The effects of the freezing cold slowed everyone down the next morning. With the temperature hovering around 30, we all were waiting and hoping for it to warm up. Leave it to Lynne Fearman for a great idea. She called over to the privately owned lake nearby to see if we could paint there. The news was wonderful. The retreat didn't have any events planned and we were welcome to drive into the lake and paint. What a coup. During the summer we never would have gotten permission.

      We rushed to pack our gear and us into the cars and headed out. I walked to the sunny side of the lake and set up my easel looking back toward the road. As I painted into the afternoon, the sun warmed me enough to unzipped my jacket. Watching the light reflect off the lake, smelling the pines in the clean air, I was revived and had a wonderful time painting the scene. I felt so relaxed and content that I hated to stop.


      Meeting back at the car, we had an impromptu viewing of the art right there, by the lake. I was impressed with the results of our two days. Everyone handled the challenging weather with good humor and produced great paintings despite frozen finger(see the previous post).

      Friends, art, painting, food and fun. Who could ask for more? Thank you Lynne for organizing this paint out and inviting me along. It was great fun and I look forward to our next adventure painting plein air.

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