A small free thing I'm starting: painting outdoors together in the quieter corners of the city
I teach watercolor around the city, and I'm starting something separate and free, once a month, for anyone who wants a couple of unhurried hours outside, making something with their hands, around other people.
Second Saturday of each month. We meet somewhere good, not the postcard spots, the quieter ones, a hidden garden, a calm corner of a museum, a side of a park nobody photographs, and we paint and sketch from life. No class, no pressure, nothing to buy. I'll be painting right there too.
Each time I bring one small prompt, a way of looking at what's in front of us, so nobody's stuck on a blank page. Something like paint only the three biggest shapes you see, or paint the place as you'll remember it, not as it is. Take it as far as you like, or ignore it and just paint.
You don't need to be any good, or to have ever held a brush. Bring a pencil and a little curiosity. That's the whole thing, two hours, good company, somewhere worth looking at.
Anyone who'd enjoy that is welcome.
That's us at the SF Botanical Garden for a rare poppies bloom.
