Plein Air on Cape Cod, October 23 AM

A very cool shadow at Fort Hill!



Billy is so threathening!


A very pleased Billy!






Ellen concentrates on her breakthrough piece, gets approval, and then packs up for the morning.



















Deb's painting of Fort Hill.

Windblown Deb!



And Michael's painting of Fort Hill. This is a breakthrough piece from Michael. Hooray.




















Larry Hill really loves to paint, even though he's quite new at pastels. "Billy, help me see!"







Our Tennessee Peggy enjoys the Cape, even in the wind.













Larry D tries a new medium.

Pastels are proving a challenge!



Karen in the Weeds






Stephanie is really happy to paint again.

View from Fort Hill




Billy and I were both snagged
by this damned stick on Fort Hill.

The Wicked Pickers in Italy

And the First Dinner for the musicians and their families.

The Last Supper for the painters.

The Pickers set up.

The Wicked Pickers play.

Final Paintings of Laura and Billy

I would be remiss not to include groupings of Laura's and Billy's collection of work done in Tuscany (and later in a side trip to Umbria) in July.


These are some of Laura's:

And these are some of Billy's:

We had a great week - artistically, socially and gastronomically, not to mention great scenery, relaxation, exploratory excursions. It was a saturation of senses for all, but that's why we came!

The Final Viewing: A Week's Work

On our final day, we had a showing in the circle of everyone's wonderful work. Remember that some of the painters hadn't painted since grade school and some hadn't touched a canvas in 10-15 years. Others, of course, paint pretty constantly. All in all, the body of work here is amazing!

We had quite a crowd at our opening/closing:




Here are Fran's:She exploded with freedom on the day before.


Larry:

Ellen:
Nancy, the prolific one:

Saturday, July 3

Laura works on a new view of La Palazzina.

Larry is finished with Celle sul Rigo!

Friday, July 2.

Billy started today with a class on color. He painted the red car of Thomas, from Germany. I forget the type of car, but it was cute. When the color study was done, Billy presented it to Thomas, who seemed very happy.

Ellen's painting of the geraniums on her balcony, which, by the way, gave her the biggest room of all!

Larry's painting of Celle sul Rigo comes into shape. I am very proud of him - he's my husband - for braving this class as a beginner and then showing his latent talent. And this - all from the picture he did of our doggie.

Nancy finishes her trees, maybe. She has a problem signing her work!

Billy works and finishes his View from the Terrace.

Thursday, July 1: Painting Continues

lunch at pama

The class had the same schedule today, but many didn't show up early. Twas a very late night last night, coming back from Florence. I didn't get many photos of today, because I also was a bit weary and late-starting.

The day actually started with the class, the topic of which was about painting a Quick Study, forming a composition of basics shapes.

Nancy paints the cypress trees surrounding the garden.

Larry begins to paint Celle sul Rigo from the terrace.

Billy's landscape with midnight footprint.

Who did this? Perhaps Ellen?

We had lunch today at Pama in Radicofani, a great local hangout. I apologize that I didn't get everybody in the photo. Twas an excellent (and cheap!) repast.

La Palazzina set for dinner. Antipasto: asparagus, frittata, tomato, truffle bruschetta