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 Waupaca’s Historic Depot – March 11, 2023

Come for a morning of sketching 9 AM till noon March 11, 2023, at the Waupaca Historical Depot, 525 Oak Street, built in 1907 and recently refurbished. Enjoy the building’s architecture, or the interior with its original office and equipment, or the brick fireplaces, or the box car and caboose outside. Hang on to your brushes as the trains rush by on the tracks right outside the depot. Or slip downstairs to see the model display and the wonderful 360 degree diorama created by Lisa B.

If you can’t make it you can still get the feel by watching the daily train traffic by clicking on the Waupaca Historical Society’s live 24/7 TrainFan site

Anyone is welcome at these sketching sessions, any skill level, any medium. There’s no sign-up, no stress, no membership, just come and paint or sketch anytime during the morning. you might need a stool if you are working outside. Enjoy yourself, enjoy peeking at other’s work, and maybe slip in a bit of conversation. If you want to be on a direct email list for the events, please contact us at OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com . If you do some sketches from posted photos, send them on to us and we’ll put them here on the website. Special thanks to the Waupaca Historical Society for opening the depot especially for us.

First and fourth photos above are courtesy of Mike Kirk’s Flickr site .

Contact Jan or Peggy at OpenAirSketchGroup@gmail.com if you have questions or have an idea for a good place to sketch on some upcoming second Saturday of the month.

Holstein Urban Sketching at Brooks Farm, Waupaca, WI–Nov. 12 , 2022

It was a little chilly Saturday when we sketched Holsteins at Brooks Farm, but we had no lack of subjects. Brooks milk 600 cows twice a day.

Saturday Nov. 12, 2022 sketch from 9 AM till noon at the Brooks Farm just south of Waupaca on Co. A off the Hwy 10 Fleet Farm exit, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

The address is N1757 Co. A, Waupaca, WI 54981

We have permission to sketch inside the barn itself on the feed isle of the maternity pens (see this Brooks Farm video: Click here. ) Bring a stool, your sketching supplies, and wear warm clothes. Although we will be inside the barns, dress as if you are outside. Temps Friday night will be in the 20s. There is a rest and warming area available.

This 6th generation family farm is run by Zoey Brooks Nelson — Click here

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, on 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

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

Open Air Sketching Symco Tractor Pull, Waupaca, WI, June 11, 2022

UrbanSketchers of Waupaca WI meet every second Saturday of the month to practice outdoor sketching and painting. Anyone is welcome. No fees, no registration. This June event is located between Waupaca and Clintonville. You’ll find a historic village, a grist mill with waterwheel, and old skeleton bridge, and plenty of tractors .

Enjoy this great painting venue at the free-admission Spring Tractor Pull in Symco, Waupaca County, WI Saturday June 11, 2022 beginning at 9 AM.

See the website for more information https://symcoutc.com/Tractor_Pulls.html

Anyone is welcome, any skill level, any medium. There’s no sign-up, no stress, no skill expectations, 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.

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