| Canna Lilies In The Koi Pond © Marian Fortunati 10"x8" Oil on Linen Panel |
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It was a nice day to paint with other artists from the "Thursdays En Plein Air" group. I arrived at the grounds of the Brand Library (which I soon realized is a lot larger than I had remembered it.) Several painters, including Chuck Kovacic, a wonderful painter and actor, were setting up to paint the classic views of the Moorish Library entrance. It was beautiful, but architecture and I usually do not play well together.
Another artist told me that there were more artists painting over by the Japanese Gardens just past the bathrooms. Since I needed to use the facilities anyway, I walked over there to check out the scene. It was beautiful too. There I saw Lynne Fearman sketching an odd-looking duck who was posing quietly for her until some children came and chased the ducks away. That woman can draw!! WOW!
Anyway, I decided to look at different kind of view so I sat among the canna lilies that lined the koi pond. I had a pleasant morning painting and listening to the other artists paint. I was enthralled by the dark reds of some of the leaves and the way that some of them mixed with green. I loved the bright oranges of the canna flowers. Anyway the contrasts of the darks and the brights is what attracted me to the cannas.
A photographer from a Glendale newspaper came by and took my photo (as well as that of other artists and visitors). I don't know if anything ever made it into the newspaper, but it was kind of fun to think about it.
At lunchtime we grouped together and chatted. Since no one was there to critique this week, we all just said a few words about our paintings while we finished up our lunch.
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