Day 1 - Sea Island Painting

I met Mary O. this morning. She picked me up st 9:00 a.m. and we were off for a day of painting. We first drove a little ways into a park where there were some beautiful oak trees next to the water with Spanish moss hanging down from the branches. We decided a tree with the water and marsh behind it would be a good composition.

Here is Mary O starting her demo. 

Here is the scene - the one large tree with heavy moss especially to its left.  

About this time I toned my canvas and started painting my own rendition of the scene. I will finish it hopefully on Saturday before heading home on Sunday. Here is my UNFINISHED rendition of the scene.

I need to work on that Spanish Moss! We left to go to St. Simon’s Island Village for lunch. On the way we drove through Epworth By The Sea - a place I’ve heard about my entire life! It’s a United Methodist retreat and conference center. I had to take some photos. 

I love this little white chapel at Epworth By The Sea. 

And then I saw this intersection. My father talked about Arthur J. Moore all the time. And Margaret Pitts lived in Waverly Hall. Ron knew her. What a cool thing to see! 

So lunch was in this bar where their team affiliation was very clear  I took this photo send to Lily and Sophie who are major Georgia fans.  

Then we went out on the St Simons pier and I took these photos. It was really too windy to paint though. So we gave up after about an hour.