Reno Tahoe Plein Air Painters: January 2017

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

January 16, 2017 (MONDAY) SAND HARBOR PAINT-OUT

Date: January 16, 2017 (Monday)
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Sand Harbor State Park, Incline
Meet: Look for Carol Grigus at the Boat Launch Parking Emma and Look for the Easels
Fee: about $10 per car if you don't have a year placquard
Amenities: bathrooms?
Restrictions: no dogs
There should be lots of snow so dress accordingly and drive safely!!
What to bring:

park entry fee money (about $10)
your lunch and beverage or purchase there
hat, sunscreen, sunglasses
bug spray (bee season)
your painting gear
your beach and/or water recreation needs
cell phone
camera
folding chair?

Directions:

From Reno: Take the Mt. Rose Hwy(431) to Incline. Turn left at Country Club Drive (there is a sign that says "Sierra Nevada College" - that is the turn). At Hwy 28 (the road that goes along the lake) turn left. Go south on this road about 3 miles. Sand Harbor is on your right. The boat launch parking is the first turn. The main entrance for people without boats is the next entrance.

From South Lake Tahoe - take HWY 50 towards Carson City. At the summit get in the right turning lane and turn right on Hwy 28. Go about 10 miles towards Incline. Sand Harbor will be on your left before you get to Incline Village.

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About Reno Tahoe Plein Air Painters

Started in Sept. 2012, this is a group of landscape painters of all abilities and mediums (oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, drawing mediums), who wish to get together for paint-outs. There is no membership, no dues, no instructor. We will post planned paint-outs with directions and information about the location. Be sure to subscribe to this blog by email in the right-hand column for updates and news. Any painter can attend!

Blog Administrator:

Carolyn Jean Thompson

Additional Blog Author:

Emma Auriemma-McKay

More Members.....

Kathy Shy, Jack Phillips, Lisa Jayne, Vickie Cliff, Diane Laing, Garrett Walkup, Ronnie Rector, Kim Franke, Charleen Collins, Bill Tynes, Linda Rosenblum, Karen Maurer, Chris Cheney, Nan Lathrop, Evelyn Yonker, Carol Karch, Cindy Ralston, Ginny Schankerman, Denise Jenkins, Linda Santistevan, Julie Aguilar, Maurice Hershberger, Nancy Snyder, Barbara Clark, Sarah Wharton Riddle, Liz Cataldo, Val Davisson, Jerry Antonucci, Odette Brush, Patty, Sussberg, Marilynn Weiher, Sue Perry, Janet Shaner, Kim Rowlett, Cathie Richardson

Upcoming Paint-Outs

2018 Schedule

Oct. 8, 9: Cave Rock State Park Beach

Oct. 15, 16: Washoe Lake Wetlands

Oct. 22, 23: Galena Creek Trail

Oct. 29, 30: Little Washoe Lake

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What is plein air painting?

En plein air (French) translates to "in the open air". It just means painting in outdoor daylight. The French Impressionistic movement in the 1800's brought a group of painters outside to "paint light and color", which rebelled against the style of the French Academy. This new artistic style then came to California and became known as California Impressionism or California plein air painting. Paintings done in the outdoors are often "fresh" and not "over-worked", as compared to studio work, which the artist is free to work as long as he/she wishes.