It's Fall...An Art Sunday in Winters

I sat by this huge palm tree on Saturday while painting that was nature-decorated in fall leaves...bringing in the season.

 I joined Karen Lee for a Sunday Art Group in Winters, CA. a small town about 15 miles from where we live. A parcel of twenty somethings, art students, led a very supportive, welcoming group to share our art with each other and to make some art as well.

 I made these cute little see through stones choosing words from magazines that popped out as meaningful to me. "Smile"..."Make time to walk"..."Art" .... and... "I will never forget".

At first I wasn't sure why I chose that last one. Then I realized it was perfect for my great fear of getting dementia like my mother, aunts and grandmother. So I will hold that one close to my heart, and hope the dementia skips me thank you very much.

After I got home, I remembered something else; On Holocaust Remembrance Day we say "I will never forget!" So it has a double meaning for me. I WILL NEVER FORGET! I WILL NEVER FORGET!

 Winters is holding a scarecrow contest and very cleverly and artfully made scarecrows sat in front of stores, like this yarn shop, in windows and outside of banks and garden supply stores.

 Karen and I looked at them all...We also looked UP a lot getting ideas for more things that said "Paint Me! Draw Me!"

 Karen liked these colors and I could see her putting them on her next palette of oils.

We both liked the Queen of Nuts below:

  I thought these wheel barrels would make a great painting...

and in fact the whole street just said come here to paint next please!