Click image for larger viewEveryone's invited to see work by the members of my exhibition group, First Impressions. There will be wine and snacks, and lots of great original art for sale. During our reception on March 16th (Sunday) there will be an additional huge display of the group's artwork, and the artists will be present and would love to meet you.The Franciscan Plaza is caddy-corner across from the Mission at San Juan Capistrano, and just behind the plaza is the train station and Historic Los Rios Street. There is a lot to do in the area for all ages and interests, so please join us!Keep up with me...
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Los Rios Historic District in San Juan Capistrano is the oldest neighborhood in California. The moment you step foot across the train tracks in San Juan Capistrano, you're transported back to another time. The entire area is filled with historic homes and businesses, and there are three original adobes that were housing for the workers who helped build the mission in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Oh, and don't miss the original iron jail cell that sits in the middle of town! The historic architecture in Los Rios makes for a great evening stroll, and there are lots of great restaurants and shops within a short walking distance. They also have a cool Ghost Tour with lots of haunted sites! I've been on it, and it's a lot of fun (and creepy!) walking around the neighborhood at night.Here are a few pictures from last weekend at Los Rios.Keep up with me...
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Los Rios Historic District in San Juan Capistrano is the oldest neighborhood in California. The moment you step foot across the train tracks in San Juan Capistrano, you're transported back to another time. The entire area is filled with historic homes and businesses, and there are three original adobes that were housing for the workers who helped build the mission in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Oh, and don't miss the original iron jail cell that sits in the middle of town! The historic architecture in Los Rios makes for a great evening stroll, and there are lots of great restaurants and shops within a short walking distance. They also have a cool Ghost Tour with lots of haunted sites! I've been on it, and it's a lot of fun (and creepy!) walking around the neighborhood at night.Here are a few pictures from last weekend at Los Rios.Keep up with me...
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This past week-end our family spent part of the day visiting a few missions here in the San Antonio area. This week I will share about our visit to both of them. The first mission we visited was Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was originally founded in 1716 and was moved to its present location in 1731. The mission sits along the calm San Antonio River. Still being an active Catholic parish, the mission still holds services and the priest resides on the grounds in the parsonage. There is a lot of history here as well as being a beautiful place to visit. Here are a few pictures of our visit to the mission.
Check out July 2007 "Canoe and Kayak" Magazine--Canoe Self-rescue with the Capistrano Flip--Written by Conor MihellIt will describe in detail what to do whena canoe is flipped on a large body of water.Step 1 - get under the boat in the air pocketStep 2 - synchronize with partner ( face each other)Step 3 - swim kick hard, use arms to lift boatStep 4 - flip boat keeping edges out of waterStep 5 - partner holds boat steady for re-entry**see video clip below for a demonstration**
San Juan Capistrano Bell, 4 x 6 Monotype, Watercolor & Colored pencilThe beginnings of this monotype were posted here, a few weeks ago. I added watercolor & colored pencil to it this morning.
So Opening Day has come and gone, and as happens every year, at least one local newspaper writer has to fly off the handle and suggest radical changes to the hometown nine after just ONE game.For openers, Astros need a new closer (Chronicle)Once upon a time, the Astros didn't lose this game. As Drayton McLane said later: "It was right where we wanted it."They would sweat these games out for eight innings. They would do the dirty work of making big defensive plays and scuffling for a clutch hit or two.Those first eight innings were the tough ones. If they were lucky enough to have a one-run lead, it got easy.They would hand the ball to Brad Lidge, and the next thing you knew, they'd be back in the clubhouse having dinner and feeling good about themselves.That Brad Lidge, the Brad Lidge who shattered bats and made good hitters look like Little Leaguers, is gone.Uh, Richard (Richard Justice, the author of this piece), it's ONE game into the season. Might we be overreacting a wee little
On day two of training, our first exercise in the morning was "Gone Fishing". We were asked to wear long pants and tennis shoes the evening before so the stage was set for some physical activity. The instructor told us he was here at 6:30 am setting up our exercise. We walked down to the scary-looking climbing tower to see our fate. Up on the pole, a long rope was tied on about 15 feet up. Another robe laid out on the ground in a concentric arc about 15 feet away, delineating the swamp. Various objects were placed inside, three stacking rings, the stacking tree, a Big Bird which topped the stacker, another stuffed bird, a toy horse, and a fish. The goal was to get all the objects out of the swamp and into a bag. The rings and the stacker were stationary, but the animals could move around and of course any bird (including Big Bird) could fly. The stacker had to be stacked with the Big Bird attached. Everyone going in had to be blindfolded. Half of the people could walk in tet
This is a trace monotype of the San Juan Capistrano bell tower, from a photo taken inside the mission courtyard. (The dark field monotype I pulled when I made this one will be posted later in the week, after the ink dries.)The ink lines are about the same value as graphite, but they have a dotted quality to them from the tooth in the printmaking paper (Arches Cover), and I like the way they look around and underneath the watercolor pigments.Capistrano Mission Bell, 4.5 x 6.5 Monotype & WatercolorAvailable for sale here.
A glitch in my blog subscription was repaired this morning. Subscribers have missed the last 10-12 posts. (Darnitt.)If you want to scroll through them on one page, go here.This is a 4 x 6 zinc plate, rolled with Daniel Smith oil based black etching ink. In these shots, I'm wiping, scraping, smearing & pulling ink off the plate, based on a photo of the San Juan Capistrano Mission.This is the plate I referenced in yesterday's post about trace monotypes. And below is the resulting monotype. I haven't added color yet, but I'll post it when I do. San Juan Capistrano Bell, 4 x 6 Monotype
