting method of collecting the trash. </div>
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I visited the Duomo, a very large church that had unusual modern appointments on the main alter. </div>
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We left Pedrova and stopped at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint_Anthony_of_Padua,_Padua" target="_blank">Basilica of Saint Anthony</a>--it was huge, gorgeous and very impressive--one of my few favorite church visits in Italy.</div>
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Another short drive away we stopped for coffee and shopping at Monselice. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photo at the bottom of this sign shows the inside of the chapel. A magnificent display of art by the artist Giotto.</td></tr>
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Large square sections of the street are lifted and bins come up where the trash is collected.<br />
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Area near the market.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very nice modern artwork in this church.</td></tr>
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Modern art on the alter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading to the market area after seeing the <span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Scrovegni Chapel</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way into Monselice for our coffee break.<br />It was rather exciting as the cafe owner and a man who rode his bike over his foot had a loud confrontation.</td></tr>
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The son of Reginaldo, the usurer mentioned in the 17th canto of Dante's Inferno, built this chapel to improve his and his father's chances of getting into heaven. :) :)</div>
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He commissioned Giotto to decorate the chapel with frescoes which according to reliable information were done between 1303 and 1305, they cover the interior entirely--it has a darker clue at the highest point with nice stars and the blue gets lighter as it progresses downward. There are panels separated by faux marble frames. If it only took 2 years to paint all of this, I gestimate that it took about 2 weeks for each part, not including the famous Last Judgement which covers the entire end wall and shows what it might be like if you go to hell.</div>
Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-65397748962775536652016-08-31T03:48:00.001-04:002016-10-09T19:01:58.028-04:00Day 8 Brenta Canal-August 30, 2016<div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Got up while still dark, ate breakfast, boarded the bus and went to Fusina, a town near the coast across the lagoon from Venice. </span></div>
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There were delays but we were on our way with a guide on a river boat called a <a href="http://www.burchiello.org/en/" target="_blank">burchielli</a> towards Padova on the Brenta Canal around 10:30. This tour takes about 7 hours and includes a big lunch in Oriago (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">which was delicious) and had a guided tour of two villas. After the one-way cruise, the bus will meet us and return to our agritourisimo (hotel). We are going from sunup to sunset today. The second villa, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=villa+widmann&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=960&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO4sm04s7PAhUM5SYKHVlDCqwQsAQIKA&dpr=1" target="_blank">Villa Widmann</a>, was immense. None of the links to this villa paid it adequate coverage nor described it's beauty in any decent detail. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">After the year A.D. 1000, wealthy folks built summer places along the hand-dug canal. These mansions especially in the 18th century are much larger than the ones in Newport, RI. Napoleon, Mussolinni, and every local Doge (leader) came here. These sumptuous summer residences were popular from the 15th century <a href="http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Venice_(ETW_Faction)" target="_blank">until the fall of the Venetian Republic</a> due to the arrival of Nepoleon. Early on these boats or burchielli were powered by oars and drawn by horses along the sides of the canal. The canal system along this section drops 10 meters and there are 9 swing bridges and 6 locks. </span></div>
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This is a view from the main house of Villa Widmann to the stables in the distance.<br />
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One of the garden houses.<br />
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Bed Nepolian slept in.</div>
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Swing bridge on the river Brenta.<br />
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Entry area-Villa Widmann.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water wheel at Oriago, next door to where we ate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The restaurant is the building on the right with the two tall chimneys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking from our canal boat to the restaurant for lunch in Oriago.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the carriages in their garage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old style<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola" target="_blank"> gondola</a> cover. The design of the ornament on the front (at left) was described to us and told us the meaning of it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of many outstanding Murano chandeliers. </td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-71385424092454008042016-08-29T16:13:00.001-04:002016-10-09T18:13:55.597-04:00Day 7 - a painting day in Chioggia<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>"Chioggia is a place they call "little Venice".</b> It has an amazing extremely large beach with endless cabanas and umbrellas. I never dreamed there could be such a place! It has another side where there are canals and all kinds of boats. The canals and boats are separated by types and uses and they have a large fishing industry with a large amount of working boats. This was supposed to be a painting day and I had by pack with me but never stopped to paint. It was a wonderfully scenic place and I was content to take lots of photos. First thing, I took a boat tour and saw many points of interest including a mussel farm and The Mose Project, the system intended to protect Venice with concealed gates at the lagoon inlets. After that I strolled around the working boat section, visited a very old church that has a painting by Tintorretto and ate at the fishermen's restaurant having spaghetti a la volgone (mussels) for a lot less than my friends spent for their lunch in another part of town. I took a lot of pictures to use later for painting references. By the time I finished roaming around this beautiful place with prettier colored buildings then Burano, I decided not to paint as I wouldn't have enough time so I went to the canals where the shops are to find people in my group and then we headed to the bus. When we returned some of us went to the pool and it was very refreshing. Tomorrow is an early day, breakfast at 6:00.