My plein air group was scheduled to paint at Lavender By the Bay in Manorville again, but the weather wasn't good. I gave it another attempt, again from my mobile studio, but I was the only member who showed up. There was a small patch of yellow and red flowers in the field which was a different contrast.
Somehow this didn't get photographed and posted earlier. My plein air group, PALS was scheduled to sketch at Lavender By the Bay in Manorville. When I got there it had started to drizzle. On ly myself and only 2 other members actually came to paint due to the weather.It is a huge lavender field and I didn't want to get stuck out there if it really started to rain hard, which it ended up doing. There is a covered pavilion but you still would have to get there and back. Instead I pulled up near the fence, sat in my mobile studio, and painted the view.
This week the English lavender will be in bloom so the group is scheduled to return there on Tuesday.
Every summer my plein air group waits to hear that the lavender at Lavender By the Bay is in bloom. They have two locations...one in Calverton and one in East Marion. I like the one in East Marion better, but the one in Calverton is a lot closer so we've been going there. I did one 8 x 10 painting directly in watercolor.
My plein air group painted at Lavender by the Bay in Calverton the other day. This is the painting I did there for the 30 x 30 Direct Watercolor Challenge. It is a beautiful place and smells great.
