Oaks at Irvine Park

Irvine Park Oaks a plein air pastel on board measuring 28" x32" .

SOCALPAPA Weekly Bulletin                                 03/06/2020             NEWS  NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING is March 11thOur next meeting and pot-luck will be on Wednesday March 11th at the Muth Interpretive Center.  We will be meeting in the theater.  Bring a pot-luck dish to share. Time will be 11:00 am - 12:00 noon.   If you have not renewed your membership for 2020 you can still do so.  Membership is only for a calendar year, so if you renew now you still get almost a full year of benefits.  At $65 a year, SOCALPAPA is a great value.  We offer monthly demos, quick draw events like the Toll Road paint out, plus our signature Back Bay Show and post weekly paint locations so you can paint with your fellow artists. Contact Us  4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371 Irvine, CA 92620 info@socalpapa.com                                                  PLEASE SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!If you would like to have photos of your paintings, photos at paint outs or other events posted to our account, please contact Diane Prendergast.  You can email her at DP_PHOTO@yahoo.com.  You can also text your photos directly to her at  949 735-3036.  FRIDAY PAINT LOCATION Paintout will be Saturday March 7th with a Demo                                            Irvine Regional Park 1 Irvine Park Road Irvine, CA 92869 Parking Area P 9:00AM - 12:00 PM We invite you to join SOCALPAPA member Dawn Buckingham as she provides a pastel demonstration including composition and value studies appropriate for all mediums.  She will also discuss her minimal set-up and supplies for easy access to plein air locations.  Bring your gear to paint and get started for the summer Back Bay Show.   There will be mentoring for beginner artists at this demo! Dawn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, award winning plein air painter, and experienced teacher. $3 to enter Drive into the park, keeping to the right and go past the lake and train to lot P.Click here for a link to the park map: Irvine Park Map Check out the photo albums of our many events on the Socalpapa website!   Download the Instagram app to your phone and follow us @socal_papaUPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS! Wednesday March 11th - Association meeting and pot-luck.  Wednesday March 25th:  Amtrak to Old Town San Diego. Meet at Old Town at 10 AM.  More info to come.  (If weather is bad, re-schedule for April 29th)

I was half watching soccer and half reading email when I ran across this bulletin.  It was already a little after 10 am but I thought if I could hurry, I could be painting by 11 am.

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SOCALPAPA Weekly Bulletin                                 03/06/2020             NEWS  NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING is March 11thOur next meeting and pot-luck will be on Wednesday March 11th at the Muth Interpretive Center.  We will be meeting in the theater.  Bring a pot-luck dish to share. Time will be 11:00 am - 12:00 noon.   If you have not renewed your membership for 2020 you can still do so.  Membership is only for a calendar year, so if you renew now you still get almost a full year of benefits.  At $65 a year, SOCALPAPA is a great value.  We offer monthly demos, quick draw events like the Toll Road paint out, plus our signature Back Bay Show and post weekly paint locations so you can paint with your fellow artists. Contact Us  4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371 Irvine, CA 92620 info@socalpapa.com                                                  PLEASE SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!If you would like to have photos of your paintings, photos at paint outs or other events posted to our account, please contact Diane Prendergast.  You can email her at DP_PHOTO@yahoo.com.  You can also text your photos directly to her at  949 735-3036.  FRIDAY PAINT LOCATION Paintout will be Saturday March 7th with a Demo                                            Irvine Regional Park 1 Irvine Park Road Irvine, CA 92869 Parking Area P 9:00AM - 12:00 PM We invite you to join SOCALPAPA member Dawn Buckingham as she provides a pastel demonstration including composition and value studies appropriate for all mediums.  She will also discuss her minimal set-up and supplies for easy access to plein air locations.  Bring your gear to paint and get started for the summer Back Bay Show.   There will be mentoring for beginner artists at this demo! Dawn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, award winning plein air painter, and experienced teacher. $3 to enter Drive into the park, keeping to the right and go past the lake and train to lot P.Click here for a link to the park map: Irvine Park Map Check out the photo albums of our many events on the Socalpapa website!   Download the Instagram app to your phone and follow us @socal_papaUPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS! Wednesday March 11th - Association meeting and pot-luck.  Wednesday March 25th:  Amtrak to Old Town San Diego. Meet at Old Town at 10 AM.  More info to come.  (If weather is bad, re-schedule for April 29th)

