Doyle sent me the following image of his watercolor painting of the fountain at Cauthorn House.  According to Terry Tallis, “painting water is like painting an elephant, just paint everything that doesn’t look like an elephant.”

Kris Mitchell wrote:

“What a glorious morning!  A beautiful day to be out painting.  I chose a view of Marys Peak from the veranda at Cardwell Hill Vineyard, not necessarily for the view but more out of necessity.  I forgot my drawing board and there was a table on the Veranda so I set up there.  Love to be out painting again!”  (Her painting is on the bottom)

Terry Tallis wrote:

‘Was at Cardwell Hill Vineyard with the Vistas & Vineyard’s group painting on this incredible Oregon day. I have a few touch-ups but his was the 8″ x 20″ watercolor I did this morning. Beautiful weather, great group of painters and what a way to spend a morning!” (His is on the right)

Mine (Mike Bergen) is on the left.  I worked it further after I got home.  You might notice a bit of Camille Prezwadek’s influence.

Many “Bridge” people came out for this weeks paint-out.  Doyle was facilitating.  Only about half the people were in this picture.  My contribution was this ink drawing.  Some think that my perspective is off, the truth is that I have a vision problem.  Kris Mitchell made this great colored pencil painting.  Her vision is just fine.  However she said that “The color of the day was blue-green.  I had a wonderful day painting!  Not such a great painting but I had a wonderful day.”

This is my version of the back alley of 1st street.  It began as a graphite sketch, then an ink sketch and eventually it became a watercolor painting.  It is 7X10 inches.  Several others painted in the same alley.

The second Drawing is from Doyle.  I wish I could do that.

Here we are with Joyce facilitating the critique of our mornings work, well at least almost everyones.

It was a very nice day.

The following link is to our Membership Directory:

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About 20 painters showed up and it was a nice day.  I completed this small 6X8 oil painting as well as some ink sketches.

The second image is a watercolor done by Doyle.

This is Engine #5.  I made an ink drawing and later added watercolor since it started to rain and everyone departed early.

We will have a special paintout at this year’s daVinci Days event in conjunction with the Art Guild.  At our booth we will have a model (Laura) dressed in period clothing as a subject, in addition to the entire daVinci Days venue.  Members who sign up for 3-4 hours of painting/drawing will be provided with a one day free ticket to daVinci Days.  However free tickets are limited and we need people for mornings and afternoons of both days, July 18 and 19.  Contact Mike Bergen at mike@creativedialog.com or 745-3941 to sign up for specific time periods. The booth will be located inside the daVinci Days compound at the Art Village, NOT in front of the Arts Center as last year.  Please help us make daVinci Days more about art, not just technology.

The following pdf file is the official 2009  Site Calendar as of Apr 2009:

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The following is the Ned MuellerWorkshop  sign up sheet:

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