A bright sunny morning in early summer lured me to paint the driveway leading around the Square in Wimberley.   Althoug it isn't the most interesting view of this historic site, it drew me in and just begged to be painted.

Spent the morning painting at the historic Blanco County Courthouse.  Although only used as a courthouse for two years in the late 1800's (the county seat was moved to Johnson City), the building is gorgeous and has served several other functions over the years.  See more HERE

I went with six other artists and a couple of non-painting friends to the Sydow ranch in Pontotoc Texas to explore and paint.  Three of us were invited up there a couple of years ago and fell in love with it, so we were eager to get back out there again.  We had a great day painting in one of the lower pastures, along a shade lined creek.  It doesn't get better than that!

Today a couple of friends and I once again helped present a "Painting with Parks" program in conjunction with the City of Wimberley Parks and Rec folks.  The idea is to encourage experienced and new artists alike to come out to the city parks and paint the beauty of the Wimberley Valley.  This morning we were at Martha Knies Park.  Previously we have painted at Blue Hole Regional Park.  I think this is a great opportunity to promote the parks (and the arts!) in the city, and it is a lot of fun.

On Monday, Tim Leibrock (one of my plein-air cohorts) and I presented what we do to the Wimberley Valley Art League members during their monthly meeting.  t was a lot of fun, and we hopefully convinced some of our fellow artists to get out of the studio and paint on location.  During the discussion, Tim completed a small gouache painting in 10 minutes!  It was great.