Quick Draw in Los Olivos Last Saturday

It was a great day!  Wonderful weather and a grand attendance.  

The framed painting is "Winter Tides" a painting I did of the south end of Avila Beach and had it on display.

The two small paintings were what I worked on.

A value and color study of the San Luis  Lighthouse.

This is an event much looked forward to by a lot of collectors, and the auction seemed to go well.

If you didn't make it this year, try for next.

"Spooner Cove II" ©

$150. Oil on Stretched Canvas, 9x12"

This is the finished 'demo' that I did at "Ladies First" sponsored by Judith Hale Galleries in Los Olivos. The rocks are filled in now and the shore break completed. This nice, low price represents the fact that it's unframed and sold only here.

"Ladies First"...Judith Hale Gallery, Los Olivos

This past weekend was the Judith Hale Gallery's annual "Ladies First" event in Santa Inez Valley. Artists are spread throughout the gallery's sculpture garden demonstrating their medium, music plays and fine food and wine is served.
It's a wonderful time and the artists get to catch up with their collectors and friends. I was demonstrating palette knife painting.

Here's the layout of the demo showing the knives - two 1-1/4" knives and one 2" knife. I've laid in the sky and ocean with my knives, and brushed in the rock and shore area with a bristle #10 bright. My next step is to put in the details of rocks and shore water with the knives.
My next blog will show the basic palette layout of paints and the brushes I use.