Plein Air Painting, 150 year old farm buildings – Waupaca, WI July 8, 2023

Whether you are looking for classic red barn buildings, garden landscapes, architecture, or patterns to abstract, join us at this farm north of Waupaca, WI July 8, 2023, 9 till noon. It’s located towards the south end of Blueberry Rd in St Lawrence township. Drop us an email for the specific address (Jan and Peggy at OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com)
Bring your own supplies and a stool. Anyone is welcome, any skill level, any medium. There’s no sign-up, no stress, just come and paint or sketch anytime during the morning. Enjoy yourself, enjoy peeking at other’s work, and maybe slip in a bit of conversation.

We are members of the international sketching group, Urban Sketchers, who gather in groups to sketch together without fees, putting on paper what is in front of us and sharing it with others. The Waupaca County group that meets is never the same bunch of folks, there’s always a new mix, so please feel comfortable joining us.

Specifics will be sent to our email list the week of the 4th of July. Write to us if you want to be added to that list.

Questions? Contact Jan or Peggy at OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com

Plein Air Painting, Waupaca, WI July 9, 2022

To contact any of the artists, write to OpenAirSketchGroupATgmail.com

Looking for color? Patterns? Abstraction? Sketch at Rasmussen Park in Waupaca WI July 9, 9 till noon.

Whether you are looking for garden landscapes, architecture, patterns to abstract or just to be inspired by beautiful colors, join us at the north end of Waupaca, WI’s Main Street in Rasmussen Park, 129 Water St, Waupaca, WI 54981; 9 till noon, July 9, 2022.
Bring your own supplies and a stool. Anyone is welcome, any skill level, any medium. There’s no sign-up, no stress, just come and paint or sketch anytime during the morning. Enjoy yourself, enjoy peeking at other’s work, and maybe slip in a bit of conversation.

We are members of the international sketching group, Urban Sketchers, who are dedicated to gather in groups to sketch together without fees, with the goal to put on paper what is in front of them and share it with others. The group that meets is never the same bunch of folks, there’s always a new mix, so please feel comfortable joining us.

Questions? Contact Jan or Peggy at OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com

Pop-Up Sketching Dec 8, 2019 Wild Rose Tree Farm

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It was a little muddy, but the warm temperatures made it easy to be outside sketching in December. Thanks to Sally C. for the photos and for coming just to check it out.

Join us during the Packer game Sunday Dec 8 starting about 1:15 PM at the Christmas tree farm in Wild Rose . Inside the gift shop or out amongst the trees and tractor rides. Free popcorn and cider.

From Waupaca: Take Highway 22 south to Wild Rose (about 18 miles). Just before you enter Wild Rose, turn left on County Road A. Go one mile to 20th Avenue. Turn right on 20th Ave and go 1/2 mile to the farm. The farm will be on the left side of the road .

http://www.anrtreefarm.com/wildrose.htmhttp://www.anrtreefarm.com/wildrose.htm

Plein Air Sketching at Little Falls, Marion, WI oct. 12, 2019

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Join us for a couple hours of sketching and conversation Saturday, Oct 12, 2019 at 9:30 AM at Little Falls park, just west of Marion, WI. From Waupaca take County E north till it intersects County C. That’s Little Falls. The address is E4438 Little Falls Rd, Marion, WI 54950

Every second Saturday we choose a location to paint. No sign-up is necessary. Everyone is welcome: there are no particular expectations of a specific skill level or of choice of medium.

For more information or to carpool, email Jan or Peg at OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com

Open Air Sketching July 2019… airport, horses, tractors

Above photos from July13, 2019 at the Central County Airport 68C

There’s so much to do in July. Here are 3 outings to put on your calendar:

June 29 and July 4 … Barrel Racing at Over Yonder

July 13 at the tiny airport east of Iola, with a side trip to the Iola Car Show

July 26, 26, 28 at the Symco Thresheree to see all the old farm equipment you can imagine.

Enjoy breakfast at the grass-field airport between Iola and Ogdensburg Saturday July 13, 2019 and have a chance to sketch planes and people and pancakes( and sausage and eggs) or take the shuttle to the Iola Car Show for more cars and people. Sketching from 9 to 11 AM.

