Painting at Shambeau Quarry, Waupaca, WI — April 13, 2024

We’ll meet to sketch and paint from 9 am till noon Saturday April 13, 2024. Anyone is welcome, any skill level, and for any amount of time you can come.

Shambeau Park Quarry is near Niemuth’s, and about 6 driveways north of Waupaca’s Historic Depot.. The quarry entrance is at 879 N Oak, Waupaca, WI 54981. The parking area looks like it is for the several large storage sheds. You’ll find the trail at the very end of the parking lot. It’s about a minute and a half walk to the quarry lake. A trail goes all around the lake with plenty of places with good views. Though hidden, this park is close to the backside of Waupaca Foundry Plant 1. The Foundry is quiet on the weekends, but if it should be otherwise, we’ll move to the RiverSIDE Park (not RiverVIEW) which is east of the Courthouse on Hwy 54.

Anyone is welcome at these sketching events: any skill level, any style …. This is a chance to meet, year round, to paint and sketch on location. There’s no sign-up, no pressure, no competition, no cost: people just come to paint and sketch. It’s a different group every month, so feel free to come even if only occasionally.

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. 

Questions or sketching location ideas? Email Jan O or Peggy R at openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

Saturday Sketching Brainard’s Bridge, Waupaca, WI — Oct 14, 2023

Friday Oct 14, 2023 sketch from 9 AM till noon at Brainard’s Bridge on the north side of Waupaca, WI ,off 711 Bailey St.

Partly sunny and breezy, but the sun was there at noon when we were under a 50% partial solar eclipse. If you sat under a tree, you were treated to hundreds of crescent images of the eclipse through the pinholes formed by the tree leaves above you.

Anyone is welcome at these sketching events: any skill level, any style …. This is a chance to meet, year round, to paint and sketch on location. There’s no sign-up, no pressure, no competition, no cost: people just come to paint and sketch. It’s a different group every month, so feel free to come even if only occasionally.

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. 

Questions or sketching location ideas? Email Jan O or Peggy R at openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

Sketching Saturday Aug 13. 2022, Swiss Chapel, Waupaca Co., WI

Saturday August 13, 2022 9:15 AM till noon. Sketch at this old Swiss Chapel in Scandinavia, WI 54977 Please email OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com for directions.

Anyone is welcome at these sketching events: any skill level, any style …. This is a chance to meet, year round, to paint and sketch on location. There’s no pressure, no competition, no cost: people just come to paint and sketch. It’s a different group every month, so feel free to come even if only occasionally.

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. 

Questions or sketching location ideas? Email Jan O or Peggy R at openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

Open Air Sketching South Park, Waupaca, WI; June 25, 2022 … Supplies provided

Sometimes a bit of rain sprinkling down enhances the painting! The youngsters who created these two pieces, just above and below, really enjoyed the intense pigments direct from the professional grade waters color tubes donated by Jack Richeson’s for this event. We thank Richeson’s for the quality paper and watercolors that made it extra special for anyone who may have in the past only used the less saturated “student” color sets

Richeson’s has a gallery location in the Appleton area and are well known nationally for manufacturing beautiful “Grey Matters” brushes.

Saturday June 25, 2022 sketch from 10:00 AM till 4 PM during the Waupaca Historical Society’s Lost Arts demonstrations at South Park, 921 S Main St. Waupaca, WI. Come and paint anywhere you’d like, or work in our sun shelter tent at the entrance to the Hutchinson House where you can use watercolors, brushes, and papers supplied for experimenting. Mini-tutorials will be presented throughout the day. We would like as many painters and sketchers as can come so that others can see the varied techniques and tools that are used in on-location sketching.

Also enjoy Ukrainian egg painting demonstration, blacksmithing, and music on the porch.

Anyone is welcome at these sketching events: any skill level, any style …. This is a chance to meet, year round, to paint and sketch on location. Or, like this occasion, at additional events throughout the month. There’s no sign-up, no pressure, no competition, no cost: people just come to paint and sketch. It’s a different group every month, so feel free to come even if only occasionally.

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.  Regular outings are on the second Saturday of each month, year round.

Questions or sketching location ideas? Email Jan O or Peggy R at openairsketchgroup@gmail.com

Friday Sketching at 68C grass runway airport — June 3, 2022, noon

Friday June 3, 2022 sketch from 10:30 AM till 1:30 PM at the Central County Airport just south of the Hwy 161 and County Rd E intersection in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. The $10 lunch this Friday is brats and hamburgers, and fixings, plus a huge array of baked desserts and ice cream. And seconds if you aren’t filled the first time around.

Every Friday noon from May through October, the pilots of this small grass field north of Waupaca between Iola and Ogdensburg hold lunches for anyone who enjoys the idea of flying . Click for airport link You never know what will come flying in. Planes start arriving at 11:15, lunch served promptly at noon and serving stops about 12:40 PM. Outdoor seating in good weather; with lots of tables gives people time for casual conversation… and painting, of course.

Use 44°30’19″N 89° 1’16″W coordinates for your car GPS navigation.

Lunches are open to members and their guests. This Friday you’ll be Peggy Riemer’s guest. If you want to come at other times through the year membership is a real deal: Lifetime family memberships are $10. Period. Lunches are $10. Click here to find the Friday menus

Anyone is welcome at these sketching events: any skill level, any style …. This is a chance to meet, year round, to paint and sketch on location. Or, like this occasion, at additional events throughout the month. There’s no sign-up, no pressure, no competition, no cost: people just come to paint and sketch. It’s a different group every month, so feel free to come even if only occasionally.

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. 

Questions or sketching location ideas? Email Jan O or Peggy R at openairsketchgroup@gmail.com