SOCALPAPA Weekly Bulletin                                 03/06/2020             NEWS  NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING is March 11thOur next meeting and pot-luck will be on Wednesday March 11th at the Muth Interpretive Center.  We will be meeting in the theater.  Bring a pot-luck dish to share. Time will be 11:00 am - 12:00 noon.   If you have not renewed your membership for 2020 you can still do so.  Membership is only for a calendar year, so if you renew now you still get almost a full year of benefits.  At $65 a year, SOCALPAPA is a great value.  We offer monthly demos, quick draw events like the Toll Road paint out, plus our signature Back Bay Show and post weekly paint locations so you can paint with your fellow artists. Contact Us  4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371 Irvine, CA 92620 info@socalpapa.com                                                  PLEASE SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!If you would like to have photos of your paintings, photos at paint outs or other events posted to our account, please contact Diane Prendergast.  You can email her at DP_PHOTO@yahoo.com.  You can also text your photos directly to her at  949 735-3036.  FRIDAY PAINT LOCATION Paintout will be Saturday March 7th with a Demo                                            Irvine Regional Park 1 Irvine Park Road Irvine, CA 92869 Parking Area P 9:00AM - 12:00 PM We invite you to join SOCALPAPA member Dawn Buckingham as she provides a pastel demonstration including composition and value studies appropriate for all mediums.  She will also discuss her minimal set-up and supplies for easy access to plein air locations.  Bring your gear to paint and get started for the summer Back Bay Show.   There will be mentoring for beginner artists at this demo! Dawn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, award winning plein air painter, and experienced teacher. $3 to enter Drive into the park, keeping to the right and go past the lake and train to lot P.Click here for a link to the park map: Irvine Park Map Check out the photo albums of our many events on the Socalpapa website!   Download the Instagram app to your phone and follow us @socal_papaUPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS! Wednesday March 11th - Association meeting and pot-luck.  Wednesday March 25th:  Amtrak to Old Town San Diego. Meet at Old Town at 10 AM.  More info to come.  (If weather is bad, re-schedule for April 29th)

SOCALPAPA Weekly Bulletin                                 03/06/2020

NEWS  NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING is March 11thOur next meeting and pot-luck will be on Wednesday March 11th at the Muth Interpretive Center.  We will be meeting in the theater.  Bring a pot-luck dish to share. Time will be 11:00 am - 12:00 noon.   If you have not renewed your membership for 2020 you can still do so.  Membership is only for a calendar year, so if you renew now you still get almost a full year of benefits.  At $65 a year, SOCALPAPA is a great value.  We offer monthly demos, quick draw events like the Toll Road paint out, plus our signature Back Bay Show and post weekly paint locations so you can paint with your fellow artists. Contact Us  4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371 Irvine, CA 92620 info@socalpapa.com                                                  PLEASE SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!If you would like to have photos of your paintings, photos at paint outs or other events posted to our account, please contact Diane Prendergast.  You can email her at DP_PHOTO@yahoo.com.  You can also text your photos directly to her at  949 735-3036.  FRIDAY PAINT LOCATION Paintout will be Saturday March 7th with a Demo                                            Irvine Regional Park 1 Irvine Park Road Irvine, CA 92869 Parking Area P 9:00AM - 12:00 PM We invite you to join SOCALPAPA member Dawn Buckingham as she provides a pastel demonstration including composition and value studies appropriate for all mediums.  She will also discuss her minimal set-up and supplies for easy access to plein air locations.  Bring your gear to paint and get started for the summer Back Bay Show.   There will be mentoring for beginner artists at this demo! Dawn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, award winning plein air painter, and experienced teacher. $3 to enter Drive into the park, keeping to the right and go past the lake and train to lot P.Click here for a link to the park map: Irvine Park Map Check out the photo albums of our many events on the Socalpapa website!   Download the Instagram app to your phone and follow us @socal_papaUPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS! Wednesday March 11th - Association meeting and pot-luck.  Wednesday March 25th:  Amtrak to Old Town San Diego. Meet at Old Town at 10 AM.  More info to come.  (If weather is bad, re-schedule for April 29th)

     

SOCALPAPA Weekly Bulletin                                 03/06/2020

   SOCALPAPA Weekly Bulletin                                 03/06/2020            

NEWS  NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING is March 11thOur next meeting and pot-luck will be on Wednesday March 11th at the Muth Interpretive Center.  We will be meeting in the theater.  Bring a pot-luck dish to share. Time will be 11:00 am - 12:00 noon.   If you have not renewed your membership for 2020 you can still do so.  Membership is only for a calendar year, so if you renew now you still get almost a full year of benefits.  At $65 a year, SOCALPAPA is a great value.  We offer monthly demos, quick draw events like the Toll Road paint out, plus our signature Back Bay Show and post weekly paint locations so you can paint with your fellow artists. Contact Us  4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371 Irvine, CA 92620 info@socalpapa.com                                                  PLEASE SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!If you would like to have photos of your paintings, photos at paint outs or other events posted to our account, please contact Diane Prendergast.  You can email her at DP_PHOTO@yahoo.com.  You can also text your photos directly to her at  949 735-3036.

