Breaking Skies Over Cresta Blanca by Paul Majka

Although I've lived in the Bay Area for most of my life, I'd never been to Livermore before the Jade Fon Painters selected several locations there these past few weeks. Exploring the area around the Wente Winery following a passing storm, and after climbing up through grove of oaks to a knoll, this scene overwhelmed me... a place to return to!

Dorie paints at Muriettas Well

cute pose...could not resist...
November 5 location

Lakeville Rd 2 Acrylic

Second Saturday at Lakeville Rd no 1

Lakeville Rd 1 Oil 11 x 14

A beautiful day with the Jade Fon Painters.

Lakeville Ladies by Nancy Partovi

These beautiful cows almost held still while I drew them.  I also had the help of a photo I took while there.  Although the drawing and first washes were done on site, the remainder was finished in my studio.  I hope to visit them again soon.  Watercolor, 10" by 14.25"

Nancy painting cows...

Yosemite Meadow - Geri Keary

casein

20 x 30

Done from other paintings and photos of our Yosemite paint out and

lots of fun with friends....

Yosemite Falls

16 x 20 casein

done from photos after our 3 days in Yosemite Plein Air Paintig

Horsetail Falls, Yosemite by Elaine Burman

Mount Diablo Ranch, by E. Jeanne Kapp

                                          Oil 11" x 14"

Enjoying the early morning mountain light for this painting.

Napa Vineyard, by E. Jeanne Kapp

                                          Oil 20" x 24"
Plein air painting gives me the chance to observe directly from nature, and capture the fleeting beauty that is there.

Spring at the Japanese Tea Garden by Catherine McCargar

Painting en plein air in San Francisco at cherry blossom time can be a chilly adventure. But the mature landscape of Golden Gate Park is always an inspiration.

Cliffs at Rodeo Beach by Catherine McCargar

Transparent Watercolor

This painting was begun on one of our annual outings to Fort Cronkhite, in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
I was attracted to the contrast of local colors.

Private Collection

Elaine Burman

As it rained both times we were to visit the tea garden this year here is a painting from a few years back

Northern View by Geri Keary

they have a turn off on Highway 5 on the way back to California of the valley before you get to Mt. Shasta.

Old Tasssajara School House by Nancy Partovi

10.25" by 14.25".  I don't often make a building the subject of a painting, but this school house looked so majestic and I could imagine children from my grandmother's grandmother's generation going to classes here. How fortunate that people in the San Ramon Valley have preserved and restored this historic site in Danville.

Steeple View at Retzlaff Winery by Catherine McCargar

Transparent watercolor, 11" x 14"

Sometimes there is a dark sky at the same time the earth is glowing. Sometimes it happens on a Saturday when we are out painting. Makes my day.

Private Collection

Plein Air Painter by Catherine McCargar

Transparent watercolor 10" x 14"

Plein air painters work with great anticipation to find just the right spot to set up for a painting. Here Bruce Ruark climbs a vineyard hill at Bent Creek Winery in Livermore, CA, enjoying the light, enjoying the challenge that awaits him when he gets out that big sheet of 300lb paper.

Elaine Burman and Her Friend the Llama

Elaine is painting in the countryside in Danville.  Her friend the llama looks like he is about ready to critique her work.

Larry Wilson

Larry Wilson on a hilltop in Rossmoor. Hopefully, Larry will post this painting again when it is completed.

Sunrise on the Bay by Pam Della

Oil, 18" x 24"
Looking down on the Palace of Fine Arts.

Mt. Diablo in January by Geri Keary

Acrylic 12x15

Done from a scenic area in Rossmoor of Diablo with foggy atmosphere in January

Golden Gate by Geri Keary

Acrylic, 22x28 framed with mat.

painted from a photo taken going out under the bridge.

Borges Ranch in spring, E. Burman

oil, 11" x 14"

Japanese tea garden

oil, 14"x18"

Iris Medley I by Julie Limberg

Tea Garden Gate by Julie Limberg

Walnut Creek Estate by Julie Limberg

Village of Cadillac by Pam Della

Colorful street scene in the village of Cadillac, southern France.

W/C, 11" x 14"

Old Almond Orchard by Pam Della

Oil.24" x 30". One of the many moods of Mt. Diablo - a constant challenge to the artist.

East Bay Hills by Nancy Partovi

This painting was done from a hillside in Walnut Creek last Spring.