Dennis Brown hosted an excellent mixed media workshop called “Out of the Ordinary”.
For our first workshop of the fall season, Sara Robichaud, a GOLDEN Certified Working Artist, gave us an interactive Demo on some of the newest Golden products.
Our summer sketchbook challenge was to:

Include at least one animal portrait encountered during the summer. It could be a wild or farm animal or a domestic pet. Include at least one detailed botanical drawing of a favourite flower or plant. Include one sketch of found beach objects, e.g. shells, driftwood, unusual pebbles, flotsam and Jetsam etc. It was decided that […]
Tom and Marie hosted the last plein air of the season at their beautiful home by the ocean. We enjoyed a tasty potluck luncheon to finish it off. Click the slider for more.
Kim kindly opened her garden and home up for our Plein Air held on July 12.
First Time at Top Bridge Park for Plein Air
Harald opened his garden and home to a lovely day of plein air, pot luck lunch and his art gallery interior.
Bowen Park gathering for Plein Air
Plein Air at Marilyn’s

The weather held off and we had a great turnout to sketch and socialize in an amazing garden filled with colour and objets d’art. An added bonus was all the variety of snacks.
Group Photo at our End of the Year Picnic