Barrel racing June 29-30 and July 4 at Over Yonder, junction of Blueberry Rd and Co B north of Waupaca. Email Peggy for information and times if you don’t want to go it alone. openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

Symco Thresheree at the end of July is a jump back in time… You’ll find farming equipment, ice cream making, weaving, old fashion playground equipment, a grist mill grinding flour, food, music, and TRACTORS. Lots of fun and an infinite source of sketching scenes.

Open Air Sketching: Historic Mead Bank

 

Above: Time lapse sketch  accomplished during huge airport delays when I was traveling, using the photo from the Waymarking link below as a guide.  Both above and below were done with a fingertip; the above was free motion, the one below was restricted to straight lines with tapered starts and stops.  Below, at the end,  I mistakenly tipped the black paint fill-bucket which used both my sketch and the underlying photo in its fill-formula.  Interesting results.    The free Android sketch program is Ibis Paint.

Time Lapse below:

Feb. 9th was another sketch outing day to capture something of the exterior of the historic Mead Bank in Waupaca, 215 Jefferson.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCJ5E_Mead_Bank_Waupaca_WI

It looks nothing like a modern bank, but its large front windows and deeply set-in doorway in a tiny white clapboard building offer great opportunities. This building is on the National Historic Record, but is slated to be torn down or moved soon.

 Built in 1862, rebuilt in 1870s, and site of the unsolved sensational murder of banker Mead himself in 1882,  the building holds some of Waupaca’s earliest historical memories.

It faces west, and there is parking on the street. There may also be views from the barbershop across the street, but I haven’t checked. If you can’t come Saturday, or the weather is just too much,  or you want the sun at a different angle, pick another time in your schedule  and we will share results later.  This may also be a good group entry into the Waupaca Art Show in April at the Danes Hall since  there will be a definite interest in historic Waupaca at the event.

Enjoy sketching the building, or just some of the architectural elements, or maybe a bit of a ghostly form through one of the windows…….

If you are inclined for more on the murder, here’s the link to the New York Times archives:

https://www.nytimes.com/1882/10/10/archives/a-banker-murdered-the-terrible-fate-of-h-c-mead-at-waupaca-wis.html

Open Air Sketching: Garden Art Walk

Garden Walk Photos below.

Next sketching event: July 14, 2018, Saturday, at  Indian Crossing Casino in the heart of Waupaca’s Chain O Lakes:  2018 July flyer Indian Crossing Casino  E1171 County Rd Q, Waupaca, WI 54981

Join us on second Saturdays of the month. No stress, no sign up, no fees, just sketching or whatever for a couple hours.

Contact Peg or Jan at: openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

The photos below are from the Waupaca Garden Walk Art Stroll, June 23th.

 

For July’s sketching morning at the Indian click for our 2018 July flyer Indian Crossing Casino and join us July 14, 2018

Waupaca Historic Depot Sketching

Next sketching event:

June 23, 2018, Saturday, at Waupaca Wis: meet at 9 AM at the 726 Wesley Garden in Waupaca or follow your own route   “Garden Walk and Art Stroll”

The photos on this posting are from the outing at the Waupaca Depot, June 9th, 2018.

It was a morning of watercolor, ink, pencil, YUPO, conversations, pastels, information, & chuckles.

Join us on second Saturdays of the month. No stress, no sign up, no fees, just sketching or whatever for a couple hours.

Contact: openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

Some made a bit of progress on the  Direct Watercolor Challenge #30x30DirectWaterColor2018

 For this depot sketching day see our    2018 June flyer 

 

Direct Watercolor

UPCOMING: Saturday  June 9, 9:30 at the Waupaca Depot

 

An ongoing practice challenge for the month of June is  direct watercolor with Marc Taro Holmes

This is a chance to see what you can accomplish without using pencil or ink guidelines.  You can post, or see what other people are posting on social media (if you are inclined) by using the tag #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 

If you have any Waupaca direct watercolor sketches that you’d want me to post, just send them to me at OpenAirSketchGroupATgmail.com

See what you can do this month…   And join us for our informal Second Saturday Open Air sketch-outing June 9th.    At Waupaca’s historic depot.  9:30 am.  Details to follow when I am sure we have indoor access as well as outside.

Ding’s Dock Sketching

Spring is here and it’s about time.   It’s great to be out in the fine weather.