Artists' Roundtable Report, de Young Museum, 08/20/10

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Judi & I started out in the Children's Garden at the de Young, painting and sketching. Still foggy, but it was warmer than you might expect in those little protected niches just east of the tower. Ramona, John and Dave joined us a little later (even Dave was sketching!) I practiced some more with ball-point pen and watercolor, with a little more success this time.



After a couple of hours, we moved inside. Once the gypsy-jazz-cabaret music started, it really got crowded in the lobby. We briefly saw Xiaojie, but lost her to the exhibits. Sandy, Nancy, Teresa, and Luba arrived and we took turns visiting the artist-in-residence, Alexandra Blum, who was tracing shadow profiles and then using them to make a mixed media project.



Eventually we ended up at a big table in the tent out on the west side of the museum. Marianna & Pam joined us there. Sandy showed us some proofs from her new giclee series. She's getting them done at Electric Works, and when she was there recently she got a copy of Dave Eggers new book/portfolio of drawings, which she passed around for us to look at.




Teresa & I went up to the tower to do some sketching. I lost interest quickly, but Teresa persevered, focusing on the stop-n-go traffic heading up to the bridge, just visible as a sparkly line of red dots in a gap in the tree canopy.






Several of us wandered around the permanent collection, coming and going from our table in the tent, which Dave & Marianna anchored for us. We've all seen the Impressionism exhibit and didn't feel a need to see it again. Pam wanted to see Rockwell Kent's painting, "Afternoon on the sea, Monhegan." I was excited to see Irving Norman's "War and Peace" is back out on exhibit. His work doesn't get nearly enough exposure, so this was a real treat.



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bluemonk said…
Beautiful little watercolor, Anna. It captures the diffused light from the overcast sky perfectly!
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