Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Galway Part II

It has been a long 4 weeks, but we are finally home from Ireland. It was frustrating to not be able to upload from there. Either the public computers didn't have a place to connect my memory card or wouldn't read the memory card. lol 

Here are a few more paintings from Galway.

Above is part of the historic area of Galway with the Cathedral in the background.


As you know, every picture has a story. The weather in Ireland changes often and very quickly, and while we were there it was fairly cold (at least to me).You may think it is going to be a sunny day but minutes later it is raining. That must be why it is so green. I went down by the harbor, set up my stool, took out my paints, and started the painting above. My husband went off to look at something and told me he'd be back in about an hour and we could go to lunch. I was nearly finished when he came back. By that time I was wearing a sweater, a coat with a zip out lining, my scarf, my fingerless gloves, my earmuffs,  and I had my hood up because it was super windy and it was the only way to keep my hair from flying in my face.  It started to drizzle and I started packing up while my husband held an umbrella over us...and then it started to hail...big hail. lol We were really pelted with it while we ran to the restaurant which was quite a way from where we were. It was an extreme plein air experience!

Of course a day in Galway meant a pub at night. Below is a sketch I did of the traditional musicians playing at An Pucan Pub.

Here is a page of a few of .my beginning sketches that I did at Kennedy Airport waiting for our flight. I forgot to post them first.



11 comments:

  1. Love seeing these holiday treasures

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  2. Welcome back, Joan! I missed your blog and sketches, but now you'll be making up for it, I'll bet! That fickle weather sounds just like what we're having in Seattle... sunny one moment, hailing the next!

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  3. Don't they know it's almost summer? Looks like you got some good sketches done in spite of the weather Joan.

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  4. Thanks for sharing your hol with us both the lovely paintings and the thoughts. I am just across the Irish Sea, so I understand how cold you were.

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  5. Oh my goodness, Joan. I love all of these pieces. I so wish I had your talent! The colors you've used are amazing too. What a scrapbook of your trip you could have with all the wonderful sketches of your sights.

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  6. Welcome home Joan!
    You were missed!
    Love these paintings.
    I love the way you described your rainy day plain air adventure!
    Great painter and great writer!
    Michael

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  7. ...nice catching up with your sketches, had to laugh, kindly tho', at your extreme plein air experience, hats off to you for sticking at it for as long as ya did, somedays I just fold and get the digi camera out. Lovely sketches :-)

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  8. Lovely sketches Joan. Glad you got home safe.

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  9. Beautiful sketches, Joan. I can just picture you all bundled up. LOL!

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  10. Thanks Lorraine, Tina, David, Polly, Sherry, Michael, Kat, Kevin and Mickey! I had a lot of fun doing these even if it was a bit nasty out.

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  11. Dear Joan - welcome home...Your sketches are really wonderful...You always seem to capture everything so well...the cathedral at Galway is lovely and your perspective is marvelous. I love the bridge. (LOL) thinking of you having to add more and more clothes as you painted. I am sure you have memories that will last a lifetime. Thanks for taking me along.

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