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tour was in Italian, but I think this is the newer part of the city, not on the island section where the canals are.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was looking at the facade of this man's house and he came out and wanted to make a phone call to America. I told him I wasn't able to make any phone calls, which was true. He gave me a DVD, and the hotel put it in their computer. It was a movie, probably taken there, with American movie stars in it but in Italian. I haven't seen that DVD since I unpacked. Hmmmm. Of course, he didn't speak English and I didn't speak Italian.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the beautiful church there with the Tintoretto painting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They still sell cigarettes in machines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of the town. We parked at the upper right corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our tour bus, heading home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the area where the very very long beachfront is. Notice that there are parks, entertainment facilities, rides, cabannas, all along, and then lounges/beach chairs. This area seems like miles alongside the road, the water is beyond that.</td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-78124588045490242802016-08-28T13:17:00.001-04:002016-10-09T17:43:12.873-04:00Day 6 Verona<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Today's plan is to see Verona</b>. The bus left us off and we saw a beautiful church together, "The Basilica di Zeno Maggiore". Then we were on our own from 10:30 to 4:00. There was some confusion because the icon of the church on the map was not the church we thought it was but we finally got straightened out--no wonder none of the street names were right. (In other words, everyone got lost.) When I got to the main attraction, the arena or Colosseum, I jumped on a small tour trolley and saw the town, then checked out the Colosseum, shopping area and returned to the bus stop in a nice shady park and had an aperitif. </span></div>
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We are back to the agritourisimo at 6 and supper is at 7:30. </div>
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Sandi brought<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">Prosecco</span> to our room and we had a little appetizer. No time now for the pool. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful church, the openings lead to the burial vault and there is a saint there in a lighted glass coffin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the Colosseum towards the city gate, old entrance to the city <br />and part of the wall that typically surrounds towns built at this time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The calm before the storm, (Before dinner.) Otherwise known as the cocktail hour.</td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-25433156480243535312016-08-27T16:34:00.001-04:002016-10-09T17:24:56.142-04:00Days 4 and 5 - Asolo, Bassano di Grappa, Marostica and a painting dayThis post really should be titled "<b>the big lunch</b>"! Heading to the foothills of the Dolomite mountains, we first visited the city of Bassano di Grappa, famous for ceramics, grappa and the Palladio designed bridge over the Brenta River. Before heading to the center of Marostica we stopped at a somewhat unassuming restaurant called 'I Rusteghi', Via Stroppari,8-36063. It was a feast of gigantic proportions. We thought it was just for pizza. None of us knew it was a 5-course feast with all the wine, etc. you could drink and was part of our package. The quality as well as the quantity was superlative! This may be the most memorable part of the trip. I have to say it was a little too early in the day for me to eat so much. We had a number extra lunches on this trip, all very special.<br />
After a quick stop to the town to see where the biennial human chess match takes place, we were off to the beautiful medieval hillside town of Asolo where only 5 of us made the arduous climb to the mountain top. (Don't do it, there was nothing much up there.)<br />
<b>The first painting day</b>. After breakfast most of the painters disbursed around the grounds and painted, some did one before lunch and one after lunch, others relaxed, read, swam in the pool. I'm in the relaxed group. There was a crit before dinner and there was a good number of paintings presented. I love the fresh food we eat here in Italy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the unassuming facade of the great "Big Lunch" restaurant. <br />The photos above are taken during that great multi-course lunch. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sweet lady picked me up along the road and drove me to the base of the mountain trail. She didn't speak any English.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top of the mountain was just around this bend. They did a nice job of improving the path here. Did I mention it was in the mid-90's? Hot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We sat in a sidewalk cafe here in the center of Asolo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Margaret's painting tours are in two sections. I was in the first section. The second section was here at the time of the chess game and was to attend it. We saw the preparations being done.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People on the bridge <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">which was designed by the architect Andrea </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladio" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Palladio">Palladio</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> in 1569</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> .</span><br /></td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-48121802316002871222016-08-27T06:06:00.001-04:002016-10-09T16:52:58.002-04:00Days 1, 2,& 3 - Venice 2016Getting here - the flight<br />
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Day 1 - arriving in Venice</div>
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Day 2 - full day on my own </div>
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Day 3 - leaving Venice, meeting the group</div>
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I tried to be brief when I wrote the first one hour version of this post at the airport (a draft which I didn't save) and I hate to write things twice, so here is a very brief version:</div>
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<b>Getting here</b></div>
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The plane trip was FULL of delays, and I got here about 6 hours later than I should have. </div>
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<b>Day 1- Arriving in Venice</b></div>
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I carefully planned to stay at a hotel located on all the water stops, but it was closed for the first two days of my stay, and I had to drag my 50 lb. bag a distance from where the airport boat landed--up over and down several bridges. That felt really great after a horrible plane trip. And I was advised at the airport upon finding out that my stop was closed to take the wrong boat that goes all over creation--an extra hour. The good news is that I got the right boat back to the airport from right at the hotel. </div>
