Santa Barbara Vacation

I went to Santa Barbara for 5 Days to visit my cousin Timmy. I did 2 paintings on my visit and I think they are the worlds best souvenirs. I went Frisbee golfing for the first time in my life and I loved it. I can't wait to find somewhere I can go in the Bay area. Timmy and I also golfed 18 holes at the Glen Annie Golf course: http://www.glenanniegolf.com/main/ it was Beautiful! We also went out for amazing sushi where Tim accidentally ordered a LARGE Saki instead of a large beer, oh well I guess we can't let this go to waste. We went out to some really fun bars, and ate leftover Chicken Parm, good job Timmy. We also made a milkshake out of Ben & Jerry's half baked (my fav). It was an awesome vacation, and much needed.

4th Plein Air Meeting

Sunday was really hot. I sat near the fairy building and painted the bay bridge. What a contrast in weather compared to last week. I did this entire painting in blue and green. At the last moment I added a splash of red.

Third Plein Air Meeting

Today was the third Plein Air meeting we met in Outer Richmond (near the ocean) it was windy and cold. I painted from 10 am to 1 pm. It seems to take me 3 hours to finish a painting.

Plein Air Club

Tony and Alisha Painting at the Second Plein Air Meeting

Alisha's Watercolor Painting of Carnaval

Plein Air- adj:
Of or being a style of painting produced out of doors in natural light.

I joined a Plein Air club last week and it is AWESOME! A group of painters meet every week at the same spot and paint the day away. I haven't painted Plein Air for about 4 years. The last PA Painting I did was in Boston. 

We are going to have a Plein Air art show on August 9th in San Francsico. I will keep you posted on the details.

Power Point 2007

On May 19th and 20th I took 8 Sections of PowerPoint 2007 classes. I took these classes at Learnit.com. They were really informative classes and  I will use this information a lot. I make powerpoint slides for Scientists at Gladstone (my fulltime job), as well as my own freelance  clients. PowerPoint 2007 has advanced a lot. The template designs that you can choose from look more professional then they have in the past.