Painting on Tues June 23 & Thurs June 25, Guilford Green

Finally we start the season. Discussing with some other painters which weekday to paint together, we decided to try offering Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at the same venue. We hope this will make it possible for more of you painters to get outside and paint with us. Masks and physical distancing will be expected.

This coming week we will be on the Guilford Green. Lots of trees for shade, interesting buildings and other views, and a chance for being outdoors, which many of us haven't had enough of recently. The town hall bathrooms are reportedly open.

Schedule for this season to come.

See you soon.
-Veronica

More of Our Group's Paintings

I'm so happy to be able to show you more today. Thanks to Tom, By the River, Palm, and Sailing School (he's been sunning himself in Florida; can you tell?); to Patty, Dancing Daffodils; to Jay, Nolde Inspiration; and to Mary, Marti and Childhood Home.
So lovely!
-Veronica

I figured it out.

Sorry I couldn't put the photos into the post you just received, but it turns out Google added a wrinkle that I needed to deal with. So here are watercolors by Rosemary, Cranes, and Kay, Graffiti in G Minor. Thanks, painters!

If you'd like your paintings to be added to the blog, please email them to me at veronicadotsoellatgmaildotcom

Happy Spring (I think...)

Hello everyone,

Now that we are all stuck at home, of course we haven't been able to go out to paint together. But maybe the time is coming soon - after all, next week you can get your hair cut if you haven't decided you actually like it long.

Two of our painters have offered their work to add to this blog post. Thank you, Rosemary and Kay. (Oops, the program isn't letting me do that; I will try again with another post.)

And here's an idea, borrowed from my sister's Dublin Sketchers group. They “go” to a particular place and all sketch that place and then send in their sketches so they can be put on the blog http://www.dublinsketchers.com/. (Obviously, the group can’t go to the destination in person so each person finds a photo online and works from that.) Take a look at last week’s Dublin Sketcher paintings of Howth Head, across the bay from the city. They are stunning (especially a sailboat by my sister Caroline!). Perhaps we could think of doing something similar along the shoreline.

Let me know what you think about possibly starting up again with masks, social distancing and all of that. veronicadotsoellatgmaildotcom

 Veronica

Indoor Painting Workshop Availability

A group of CTSA painters meets weekly during the indoor months to paint together. We are just finishing up the winter session and will be beginning the spring session on March 24. There will be several openings for new or former participants.

We will meet for ten weeks on Tuesday mornings in the Munger Barn at the Dudley Farm Museum. The barn is used for events such as weddings, large parties, indoor farmers' markets, etc. It has lots of light, tables and chairs, and is a very pleasant place to be. When the weather is good, anyone who wishes is free to paint in the grounds where there are barns, the house, old farm equipment, oxen, chickens, sheep, a community garden, wild flowers, trees and fields.

The cost depends on how many painters sign up, and has varied in the past from around $50 to $80 for the ten week session.

If you are interested, please email Rosemary at rbaggish at gmail dot com.

Hope to see you there!
-Veronica

Happy New Year (a little late!)

Hello, everyone.

You are probably all painting indoors and, I hope, dreaming of painting en plein air with CTSA in the spring.

I just want to touch base and give you this information from a couple of our painters.

Pamela Morgan has her watercolors through Sunday March 1 at Mercy by the Sea, 167 Neck Road, Madison.

Yvonne Gordon Moser announces an event at the Westport Library (below).

Best wishes,
-Veronica

Yvonne Gordon Moser Art and Healing

I’m honored to have my work in Beechwood’s Do Or Die season. Both the work and the artists’ stories are compelling! Join us at The Westport Library on Thursday, Feb 27 from 6-8 for a lively art opening and reception followed by an inspiring story-share where artists tell their stories from the stage.  Cool event! The reception is FREE and open to all. Story-share is a suggested donation of $10 – pay as you can at the event.  Go to Facebook and “Like” Beechwood Arts & Innovation to get additional updates and info on other Do Or Die events. https://www.facebook.com/beechwoodarts/

Paint Outs in November

Hi, everyone,
It's getting too cold for me to venture out en plein air, so I'm reminding you here of the November paint-out locations - but it is unlikely I'll be there unless we have an indian summer.

November 7: Birbarie Marine Boatyard, Branford
November 14: Chaffinch Island, Guilford
November 21: Clinton Landing, Clinton
November 29: Essex Park, Essex (this is Friday not Thursday, Thanksgiving)

Directions as usual on our blog at https://ctsa-guilford.blogspot.com/p/directions-to-venues.html

If any of you paint out and would like me to post your painting and/or the location on the blog, please email me photos at veronicadotsoell@gmaildotcom. I'll be happy to post them.

I didn't make it to Branford last week so no photos.

In case you haven't heard, there is an exhibition of watercolors by JMW Turner from the Tate London at Mystic Seaport. https://www.mysticseaport.org/turner/. I believe this is the first time these works have been allowed to come to the USA. It will be there until Feb 23.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
-Veronica