Women of Watercolor: paiNTING LOCATIONS
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SUMMER 2021
Please car pool and share in the lunch/critique only if you feel comfortable. Restrooms at this time cannot be guaranteed due to many closures. Paint-outs are Tuesdays 9am – 1:15 pm; lunch break @ 12:15 with half-hour critique at 12:45. Anyone wanting to stay and paint after 1:15 is welcome to do so. Car-pooling: If you want to carpool, SEND AN EMAIL to WOWers BY NOON MONDAY expressing your interest in carpooling, so you can determine interest of others, & meeting place. Car-pooling Meeting places: Frisco, Safeway parking lot– east side closest to Baymont Inn and Summit Blvd; and Breckenridge, City Market parking lot, west end of lot farthest from store. Silverthorne/Dillon, Office Max parking lot. BE THERE BY 8:15 AM…departure at 8:30! PAINT OUT LOCATIONS 2021: We are adding a little education to the beginning of select paint outs this summer. At 9 am (on select dates) we will start "10 Minute Tips” and topics will vary. Please see details below. June 2021 Date: June 1 Location: Ruby Ranch, Silverthorne Highlights: Beautiful ranch land, aspens, old buildings, and fences. Directions: Hwy 9 to Willowbrook Road. Take a left, then go straight on Willowbrook Rd. When you see W Coyote Dr. on the left and Bighorn Circle on the right, go a little further and turn left when you see a "Private Drive / No Trespassing" sign. You can park along the road before or after the little bridge. 10 Minute Tip: Mary Lou Johns - Value Sketch Info Sheet from Mary Lou as a PDF Info Sheet from Mary Lou in WORD Date: June 8 Location: Stephen West Ice Arena, Breckenridge Highlights: Isak Hartstone, Highline Railroad Park, river, mountain views Directions: Highway south through Breckenridge. Take a left at Boreas Pass Road. Park at the south end of the ice rink lot. 10 Minute Tip: Linda Marr-Simplify the Landscape Date: June 15 Location: Dillon Community Church and Historical Center Highlights: Lake views, mountain views Directions: 371 LaBonte Street, Dillon 10 Minute Tip: Mary Servais - How to create the paint/water ratio to achieve the values you want. Date: June 22 The WOW Summer meeting will take place this day: 9:00 am Regular Paint-out 11:30 am: Lunch - provided, bring your own drinks Noon: Meeting starts Location: Keystone Lake Adventure Center Highlights: Lake, river, mountains Directions: Take Highway 6 into Keystone. Park in the Conference Center lot across the highway from the Keystone Lodge. In the lot there is a tunnel that goes under the highway to some steps that go down to the lake. Walk around the lake to the Adventure Center. Sara will send a map before the date. 10 Minute Tip: Jerre Smith - "Mixing Your Own Greens" Date: June 29 Location: Arapahoe Basin Highlights: Mountain views, flowers, buildings Directions: Top of Loveland Pass July 2021 Date: July 6 Location: Leadville Historic District. Highlights: Old buildings, mountains. Directions: I-70 to Copper Mountain exit to highway 91 south. Drive about 24 miles south until 91 turns into 24. 24 is Leadville's main street which is also Harrison Street. The free parking lot is right behind the Tabor Opera House. Sara will send us a map. This is a location where everyone should carpool. 10 Minute Tip: Judy Day, "Painting with a limited palette" Date: July 13 Location: Silverthorne Pavilion Highlights: River, mountains, restaurant, people Directions: Highway 9 north from I-70. Turn right at the Silverthorne Pavilion. Park in lot on the right as you drive in. 10 Minute Tip: Sandi Bruns, “Start with bright color” Date: July 20 Location: Breckenridge Rec Center Highlights: Stream, flowers, Blue River Directions: 880 Airport Road, Breckenridge Date: July 27 Location: Gold Hill trailhead between Frisco and Breckenridge Highlights: Mountain views Directions: 707 Gateway Drive, Breckenridge. Take highway 9 for 5 miles south of Frisco to County Road 950. A National Forest trailhead sign is at the intersection. Park in parking area provided. Trail starts on west side of CR 950. August 2021 Date: August 3 Location: Acorn Creek Trailhead, Silverthorne Highlights: Views of Gore Range Directions: North on Blue River Parkway (Highway 9), turn right onto Ute Park Road, take a right at the fork, then go up up trailhead parking. 10 Minute Tip: Sarah Bracco - Incorporating Pen and Ink in Your Landscape Date: August 10 Location: Officers Gulch, Copper Mountain Highlights: Views of Gore Range, pond, mountains Directions: West on I-70, go to Officers Gulch parking on the north side of I-70 10 Minute Tip: Kevin Reynolds - Painting Ghost Trees in the Landscape Date: August 17 Location: Meadow Creek preserve in Frisco. Highlights: pond, mountains. Directions: 83 Meadow Creek Drive, near Whole Foods shopping center. 10 Minute Tip: Emily Wahl - Deciding on your composition Date: August 24 Location: Country Boy Mine, Breckenridge Highlights: Old buildings, streams, old machinery Directions: 542 French Gulch Road, Breckenridge Date: August 31 Location: Silverthorne library, Highlights: Views. Painting 9-11:30, followed by lunch and end of summer meeting in the library. Directions: I-70 East to Silverthorne exit. 6th street to Center Circle 10 Minute Tip: Barbara Brandt -Atmospheric Perspective September 2021 Date: September 7 Location: Willow Preserve Overlook, Frisco Highlights: Lake Dillon, Greys and Torreys Peaks Directions: Park at Wendy's. Meet behind Wendy's. Date: September 14 Location: North Pond, Silverthorne Highlights: Pond, willows, boats, mountain views Directions: Take a right on Hamilton Creek Road across from Silverthorne Elementary School 10 Minute Tip: Mary Servais - Producing the ideal ratio of water and paint to create the values you wish to turn out in your painting Date: September 21 Location: Giberson Ranch, Frisco Highlights: Buildings, pond, views, and hopefully fall colors Directions: Take first exit off Frisco roundabout, park at first big barn Date: September 28 Location: Riverwalk Center, Breckenridge Highlights: River, flowers, Ten Mile Range Directions: 150 West Adams Avenue, Breckenridge (off South Park Avenue) 
WOWers painting in summer 2018.
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Artist Jamie Alexander painting near Copper Mountain summer 2018.
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