FRIDAY PAINT LOCATION Paintout will be Saturday March 7th with a Demo                                            Irvine Regional Park 1 Irvine Park Road Irvine, CA 92869 Parking Area P 9:00AM - 12:00 PM We invite you to join SOCALPAPA member Dawn Buckingham as she provides a pastel demonstration including composition and value studies appropriate for all mediums.  She will also discuss her minimal set-up and supplies for easy access to plein air locations.  Bring your gear to paint and get started for the summer Back Bay Show.   There will be mentoring for beginner artists at this demo! Dawn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, award winning plein air painter, and experienced teacher. $3 to enter Drive into the park, keeping to the right and go past the lake and train to lot P.Click here for a link to the park map: Irvine Park Map Check out the photo albums of our many events on the Socalpapa website!   Download the Instagram app to your phone and follow us @socal_papaUPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS! Wednesday March 11th - Association meeting and pot-luck.  Wednesday March 25th:  Amtrak to Old Town San Diego. Meet at Old Town at 10 AM.  More info to come.  (If weather is bad, re-schedule for April 29th)

NEWS 

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NEXT ASSOCIATION MEETING is March 11thOur next meeting and pot-luck will be on Wednesday March 11th at the Muth Interpretive Center.  We will be meeting in the theater.  Bring a pot-luck dish to share.

Time will be 11:00 am - 12:00 noon.  
If you have not renewed your membership for 2020 you can still do so.  Membership is only for a calendar year, so if you renew now you still get almost a full year of benefits.  At $65 a year, SOCALPAPA is a great value.  We offer monthly demos, quick draw events like the Toll Road paint out, plus our signature Back Bay Show and post weekly paint locations so you can paint with your fellow artists.

Contact Us 

4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371 Irvine, CA 92620 info@socalpapa.com

PLEASE SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!If you would like to have photos of your paintings, photos at paint outs or other events posted to our account, please contact Diane Prendergast.  You can email her at DP_PHOTO@yahoo.com.  You can also text your photos directly to her at 
949 735-3036. 

4790 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 105-371
Irvine, CA 92620

info@socalpapa.com                                                 

FRIDAY PAINT LOCATION

Paintout will be Saturday March 7th with a Demo                                            Irvine Regional Park
1 Irvine Park Road
Irvine, CA 92869

Parking Area P

9:00AM - 12:00 PM

We invite you to join SOCALPAPA member Dawn Buckingham as she provides a pastel demonstration including composition and value studies appropriate for all mediums.  She will also discuss her minimal set-up and supplies for easy access to plein air locations.  Bring your gear to paint and get started for the summer Back Bay Show.  
There will be mentoring for beginner artists at this demo!

Dawn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, award winning plein air painter, and experienced teacher.

$3 to enter
Drive into the park, keeping to the right and go past the lake and train to lot P.Click here for a link to the park map:
Irvine Park Map

Check out the photo albums of our many events on the Socalpapa website!  

Download the Instagram app to your phone and follow us @socal_papaUPCOMING EVENTS FOR OUR MEMBERS!

Wednesday March 11th - Association meeting and pot-luck. 

Wednesday March 25th:  Amtrak to Old Town San Diego. Meet at Old Town at 10 AM.  More info to come.  (If weather is bad, re-schedule for April 29th)

I missed the demo by Dawn but it was awesome.  I love seeing other pastelists work.

One of the painters had this awesome color chart and sketch book.

www.socalpapa.com It had been a couple of years since I had painted with the group.  It was good to see the members.

Just getting started. Values and shapes starting to come together.

The basic composition is in and the details are starting to fall into place.

There was going to be too much 0f the open grass in the middle of the painting.  I had to balance the composition by adding the tree in the middle.

I had to add the small tree to balance the composition.

Finished.

The value shot.

Detail shot