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The Glen Arbor Paint Out 2013, a one-day event, was held this past Saturday, August 3. The weather was lovely, and not too hot this year. Portraying the architectural details of the old coast guard building took most of the available time. This day's adventure, and plein air painting is nearly always an adventure, included surviving an easel "blow over". After recovering my brushes, palette knives and paint tubes that had been strewn about on the beach, I was able to pick most of the sand grains out of the painting surface. A few may yet remain on the sand portion of the painting. A souvenir of authenticity perhaps?

The first ever Brighton (Michigan) Paint Out was held last Saturday, July 20. The weather was delightful and there was an abundance of appealing scenery for the participating artists. I did manage to do two paintings. The second of the two, “House with a View”, is shown here.

Painting outdoors is always an adventure and this time conditions were ideal. As I was packing up my painting gear at the end of the day, I looked once more at the house and a white swan was gliding by in the scene I had just painted. Wow! There was not enough time left to include the swan. Perhaps, if I had, no one would believe that the swan was rally there anyway.