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I arrived at the hotel that first day at 5:30 pm, repacked, showered, and went out to traipse around and get my bearings for the next day's activities.</div>
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<b>Day 2- full day in Venice</b></div>
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Ate a great breakfast at hotel <a href="http://www.palazzostern.it/en" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.palazzostern.it/en</a>, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">visited the Accademia Museum </span><a href="http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/?lang=en" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/?lang=en</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, took the BEST walking food tour http://www.venicebitesfoodtours.com, visited the Guggenheim Museum </span><a href="http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">took boat to S. Marco Sq. and walked all over that district.</span></div>
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<b>Day -3 Leaving Venice, meeting the group</b></div>
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Returning to Marco Polo Airport was a breeze since the boat stop was opened, got there early, their plane was on time, but they had a hang up with their luggage and it took 2 hours to be on our way to our hotel. It was truly "old home week" seeing everyone again! </div>
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We had our Apero (cocktail hour) at 4 and dinner at 7:30. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical canal in my hotel's area, Dorsoduro. (green on map)<br /><img alt="Related image" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVq_3DjwGJRLUlw2fV07U5Hru_h8XhmCYroR_5DPo7r5p7jLZHER5QiQ" /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical campo (field or square) They used to be an open field area. <br />Every area has one when there are many streets intersecting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the area at the end of the Dorsoduro neighborhood. <br />S. Marco is on the other side of this canal (Grand Canal) just a little way further down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These next few are in S. Marco Sq.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the courtyard and entrance to my hotel, Palazzo Stern.<br />This courtyard fronts on the Grand Canal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the Italian breakfast buffet with just about any item you may want or think of having:<br />Beautiful china and real silver and those individual jelly jars and fresh flowers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my FAVORITE painting. It is immense. Last time I was here I took a photo with my friend stnding under it to show the scale. I love the colors, the values, the design, the all over impact, the storyline, I want to know more about it, more about the artist, why it was created and where it hung, etc. Some works in this museum (The Accademia) are very very large, and I can't imagine how they were moved and installed here. That is a story of it's own. In fact, they are now doing a restoration on some works of Jheronomus Boch, and they have a wonderful video presentation about it that I hope is also on YouTube.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is another great painting at The Accademia and this artist<br />was making a marvelous colored painting of a section of it on his tablet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I discovered on this tour that you can ask for Cafe Correcto, which means a splash of liquor added. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mask shop we visited that is listed as one of the best. All made here on location from scratch. <a href="http://www.historyofmasks.net/mask-history/history-of-venetian-masks/" target="_blank">The story of the fiesta</a> is very interesting and they last about a month. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the front entrance to the wonderful restaurant where we ate a fish pasta dish that was out of this world. <br />I later returned to it and ate outside as you will see if you read the whole story of this trip.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The locals get their wine at shops like this in each neighborhood, where they bring their bottle for a refill. <br />It is VERY inexpensive as you can see.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Frank Stella is in the Peggy Guggenheim Museum's side exhibition. Frank was born in the city I grew up in. I like this particular painting, and there was a nice description of it explaining that the gray bands went from lighter to darker as it descended towards the center whereas the colors went from brighter and lighter to duller and darker as they came from the center outwards. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I liked this sculpture, in fact I liked this entire exhibition, another one at the Guggenheim.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was studying the design of this entry and took a photo and a selfie at the same time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women's shoes in the window, their euro is only slightly higher than our dollar at this time.</td></tr>
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Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-85339348918585174712016-08-17T20:29:00.000-04:002016-08-17T20:29:36.583-04:00Italy Trip, 2016<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello again, I'm leaving soon for another exciting and wonderful trip to Italy-- this time to the small town, San Martino Di Venezze, near Venice. I'll arrive at the Venice airport on the morning of August 23rd and stay at the 4-star Hotel Palazzo Stern on the Grand Canal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm in Venice until the morning of the 25th when I meet up with my favorite painting friends in the whole world!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"CORTE
CAREZZABELLA" is the agritourisimo where we are staying with our hosts Margaret and Arwed. It's an OIL
PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH MARGARET EGLI--<span style="text-align: center;">FIVE DAY BIG SKIES WORKSHOP AT CORTE CAREZZABELLA, ITALY
2016. We are there for 14 days with tours and painting days and lots of wonderful fun and food.</span></span></div>
Mary Pychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16461141062830933407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923863863110213826.post-80266840539565531092015-02-17T11:34:00.001-05:002015-02-17T11:36:30.968-05:00Art Reception for "The Merrimacians"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My portraits in my show at the library are also<a href="https://rl.rocketlife.com/hpfe6fd34b208847e8f8254b9be96e8c4c/catalog.html?cq=.zjlLGMYuiRTWsc1iN7WOX0yRbmZbyM3iWsY2aRjc4ytwROn5W0MbmWZy2kZG24y" target="_blank"> viewable here</a> on an online photo book.<br />
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